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 on the morning of 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 closing bell 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 has initiated a stock buyback plan 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 repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Alphabet Inc Class C (NASDAQ:GOOG) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, April, 23rd. The information services provider reported $9.93 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $9.28 by $0.65. The information services provider had revenue of $31.15 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $30.28 billion. Alphabet Inc Class C had a return on equity of 15.58% and a net margin of 14.19%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 25.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $7.73 EPS. 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.

31 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Alphabet Inc Class C's shares. Their predictions range from $970.00 to $1,350.00. On average, they anticipate Alphabet Inc Class C's share price to reach $1,134.48 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.4%. View Analyst Ratings for Alphabet Inc Class C.

31 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 26 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 headlines about GOOG stock have trended somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Alphabet Inc Class C earned a daily sentiment score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also gave press coverage about the information services provider an impact score of 49.67 out of 100, indicating that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

Alphabet Inc Class C's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Baillie Gifford & Co. (0.34%), Fred Alger Management Inc. (0.12%), Swedbank (0.09%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.03%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.03%) and Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Swedbank, ADAMCAPITAL Gestao de Recursos Ltda., Pennsylvania Trust Co, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, YCG LLC, Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A., Calamos Advisors LLC and IFM Investors Pty Ltd. 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 $1,186.96.

Alphabet Inc Class C has a market capitalization of $833.10 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.