Alphabet Stock Forecast, Price & News

Alphabet's stock was trading at $1,215.41 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GOOG stock has increased by 17.9% and is now trading at $1,433.07.
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26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alphabet in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings, 23 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."
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Alphabet is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 26th 2020.
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Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 30th. The information services provider reported $10.13 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $8.43 by $1.70. The information services provider earned $31.60 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $30.58 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 18.99% and a return on equity of 15.62%.
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Alphabet's stock 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 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.

26 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Alphabet's stock. Their forecasts range from $1,500.00 to $1,975.00. On average, they expect Alphabet's stock price to reach $1,698.25 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.5% from the stock's current price.
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News coverage about GOOG stock has been trending somewhat negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Alphabet earned a news impact score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines 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 impact on the stock's share price in the near term.
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Alphabet saw a increase in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 2,290,000 shares, an increase of 42.2% from the August 15th total of 1,610,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,810,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.3 days. Approximately 0.8% of the company's stock are short sold.
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Some companies that are related to Alphabet include Omnicom Group (OMC), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), CLEAR CHANNEL O/SH (CCO), National CineMedia (NCMI) and MDC Partners (MDCA).
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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), Walt Disney (DIS), Visa (V), Intel (INTC), salesforce.com (CRM), Mastercard (MA) and JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM).

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

Alphabet's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (3.33%), BlackRock Inc. (2.99%), FMR LLC (1.18%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.55%), Jennison Associates LLC (0.23%) and Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.21%). 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.
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GOOG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Advisor Group Holdings Inc., Vanguard Group Inc., FMR LLC, Toronto Dominion Bank, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., GQG Partners LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, and Sanders Capital LLC. 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.
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GOOG stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Copper Rock Capital Partners LLC, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Nordea Investment Management AB, APG Asset Management N.V., California Public Employees Retirement System, Himalaya Capital Management LLC, Achmea Investment Management B.V., and BlackRock Inc..
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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 Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of GOOG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1,433.07.

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $974.72 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.

The official website for Alphabet is 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.