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 minted shares were distributed 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 repurchase $8,589,870,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are usually a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February, 1st. The information services provider reported $9.70 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $10.07 by $0.37. The information services provider had revenue of $32.32 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $31.88 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 11.42% and a return on equity of 14.94%. The firm's revenue for the quarter 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.

39 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Alphabet's stock. Their forecasts range from $725.00 to $1,300.00. On average, they anticipate Alphabet's stock price to reach $1,087.3103 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) and TripAdvisor (TRIP).

News coverage about GOOG stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, according to Accern Sentiment. Accern ranks the sentiment of press coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Alphabet earned a media sentiment score of 0.24 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the information services provider an impact score of 46.60 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few 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 $1,067.45.

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.