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

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 created 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 declared that its board has approved a share buyback plan on Friday, February 2nd 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $8,589,870,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 25th. The information services provider reported $14.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $11.49 by $2.72. The information services provider earned $38.94 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $38.21 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 23.43% and a return on equity of 20.15%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 19.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $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 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Alphabet's shares. Their predictions range from $1,140.00 to $1,500.00. On average, they anticipate Alphabet's share price to reach $1,379.77 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.9% 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 stories about GOOG stock have been trending extremely negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Alphabet earned a news sentiment score of -4.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the information services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Alphabet.

Alphabet saw a increase in short interest in 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 trading volume of 1,400,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.1 days. Currently, 1.0% of the shares of the stock 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), 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), Boeing (BA) and Bank of America (BAC).

Alphabet's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional 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 acquired 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 $1,244.20.

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $862.73 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.