NASDAQ:GOOGAlphabet Stock Price, Forecast & News

Alphabet's stock was trading at $1,215.41 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, GOOG stock has decreased by 0.5% and is now trading at $1,208.80. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

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

Alphabet is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, May 4th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Alphabet.

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February, 3rd. The information services provider reported $15.35 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $12.76 by $2.59. The information services provider had revenue of $46.08 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $46.87 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 18.66% and a net margin of 21.22%. The firm's revenue was up 17.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $10.95 earnings per share. View Alphabet's earnings history.

Alphabet shares 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.

28 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Alphabet's shares. Their forecasts range from $1,287.00 to $1,769.00. On average, they expect Alphabet's share price to reach $1,578.85 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 30.6% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Alphabet.

Headlines about GOOG stock have trended very negative on Thursday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Alphabet earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media stories about the information services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutAlphabet.

Alphabet saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 3,751,000 shares, an increase of 15.8% from the February 27th total of 3,240,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 2,472,700 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.5 days. Approximately 1.3% of the company's stock are sold short. View Alphabet's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Alphabet include Omnicom Group (OMC), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), CLEAR CHANNEL O/SH (CCO), National CineMedia (NCMI), MDC Partners (MDCA) and Harte Hanks (HHS).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Alphabet investors own include Netflix (NFLX), Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Walt Disney (DIS), Visa (V), Intel (INTC), Bank of America (BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Boeing (BA).

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

Alphabet's stock is owned by a variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%), Hexavest Inc. (0.01%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.00%), IFM Investors Pty Ltd (0.00%), Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc. (0.00%) and Investment House LLC (0.00%). Company insiders that own Alphabet stock include Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, Capitalg Lp, David C Drummond, John L Hennessy, L John Doerr and Sundar Pichai. View institutional ownership trends for Alphabet.

GOOG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Centre Asset Management LLC, Investment House LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc., Nexus Investment Management Inc., Callahan Advisors LLC, Simon Quick Advisors LLC, and Neville Rodie & Shaw Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Alphabet company stock in the last year include Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, Capitalg Lp, David C Drummond, and John L Hennessy. View insider buying and selling activity for Alphabet.

GOOG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Hexavest Inc., IBM Retirement Fund, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Gradient Investments LLC, CLARET ASSET MANAGEMENT Corp, M&G Investment Management Ltd., Confluence Investment Management LLC, and Sanders Morris Harris LLC. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of GOOG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1,208.80.

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $830.78 billion and generates $161.86 billion in revenue each year. The information services provider earns $34.34 billion in net income (profit) each year or $51.56 on an earnings per share basis. Alphabet employs 98,771 workers across the globe. View additional information about Alphabet.

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.