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

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

Shares of Alphabet 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 distributed 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 approved a share repurchase program on Friday, February 2nd 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $8,589,870,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

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

24 Wall Street analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Alphabet's shares. Their predictions range from $1,140.00 to $1,500.00. On average, they anticipate Alphabet's stock price to reach $1,379.77 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.8% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Alphabet.

24 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alphabet in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 22 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Alphabet.

News articles about GOOG stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Alphabet earned a media sentiment score of 0.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the information services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate 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 days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.1 days. Approximately 1.0% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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), Snap (SNAP), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), Pinterest (PINS), Weibo (WB), Yandex (YNDX), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Trade Desk (TTD), Line (LN) 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 variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (0.06%), H&H International Investment LLC (0.03%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.02%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.02%), Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.02%) and Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.02%). 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 Simplex Trading LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co, Berkshire Asset Management LLC PA and Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Rheos Capital Works Inc., Investmentaktiengesellschaft Fuer Langfristige Investoren TGV, H&H International Investment LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Pacer Advisors Inc., Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC and DNB Asset Management AS. 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 $1,245.49.

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $863.62 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.