why Alphabet Inc [GOOG] is a Good Choice for Investors After New Price Target of $192.49

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Alphabet Inc [NASDAQ: GOOG] plunged by -$3.44 during the normal trading session on while it closed the day at $183.42.

Alphabet Inc stock has also gained 1.75% of its value over the past 7 days. However, GOOG stock has inclined by 20.46% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has gained 29.68% and gained 30.15% year-on date.

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The market cap for GOOG stock reached $2266.70 billion, with 5.69 billion shares outstanding and 5.22 billion shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 19.52M shares, GOOG reached a trading volume of 22976915 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.

Here’s what leading stock market gurus have to say about Alphabet Inc [GOOG]:

Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for GOOG shares is $192.49 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on GOOG stock is a recommendation set at 1.64. This rating represents a strong Buy recommendation, on the scale from 1 to 5, where 5 would mean strong sell, 4 represents Sell, 3 is Hold, and 2 indicates Buy.

Rosenblatt have made an estimate for Alphabet Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Neutral, with their previous recommendation back on June 28, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Oppenheimer raised their target price from $172 to $185. The new note on the price target was released on April 08, 2024, representing the official price target for Alphabet Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $150, while Raymond James analysts kept a Outperform rating on GOOG stock. On January 31, 2023, analysts increased their price target for GOOG shares from 116 to 119.

The Average True Range (ATR) for Alphabet Inc is set at 3.19, with the Price to Sales ratio for GOOG stock in the period of the last 12 months amounting to 7.13. The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 7.75, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 8.75. Price to Free Cash Flow for GOOG in the course of the last twelve months was 32.80 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 2.15.

GOOG stock trade performance evaluation

Alphabet Inc [GOOG] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 1.75. With this latest performance, GOOG shares gained by 3.39% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 29.68% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 51.49% in the past year of trading.

Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for GOOG stock in for the last two-week period is set at 60.88, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 59.96, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 61.26 for Alphabet Inc [GOOG]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 173.61, while it was recorded at 184.40 for the last single week of trading, and 149.09 for the last 200 days.

Alphabet Inc [GOOG]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals

Alphabet Inc’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 2.15 and a Current Ratio set at 2.15.

Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Alphabet Inc [GOOG] stock

The progress of the company may be observed through the prism of EPS growth rate, while Wall Street analysts are focusing on predicting the 5-year EPS growth rate for GOOG. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Alphabet Inc go to 18.40%.

Alphabet Inc [GOOG]: Institutional Ownership

There are presently around $678.65 billion, or None% of GOOG stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of GOOG stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.32 billion shares, which is approximately 8.4983%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 1.04 billion shares of the stock with an approximate value of $200.69 billion in GOOG stocks shares; and BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, currently with $174.35 billion in GOOG stock with ownership which is approximately 5.8386%.