Alphabet Inc [NASDAQ: GOOGL] surged by $40379826.68 during the normal trading session on Friday and reaching a high of $174.34 during the day while it closed the day at $40380000.0.
Alphabet Inc stock has also loss -5.16% of its value over the past 7 days. However, GOOGL stock has inclined by 2.36% in the 3 months of the year. Over the past six months meanwhile, it has lost -15.26% and lost -5.98% year-on date.
The market cap for GOOGL stock reached $2028.13 billion, with 5.83 billion shares outstanding and 5.80 billion shares in the current float. Compared to the average trading volume of 40.38M shares, GOOGL reached a trading volume of 75659920 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 [GOOGL]:
Based on careful and fact-backed analyses by Wall Street experts, the current consensus on the target price for GOOGL shares is $199.80 per share. Analysis on target price and performance of stocks is usually carefully studied by market experts, and the current Wall Street consensus on GOOGL stock is a recommendation set at 1.43. 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.
Wells Fargo have made an estimate for Alphabet Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Equal Weight, with their previous recommendation back on April 25, 2025. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, UBS raised their target price from $173 to $186. The new note on the price target was released on April 25, 2025, representing the official price target for Alphabet Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another drop from $225 to $220, while Susquehanna kept a Positive rating on GOOGL stock. On April 25, 2025, analysts decreased their price target for GOOGL shares from 205 to 189.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 5.87, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 7.83. Price to Free Cash Flow for GOOGL in the course of the last twelve months was 27.08 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.77.
GOOGL stock trade performance evaluation
Alphabet Inc [GOOGL] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -5.16. With this latest performance, GOOGL shares gained by 1.62% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -15.26% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -11.97% in the past year of trading.
Alphabet Inc [GOOGL]: An insightful look at the core fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Alphabet Inc [GOOGL] shares currently have an operating margin of 32.60% and a Gross Margin at 58.54%. Alphabet Inc’s Net Margin is presently recorded at 30.89%.
Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 25.15%, with Return on Assets sitting at 25.15%.
Earnings per share (EPS) analysis for Alphabet Inc [GOOGL] 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 GOOGL. When it comes to the mentioned value, analysts are expecting to see the 5-year EPS growth rate for Alphabet Inc go to 12.91%.
Alphabet Inc [GOOGL]: Institutional Ownership
There are presently around $81.07%, or 81.28%% of GOOGL stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of GOOGL stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 504.37 million shares, which is approximately 4.0863%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 421.08 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$76.7 billion in GOOGL stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$41.61 billion in GOOGL stock with ownership which is approximately 1.8507%.
