Alphabet Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:GOOG)

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

Alphabet shares split on Thursday, April 3rd 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Monday, February 10th 2014. The newly created 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.

Alphabet declared that its board has initiated a stock buyback program on Friday, February 2nd 2018, which permits the company to buyback $8,589,870,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The information services provider reported $14.21 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $11.49 by $2.72. The information services provider had revenue of $38.94 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $38.21 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 23.43% and a return on equity of 20.15%. Alphabet's revenue was up 19.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $11.75 earnings per share. View Alphabet's Earnings History.

Alphabet is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, October 28th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Alphabet.

Alphabet will be holding an earnings conference call on Monday, October 28th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

25 brokerages have issued 1 year target prices for Alphabet's stock. Their predictions range from $1,140.00 to $1,500.00. On average, they anticipate Alphabet's share price to reach $1,379.77 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 11.0% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Alphabet.

25 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alphabet in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 23 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Alphabet.

Press coverage about GOOG stock has trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Alphabet earned a news sentiment score of -1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media headlines about the information services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days. View News Stories for Alphabet.

Alphabet saw a increase in short interest during the month of September. As of September 30th, there was short interest totalling 2,950,000 shares, an increase of 15.7% from the August 30th total of 2,550,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,400,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.1 days. Approximately 1.0% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Alphabet's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Alphabet include Alphabet (GOOGL), Facebook (FB), Baidu (BIDU), Twitter (TWTR), IHS Markit (INFO), Match Group (MTCH), Snap (SNAP), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), Pinterest (PINS), Weibo (WB), Yandex (YNDX), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Trade Desk (TTD), Line (LN) and 58.com (WUBA).

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), Starbucks (SBUX), Bank of America (BAC) and Boeing (BA).

Alphabet's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.02%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.01%), Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC (0.01%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.01%), Bristol John W & Co. Inc. NY (0.01%) and Rheos Capital Works Inc. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Alphabet stock include Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, Capitalg Lp, David C Drummond, James Grier Campbell, 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 Simplex Trading LLC, Manning & Napier Group LLC, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co, Berkshire Asset Management LLC PA, Country Trust Bank and Chesley Taft & Associates LLC. Company insiders that have sold Alphabet company stock in the last year include Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, David C Drummond, John L Hennessy, L John Doerr and Sundar Pichai. View Insider Buying and Selling for Alphabet.

GOOG stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Rheos Capital Works Inc., State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Pacer Advisors Inc., Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC, Osher Van de Voorde Investment Management, Crow Point Partners LLC, Wealthfront Advisers LLC and Addenda Capital Inc.. View Insider Buying and Selling 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 $1,243.01.

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $861.90 billion and generates $136.82 billion in revenue each year. The information services provider earns $30.74 billion in net income (profit) each year or $47.51 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.