NASDAQ:GOOG - Alphabet Stock Price, Forecast & News

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

Shares of Alphabet 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 Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) posted its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February, 3rd. The information services provider reported $15.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $12.76 by $2.59. The information services provider had revenue of $46.08 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $46.87 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 18.66% and a net margin of 21.22%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 17.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $10.95 EPS. View Alphabet's Earnings History.

Alphabet is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 2020. View Earnings Estimates for Alphabet.

27 brokerages have issued 12-month price targets for Alphabet's shares. Their forecasts range from $1,287.00 to $1,769.00. On average, they expect Alphabet's share price to reach $1,595.85 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 7.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Alphabet.

27 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alphabet in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating, 25 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Alphabet.

News articles about GOOG stock have trended neutral recently, according to InfoTrie. The research group identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Alphabet earned a news sentiment score of 0.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the information services provider a news buzz of 1.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Alphabet.

Alphabet saw a increase in short interest in January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 3,480,000 shares, an increase of 7.7% from the January 15th total of 3,230,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,390,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.5 days. Currently, 1.2% of the company's stock are short sold. View Alphabet's Current Options Chain.

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).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Alphabet investors own include Netflix (NFLX), Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Walt Disney (DIS), Tesla (TSLA), Visa (V), Intel (INTC), Bank of America (BAC), Boeing (BA) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

Alphabet's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (1.70%), FMR LLC (1.29%), Capital International Investors (0.63%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.62%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.53%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.48%). 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 Capital World Investors, Sands Capital Management LLC, Capital Research Global Investors, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft FI, USS Investment Management Ltd, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Los Angeles Capital Management & Equity Research Inc. 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. View Insider Buying and Selling for Alphabet.

GOOG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Baillie Gifford & Co., Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Johanson Financial Advisors Inc., Sanders Capital LLC, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Ladenburg Thalmann Financial Services Inc., Renaissance Technologies LLC and Geode Capital Management 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 $1,485.11.

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $1.02 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.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.