Alphabet Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:GOOG)

Alphabet trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "GOOG."

Alphabet's stock split before market open on Thursday, April 3rd 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Monday, February 10th 2014. The newly minted shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Wednesday, April 2nd 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of Alphabet stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Alphabet announced that its board has initiated a share buyback program on Friday, February 2nd 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $8,589,870,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The information services provider reported $14.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $11.49 by $2.72. The information services provider earned $38.94 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $38.21 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 20.15% and a net margin of 23.43%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 19.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $11.75 EPS. View Alphabet's Earnings History.

Alphabet is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 28th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Alphabet.

Alphabet will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, October 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

25 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Alphabet's shares. Their forecasts range from $1,140.00 to $1,500.00. On average, they expect Alphabet's share price to reach $1,379.77 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Alphabet.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alphabet in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 23 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Alphabet.

News stories about GOOG stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Alphabet earned a news sentiment score of -2.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the information services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future. View News Stories for Alphabet.

Alphabet saw a increase in short interest in the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 2,950,000 shares, an increase of 15.7% from the August 30th total of 2,550,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,400,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 1.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Alphabet's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Alphabet include Alphabet (GOOGL), Facebook (FB), Baidu (BIDU), Twitter (TWTR), IHS Markit (INFO), Match Group (MTCH), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), Snap (SNAP), Pinterest (PINS), Yandex (YNDX), Weibo (WB), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Line (LN), Trade Desk (TTD) and 58.com (WUBA).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Alphabet investors own include Netflix (NFLX), Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Walt Disney (DIS), Visa (V), Intel (INTC), Starbucks (SBUX), Bank of America (BAC) and Boeing (BA).

Alphabet's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.01%), Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC (0.01%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.01%), Rheos Capital Works Inc. (0.01%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.01%) and Artemis Investment Management LLP (0.01%). Company insiders that own Alphabet stock include Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, Capitalg Lp, David C Drummond, James Grier Campbell, John L Hennessy, L John Doerr and Sundar Pichai. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Alphabet.

GOOG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Manning & Napier Group LLC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Berkshire Asset Management LLC PA, Country Trust Bank, Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., Stonebridge Capital Management Inc. and Bremer Bank National Association. Company insiders that have sold Alphabet company stock in the last year include Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, David C Drummond, John L Hennessy, L John Doerr and Sundar Pichai. View Insider Buying and Selling for Alphabet.

GOOG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Rheos Capital Works Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Pacer Advisors Inc., Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC, Crow Point Partners LLC, Addenda Capital Inc., Gradient Investments LLC and Lucia Wealth Services LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Alphabet.

Shares of GOOG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GOOG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1,215.45.

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $842.79 billion and generates $136.82 billion in revenue each year. The information services provider earns $30.74 billion in net income (profit) each year or $47.51 on an earnings per share basis. Alphabet employs 98,771 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Alphabet.

The official website for Alphabet is http://www.google.com/.

Alphabet's mailing address is 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA, 94043. The information services provider can be reached via phone at 650-253-0000.