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

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

Shares of Alphabet Inc Class C split on Thursday, April 3rd 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Monday, February 10th 2014. The newly issued shares were distributed to shareholders after the closing bell 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 announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback plan on Friday, February 2nd 2018, which permits the company to buyback $8,589,870,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Alphabet Inc Class C (NASDAQ:GOOG) released its earnings results on Monday, April, 23rd. The information services provider reported $9.93 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $9.28 by $0.65. The information services provider had revenue of $31.15 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $30.28 billion. Alphabet Inc Class C had a return on equity of 15.58% and a net margin of 14.19%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 25.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $7.73 earnings per share. 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.

31 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 expect Alphabet Inc Class C's stock price to reach $1,134.48 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.4%. View Analyst Ratings for Alphabet Inc Class C.

31 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 26 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).

Press coverage about GOOG stock has trended somewhat negative recently, according to Accern. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Alphabet Inc Class C earned a news impact score of -0.03 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news headlines about the information services provider an impact score of 46.91 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Alphabet Inc Class C's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Baillie Gifford & Co. (0.34%), Fred Alger Management Inc. (0.12%), Swedbank (0.09%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.03%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%) and Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.03%). 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 Baillie Gifford & Co., Hartford Investment Management Co., Columbia Partners L L C Investment Management, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Fred Alger Management Inc., Pendal Group Ltd and Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware. 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, ADAMCAPITAL Gestao de Recursos Ltda., Pennsylvania Trust Co, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, YCG LLC, Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A., Calamos Advisors LLC and IFM Investors Pty Ltd. 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 $1,186.96.

Alphabet Inc Class C has a market capitalization of $833.10 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.