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 issued 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 of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Friday, February 2nd 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $8,589,870,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are often an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) released its earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The information services provider reported $14.21 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' 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% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last 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.

25 brokerages have issued 1-year price objectives for Alphabet's shares. Their forecasts range from $1,140.00 to $1,525.00. On average, they anticipate Alphabet's stock price to reach $1,390.14 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 11.9% 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.

Media stories about GOOG stock have trended negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Alphabet earned a news impact score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news headlines 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 few days. 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 currently 2.1 days. Approximately 1.0% of the company's shares are short sold. 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), Harte Hanks (HHS) and Digital Generation (DGIT).

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 many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC (0.06%), Strs Ohio (0.04%), H&H International Investment LLC (0.03%), Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.03%), Assenagon Asset Management S.A. (0.02%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (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 Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc.. 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 bought 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, KAMES CAPITAL plc, Strs Ohio, Envestnet Asset Management Inc. and Calamos Advisors 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 $1,242.80.

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $861.76 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.