NASDAQ:GOOG - Alphabet Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Alphabet's stock split before market open on Thursday, April 3rd 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Monday, February 10th 2014. The newly created shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell 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 of Directors has authorized a stock repurchase program on Friday, February 2nd 2018, which permits the company to buyback $8,589,870,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) posted its earnings results on Thursday, February, 1st. The information services provider reported $9.70 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $10.07 by $0.37. The information services provider had revenue of $32.32 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $31.88 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 11.42% and a return on equity of 14.94%. The company's revenue was up 24.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $9.36 earnings per share. View Alphabet's Earnings History.

Alphabet is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April, 23rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Alphabet.

40 equities research analysts have issued 1-year target prices for Alphabet's stock. Their forecasts range from $725.00 to $1,300.00. On average, they expect Alphabet's share price to reach $1,085.7333 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Alphabet.

Some companies that are related to Alphabet include Alphabet (GOOGL), Facebook (FB), Baidu (BIDU), Red Hat Software (RHT), Weibo (WB), Twitter (TWTR), IHS Markit (INFO), Snap (SNAP), Match Group (MTCH), 58.com (WUBA), Yandex (YNDX), LINE (LN), FactSet (FDS), Sabre (SABR), TripAdvisor (TRIP), Interxion (INXN), The Stars Group (TSG) and Wix.com (WIX).

Headlines about GOOG stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research group rates the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Alphabet earned a media sentiment score of 0.22 on Accern's scale. They also gave news headlines about the information services provider an impact score of 47.86 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future.

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 $1,072.96.

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $745.47 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's mailing address is 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA, 94043. The information services provider can be reached via phone at 650-253-0000.