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

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 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.

Alphabet declared that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Friday, February 2nd 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $8,589,870,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced its quarterly earnings data 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 return on equity of 14.94% and a net margin of 11.42%. Alphabet's quarterly revenue was up 24.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $9.36 EPS. 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 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Alphabet's shares. 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 twelve months. 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).

Media coverage about GOOG stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Alphabet earned a media sentiment score of 0.22 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the information services provider an impact score of 45.89 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next several days.

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 $1,087.70.

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $744.86 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.