Alphabet Stock Forecast, Price & News

Alphabet's stock was trading at $1,215.41 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GOOG shares have increased by 44.9% and is now trading at $1,760.74.
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25 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alphabet in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating, 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, February 1st 2021.
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Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, November, 3rd. The information services provider reported $16.40 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $11.35 by $5.05. The information services provider earned $46.17 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $42.84 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 17.31% and a net margin of 20.80%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 14.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business earned $10.12 EPS.
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Alphabet shares split on the morning of 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 stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

25 analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Alphabet's shares. Their forecasts range from $1,500.00 to $2,250.00. On average, they anticipate Alphabet's share price to reach $1,785.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 1.4% from the stock's current price.
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Some companies that are related to Alphabet include Omnicom Group (OMC), The Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Clear Channel Outdoor (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), The Walt Disney (DIS), Visa (V), Intel (INTC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), salesforce.com (CRM) and Mastercard (MA).

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

Alphabet's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (2.95%), State Street Corp (1.71%), TCI Fund Management Ltd. (0.44%), Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.42%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (0.40%) and Morgan Stanley (0.35%). Company insiders that own Alphabet stock include Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, Capitalg Lp, David C Drummond, John L Hennessy and Sundar Pichai.
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GOOG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including JPMorgan Chase & Co., BlackRock Inc., Jennison Associates LLC, CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC, State Street Corp, Wells Fargo & Company MN, Nuveen Asset Management LLC, and Epoch Investment Partners 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.
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GOOG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership, SB Management Ltd, Natixis, Great West Life Assurance Co. Can, Morgan Stanley, Jupiter Asset Management Ltd., and Sanders Capital LLC.
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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 $1,760.74.

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $1.19 trillion 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 132,121 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.