NASDAQ:GOOGAlphabet Stock Price, Forecast & News

Alphabet's stock was trading at $1,215.41 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GOOG stock has increased by 24.1% and is now trading at $1,507.73.
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26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alphabet in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings, 23 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Alphabet is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 26th 2020.
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Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 30th. The information services provider reported $10.13 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $8.43 by $1.70. The information services provider earned $31.60 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $30.58 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 18.99% and a return on equity of 15.62%.
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Alphabet shares split on the morning of Thursday, April 3rd 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Monday, February 10th 2014. The newly issued shares were issued 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.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Alphabet's stock. Their forecasts range from $1,500.00 to $1,975.00. On average, they anticipate Alphabet's share price to reach $1,679.75 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.4% from the stock's current price.
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News stories about GOOG stock have trended neutral this week, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Alphabet earned a daily sentiment score of 0.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media 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 stock's share price in the near term.
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Alphabet saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,380,000 shares, a drop of 29.4% from the June 15th total of 3,370,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,790,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.3 days. Approximately 0.8% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Some companies that are related to Alphabet include Omnicom Group (OMC), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), CLEAR CHANNEL O/SH (CCO), National CineMedia (NCMI), MDC Partners (MDCA) and Harte Hanks (HHS).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Alphabet investors own include Netflix (NFLX), NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Tesla (TSLA), Walt Disney (DIS), Visa (V), Intel (INTC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), Mastercard (MA) and Bank of America (BAC).

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

Alphabet's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (3.33%), BlackRock Inc. (2.99%), FMR LLC (1.18%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.55%), Jennison Associates LLC (0.23%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.21%). Company insiders that own Alphabet stock include Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, Capitalg Lp, David C Drummond, John L Hennessy, L John Doerr and Sundar Pichai.
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GOOG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Advisor Group Holdings Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., FMR LLC, Toronto Dominion Bank, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Sanders Capital LLC, and Prudential Financial Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Alphabet company stock in the last year include Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, Capitalg Lp, David C Drummond, and John L Hennessy.
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GOOG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Nordea Investment Management AB, APG Asset Management N.V., California Public Employees Retirement System, Achmea Investment Management B.V., BlackRock Inc., and MUFG Securities EMEA plc.
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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 $1,507.73.

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $1.03 trillion and generates $161.86 billion in revenue each year. The information services provider earns $34.34 billion in net income (profit) each year or $51.56 on an earnings per share basis. Alphabet employs 98,771 workers across the globe.

The official website for Alphabet is 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.