NASDAQ:GOOG - Alphabet Stock Price, News & Analysis

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

Alphabet shares split on the morning of Thursday, April 3rd 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Monday, February 10th 2014. The newly minted 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 has authorized a share repurchase plan 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 repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 25th. The information services provider reported $14.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' 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 net margin of 23.43% and a return on equity of 20.15%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 19.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $11.75 EPS. View Alphabet's Earnings History.

Alphabet is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Alphabet.

27 analysts have issued 12 month target prices for Alphabet's shares. Their forecasts range from $1,140.00 to $1,500.00. On average, they expect Alphabet's share price to reach $1,379.7692 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 15.9% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Alphabet.

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

Media coverage about GOOG stock has trended positive recently, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Alphabet earned a media sentiment score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the information services provider a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View News Stories for Alphabet.

Alphabet saw a increase in short interest during the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,670,000 shares, an increase of 7.2% from the June 15th total of 2,490,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 1,560,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.7 days. Currently, 0.9% 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), Red Hat (RHT), Twitter (TWTR), IHS Markit (INFO), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), Match Group (MTCH), Snap (SNAP), Yandex (YNDX), Trade Desk (TTD), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Weibo (WB), 58.com (WUBA) and Line (LN).

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), Intel (INTC), Visa (V), Bank of America (BAC), Starbucks (SBUX) and Boeing (BA).

Alphabet's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (3.27%), BlackRock Inc. (2.91%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.66%), Northern Trust Corp (0.61%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (0.54%) and Invesco Ltd. (0.54%). 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 Janus Henderson Group PLC, Morgan Stanley, Egerton Capital UK LLP, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Maplelane Capital LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. and Farallon Capital Management 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Investec Asset Management LTD, BlackRock Inc., PenderFund Capital Management Ltd., Vanguard Group Inc., Polen Capital Management LLC and Invesco Ltd.. 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GOOG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1,190.01.

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $825.15 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.