NASDAQ:GOOG - Alphabet Inc Class C Stock Price, Price Target & More

Alphabet Inc Class C trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "GOOG."

Alphabet Inc Class C 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 issued to shareholders after the market closes on Wednesday, April 2nd 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of Alphabet Inc Class C stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Alphabet Inc Class C declared that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock repurchase 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. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Alphabet Inc Class C (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced its earnings results on Monday, April, 23rd. The information services provider reported $9.93 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $9.28 by $0.65. The information services provider earned $31.15 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $30.28 billion. Alphabet Inc Class C had a net margin of 14.19% and a return on equity of 15.58%. The company's revenue was up 25.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $7.73 earnings per share. View Alphabet Inc Class C's Earnings History.

Alphabet Inc Class C is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 23rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Alphabet Inc Class C.

32 analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Alphabet Inc Class C's shares. Their predictions range from $970.00 to $1,350.00. On average, they expect Alphabet Inc Class C's share price to reach $1,142.7692 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.6%. View Analyst Ratings for Alphabet Inc Class C.

32 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alphabet Inc Class C in the last year. There are currently 5 hold ratings and 27 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

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

Media coverage about GOOG stock has trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Alphabet Inc Class C earned a news sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also assigned headlines about the information services provider an impact score of 45.43 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the next few days.

Alphabet Inc Class C's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Baillie Gifford & Co. (0.34%), Fred Alger Management Inc. (0.12%), Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC (0.10%), Swedbank (0.09%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.03%) and Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%). Company insiders that own Alphabet Inc Class C 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 Inc Class C.

GOOG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Baillie Gifford & Co., Hartford Investment Management Co., Columbia Partners L L C Investment Management, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Fred Alger Management Inc., Pendal Group Ltd and Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware. Company insiders that have sold Alphabet Inc Class C company stock in the last year include Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, David C Drummond, Diane B Greene, James Grier Campbell, John L Hennessy, L John Doerr, Shirley M Tilghman and Sundar Pichai. View Insider Buying and Selling for Alphabet Inc Class C.

GOOG stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Swedbank, ADAMCAPITAL Gestao de Recursos Ltda., Pennsylvania Trust Co, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, YCG LLC, Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. and Calamos Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Alphabet Inc Class C.

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 $1,184.91.

Alphabet Inc Class C has a market capitalization of $831.07 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 Inc Class C's mailing address is 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA, 94043. The information services provider can be reached via phone at 650-253-0000.