NASDAQ:GOOG - Alphabet Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Alphabet shares split on the morning of Thursday, April 3rd 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Monday, February 10th 2014. The newly minted shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell 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 Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) released its earnings results on Monday, February, 3rd. The information services provider reported $15.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $12.76 by $2.59. The information services provider earned $46.08 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $46.87 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 18.66% and a net margin of 21.22%. Alphabet's revenue for the quarter was up 17.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $10.95 EPS. View Alphabet's Earnings History.

Alphabet is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Alphabet.

27 equities research analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Alphabet's shares. Their forecasts range from $1,287.00 to $1,769.00. On average, they anticipate Alphabet's stock price to reach $1,595.85 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 4.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Alphabet.

27 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alphabet in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating, 25 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Alphabet.

Media coverage about GOOG stock has trended extremely positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Alphabet earned a media sentiment score of 5.0 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the information services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Alphabet.

Alphabet saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,480,000 shares, an increase of 7.7% from the January 15th total of 3,230,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,390,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.5 days. Approximately 1.2% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Alphabet's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Alphabet include Omnicom Group (OMC), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), CLEAR CHANNEL O/SH (CCO), National CineMedia (NCMI), MDC Partners (MDCA) and Harte Hanks (HHS).

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

Alphabet's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include State Street Corp (1.70%), FMR LLC (1.29%), Capital International Investors (0.63%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.53%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.48%) and Capital World Investors (0.48%). 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 Capital World Investors, Sands Capital Management LLC, Capital Research Global Investors, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, USS Investment Management Ltd, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Alphabet company stock in the last year include Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, Capitalg Lp, David C Drummond and John L Hennessy. View Insider Buying and Selling for Alphabet.

GOOG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Baillie Gifford & Co., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Sanders Capital LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC and Madison Asset Management 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 $1,526.69.

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $1.05 trillion and generates $161.86 billion in revenue each year. The information services provider earns $34.34 billion in net income (profit) each year or $51.56 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.