Alphabet Inc [NASDAQ: GOOG] jumped around 27319825.57 points on Friday, while shares priced at $27320000.0 at the close of the session, up 2.20%.
Alphabet Inc stock is now -3.94% down from its year-to-date (YTD) trading value. GOOG Stock saw the intraday high of $178.84 and lowest of $172.72 per share. The company’s 52-week high price is 208.70, which means current price is +24.96% above from all time high which was touched on 02/04/25.
Compared to the average trading volume of 27.32M shares, GOOG reached a trading volume of 73702971 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
What do top market gurus 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 $199.47 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 1.44. 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.
Seaport Research Partners have made an estimate for Alphabet Inc shares, keeping their opinion on the stock as Buy, with their previous recommendation back on October 30, 2024. While these analysts kept the previous recommendation, Scotiabank raised their target price to Sector Outperform. The new note on the price target was released on October 11, 2024, representing the official price target for Alphabet Inc stock. Previously, the target price had yet another raise to $215, while Pivotal Research Group analysts kept a Buy rating on GOOG stock. On July 10, 2024, analysts increased their price target for GOOG shares from 200 to 220.
The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 6.28, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 7.85. Price to Free Cash Flow for GOOG in the course of the last twelve months was 28.91 with Quick ratio for the last quarter at 1.77.
How has GOOG stock performed recently?
Alphabet Inc [GOOG] gain into the green zone at the end of the last week, gaining into a positive trend and gaining by 6.28. With this latest performance, GOOG shares gained by 2.82% in over the last four-week period, additionally sinking by -9.04% over the last 6 months – not to mention a drop of -6.39% in the past year of trading.
Alphabet Inc [GOOG]: Deeper insight into the fundamentals
Operating Margin for any stock indicates how profitable investing would be, and Alphabet Inc [GOOG] 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 analysis for Alphabet Inc [GOOG]
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 12.87%.
Insider trade positions for Alphabet Inc [GOOG]
There are presently around $61.44%, or 65.81% of GOOG stock, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of GOOG stocks are: VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 414.41 million shares, which is approximately 3.3574%. BLACKROCK INC., holding 355.33 million shares of the stock with an approximate value of $$65.17 billion in GOOG stocks shares; and BLACKROCK INC., currently with $$34.31 billion in GOOG stock with ownership which is approximately 1.5156%.
