NASDAQ:GOOG - Alphabet Inc Class C Stock Price, Price Target & More

Alphabet Inc Class C trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "GOOG."

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

Alphabet Inc Class C declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a share buyback plan on Friday, February 2nd 2018, which permits the company to repurchase $8,589,870,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Alphabet Inc Class C (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced its earnings results on Monday, April, 23rd. The information services provider reported $9.93 EPS for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $9.28 by $0.65. The information services provider earned $31.15 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $30.28 billion. Alphabet Inc Class C had a return on equity of 15.58% and a net margin of 14.19%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 25.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $7.73 EPS. View Alphabet Inc Class C's Earnings History.

Alphabet Inc Class C is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 23rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Alphabet Inc Class C.

33 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Alphabet Inc Class C's stock. Their forecasts range from $970.00 to $1,350.00. On average, they anticipate Alphabet Inc Class C's stock price to reach $1,134.48 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.6%. View Analyst Ratings for Alphabet Inc Class C.

33 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alphabet Inc Class C in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 28 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Some companies that are related to Alphabet Inc Class C include Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL), Facebook, Inc. Common Stock (FB), Baidu (BIDU), Twitter (TWTR), Red Hat (RHT), IHS Markit (INFO), Weibo (WB), Snap (SNAP), Yandex (YNDX), Match Group (MTCH), Line (LN), 58.com (WUBA), Tripadvisor Inc Common Stock (TRIP), FactSet Research Systems (FDS) and Stars Group (TSG).

Media coverage about GOOG stock has been trending somewhat positive on Monday, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Alphabet Inc Class C earned a news impact score of 0.21 on Accern's scale. They also gave headlines about the information services provider an impact score of 44.66 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days.

Alphabet Inc Class C's stock is owned by a variety of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Swedbank (0.09%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.03%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%), NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. (0.02%), KAMES CAPITAL plc (0.02%) and Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.01%). Company insiders that own Alphabet Inc Class C stock include Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, David C Drummond, Diane B Greene, James Grier Campbell, John L Hennessy, L John Doerr, Lawrence Page, Sergey Brin, Shirley M Tilghman and Sundar Pichai. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Alphabet Inc Class C.

GOOG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Columbia Partners L L C Investment Management, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware, Hudson Valley Investment Advisors Inc. ADV, James Hambro & Partners, Nexus Investment Management Inc., Fisher Asset Management LLC and Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC. Company insiders that have sold Alphabet Inc Class C company stock in the last year include Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, David C Drummond, Diane B Greene, James Grier Campbell, John L Hennessy, L John Doerr, Shirley M Tilghman and Sundar Pichai. View Insider Buying and Selling for Alphabet Inc Class C.

GOOG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Swedbank, Pennsylvania Trust Co, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A., IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Contravisory Investment Management Inc., Xact Kapitalforvaltning AB and Bremer Trust National Association. View Insider Buying and Selling for Alphabet Inc Class C.

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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GOOG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1,188.82.

Alphabet Inc Class C has a market capitalization of $826.16 billion and generates $110.86 billion in revenue each year. The information services provider earns $12.66 billion in net income (profit) each year or $32.05 on an earnings per share basis.

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