NASDAQ:GOOGAlphabet Stock Price, Forecast & News

Alphabet's stock was trading at $1,215.41 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, GOOG stock has increased by 23.1% and is now trading at $1,495.70. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

28 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alphabet in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating, 26 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Alphabet.

Alphabet is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 23rd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Alphabet.

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) released its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 28th. The information services provider reported $9.87 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $11.27 by $1.40. The information services provider earned $41.16 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $40.29 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 17.43% and a net margin of 20.71%. The firm's revenue was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $9.50 EPS. View Alphabet's earnings history.

Alphabet shares split before market open 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 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.

28 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Alphabet's stock. Their forecasts range from $1,360.00 to $1,800.00. On average, they expect Alphabet's stock price to reach $1,584.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 6.0% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Alphabet.

Media headlines about GOOG stock have been trending negative on Tuesday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies positive and negative news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Alphabet earned a daily sentiment score of -2.1 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 news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View the latest news about Alphabet.

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) and Harte Hanks (HHS). View all competitors.

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), Bank of America (BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Boeing (BA).

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

Alphabet's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.00%), Thomasville National Bank (0.00%), Capital Investment Services of America Inc. (0.00%), Spence Asset Management (0.00%) and Private Asset Management Inc. (0.00%). 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. View institutional ownership trends for Alphabet.

GOOG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Confluence Investment Management LLC, Thomasville National Bank, M&R Capital Management Inc., Birch Capital Management LLC, Ellevest Inc., Boltwood Capital Management, Courier Capital LLC, and West Oak Capital LLC. 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 activity for Alphabet.

GOOG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Burns J W & Co. Inc. NY, Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE, Fulton Bank N. A., Spence Asset Management, Modus Advisors LLC, Bath Savings Trust Co, and Windsor Group LTD. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $1,495.70.

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.

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.