NASDAQ:GOOGL - Alphabet Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

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

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) released its quarterly earnings data on Monday, February, 4th. The information services provider reported $12.77 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $11.08 by $1.69. The information services provider earned $31.84 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $31.28 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 19.94% and a net margin of 22.47%. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $9.70 earnings per share. View Alphabet's Earnings History.

Alphabet is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 22nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Alphabet.

30 Wall Street analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Alphabet's shares. Their predictions range from $1,100.00 to $1,500.00. On average, they anticipate Alphabet's share price to reach $1,332.2650 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 10.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Alphabet.

30 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alphabet in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 29 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Alphabet.

Media coverage about GOOGL stock has trended negative on Saturday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Alphabet earned a daily sentiment score of -2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the information services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the near future.

Alphabet saw a increase in short interest during the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 2,183,291 shares, an increase of 35.9% from the January 31st total of 1,606,498 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,976,618 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.1 days. Currently, 0.7% of the company's stock are sold short. View Alphabet's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Alphabet include Alphabet (GOOG), Facebook (FB), Baidu (BIDU), Red Hat (RHT), Twitter (TWTR), IHS Markit (INFO), Match Group (MTCH), Snap (SNAP), Weibo (WB), Yandex (YNDX), 58.com (WUBA), Trade Desk (TTD), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Line (LN) and Tripadvisor (TRIP).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Alphabet investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Micron Technology (MU), General Electric (GE), Canopy Growth (CGC), Netflix (NFLX), Tesla (TSLA), Boeing (BA), Visa (V) and Intel (INTC).

Alphabet's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include MUFG Securities EMEA plc (9.09%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (7.89%), BlackRock Inc. (2.70%), FMR LLC (2.30%), Norges Bank (0.56%) and Geode Capital Management LLC (0.55%).

GOOGL stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Nordea Investment Management AB, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Two Sigma Advisers LP, California Public Employees Retirement System, Acadian Asset Management LLC, Harris Associates L P and State Treasurer State of Michigan.

GOOGL stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Norges Bank, Packer & Co Ltd, Geode Capital Management LLC, Royal London Asset Management Ltd., Legal & General Group Plc and CI Investments Inc..

Shares of GOOGL 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 GOOGL stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1,207.65.

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $839.55 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.

The official website for Alphabet is http://www.abc.xyz.

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 or via email at [email protected]