Alphabet Stock Forecast, Price & News

33 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alphabet in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 32 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Alphabet stock.
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Alphabet saw a drop in short interest in the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 2,470,000 shares, a drop of 21.3% from the June 15th total of 3,140,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 1,260,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 2.0 days. Currently, 0.9% of the shares of the stock are sold short.
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Alphabet is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, November 4th 2021.
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Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 26th. The information services provider reported $27.26 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $19.89 by $7.37. The information services provider earned $61.88 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $56.08 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 26.11% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 23.54%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 61.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $10.13 earnings per share.
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Alphabet's stock was trading at $1,215.41 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, GOOG stock has increased by 124.7% and is now trading at $2,730.81.
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Shares of Alphabet split on Thursday, April 3rd 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Monday, February 10th 2014. The newly minted 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.

33 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Alphabet's stock. Their forecasts range from $1,725.00 to $3,600.00. On average, they expect Alphabet's share price to reach $3,003.21 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.0% from the stock's current price.
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4,614 employees have rated Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai on Glassdoor.com. Sundar Pichai has an approval rating of 94% among Alphabet's employees. This puts Sundar Pichai in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to Alphabet include Omnicom Group (OMC), The Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO), MDC Partners (MDCA) and National CineMedia (NCMI).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Alphabet investors own include Netflix (NFLX), NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Alibaba Group (BABA), The Walt Disney (DIS), Visa (V), Intel (INTC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), salesforce.com (CRM) and Mastercard (MA).

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 TCW Group Inc. (0.03%), Cantillon Capital Management LLC (0.02%), Marathon Asset Management LLP (0.01%), Bristol John W & Co. Inc. NY (0.01%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.01%) and DAVENPORT & Co LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Alphabet stock include Aaron Boynton, Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, Capitalg Lp, David C Drummond, John Kent Walker, John L Hennessy, John L Hennessy, Lawrence Page, Philipp Schindler, Prabhakar Raghavan, Sergey Brin and Sundar Pichai.
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GOOG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including TCW Group Inc., Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Bristol John W & Co. Inc. NY, Cantillon Capital Management LLC, Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., Gofen & Glossberg LLC IL, TIAA FSB, and Confluence Investment Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Alphabet company stock in the last year include Aaron Boynton, Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, John Kent Walker, John L Hennessy, Lawrence Page, Philipp Schindler, Prabhakar Raghavan, Sergey Brin, and Sundar Pichai.
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GOOG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Marathon Asset Management LLP, CTC LLC, DAVENPORT & Co LLC, Vancity Investment Management Ltd, LaFleur & Godfrey LLC, Brookstone Capital Management, Focused Wealth Management Inc, and New Mexico Educational Retirement Board.
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Shares of GOOG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of GOOG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $2,730.81.

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $1.83 trillion and generates $182.53 billion in revenue each year. The information services provider earns $40.27 billion in net income (profit) each year or $58.61 on an earnings per share basis.

Alphabet employs 139,995 workers across the globe.

Alphabet was founded in 2015.

The official website for Alphabet is www.google.com.

Alphabet is headquartered at 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA, 94043.

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.