NASDAQ:GOOG - Alphabet Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Alphabet shares 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 payable 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 has authorized a share buyback plan on Friday, February 2nd 2018, which authorizes the company to buyback $8,589,870,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) issued its earnings results on Thursday, October, 25th. The information services provider reported $13.06 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $10.41 by $2.65. The information services provider earned $27.16 billion during the quarter. Alphabet had a return on equity of 19.40% and a net margin of 14.45%. View Alphabet's Earnings History.

Alphabet is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, February 4th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Alphabet.

Alphabet will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, February 4th at 4:30 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

27 brokerages have issued 12-month price objectives for Alphabet's stock. Their predictions range from $1,040.00 to $1,500.00. On average, they expect Alphabet's stock price to reach $1,306.8182 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 19.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Alphabet.

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

Media coverage about GOOG stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Alphabet earned a coverage optimism score of 1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the information services provider a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Some companies that are related to Alphabet include Alphabet (GOOGL), Facebook (FB), Baidu (BIDU), Red Hat (RHT), Twitter (TWTR), IHS Markit (INFO), Weibo (WB), Match Group (MTCH), Yandex (YNDX), Line (LN), 58.com (WUBA), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Tripadvisor (TRIP), Snap (SNAP) and Sabre (SABR).

Alphabet's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include USS Investment Management Ltd (0.04%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%), Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.03%), BTIM Corp. (0.02%), KAMES CAPITAL plc (0.02%) and Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.01%). Company insiders that own Alphabet stock include Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, David C Drummond, Diane B Greene, James Grier Campbell, John L Hennessy, L John Doerr, Lawrence Page, Sergey Brin, Shirley M Tilghman and Sundar Pichai. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Alphabet.

GOOG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, KAMES CAPITAL plc, Waverton Investment Management Ltd, Nippon Life Global Investors Americas Inc., Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Sit Investment Associates Inc., Bainco International Investors and Patten & Patten Inc. TN. Company insiders that have sold Alphabet company stock in the last year include Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, David C Drummond, James Grier Campbell, John L Hennessy, L John Doerr and Sundar Pichai. View Insider Buying and Selling for Alphabet.

GOOG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Simplex Trading LLC, USS Investment Management Ltd, Factory Mutual Insurance Co., QCI Asset Management Inc. NY, Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, RPG Investment Advisory LLC, Oakbrook Investments LLC and Confluence Investment Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GOOG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1,098.26.

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $764.25 billion and generates $110.86 billion in revenue each year.

The official website for Alphabet is http://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.