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

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

Shares of Alphabet 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 payable 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 announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback program on Friday, February 2nd 2018, which permits the company to buyback $8,589,870,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) posted its 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 earned $38.94 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $38.21 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 20.15% and a net margin of 23.43%. The business's revenue was up 19.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $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 12-month target prices for Alphabet's stock. Their forecasts range from $1,140.00 to $1,500.00. On average, they expect Alphabet's share price to reach $1,379.77 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.3% 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.

News headlines about GOOG stock have trended negative on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media 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 negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Alphabet earned a news impact score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the information services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company'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 days-to-cover ratio is currently 2.1 days. Currently, 1.0% of the company's shares 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), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), Snap (SNAP), Pinterest (PINS), Weibo (WB), Yandex (YNDX), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Line (LN), Trade Desk (TTD) 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.01%), Douglass Winthrop Advisors LLC (0.01%), Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.01%), Rheos Capital Works Inc. (0.01%), Welch & Forbes LLC (0.01%) and Artemis Investment Management LLP (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 Manning & Napier Group LLC, Artemis Investment Management LLP, Berkshire Asset Management LLC PA, Country Trust Bank, Chesley Taft & Associates LLC, Crossmark Global Holdings Inc., Stonebridge Capital Management Inc. and Bremer Bank National Association. 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 acquired 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, Crow Point Partners LLC, Addenda Capital Inc., Gradient Investments LLC and Lucia Wealth Services LLC. 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 $1,217.60.

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $844.28 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.