In the last trading session, 12.04 million shares of the Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) were traded, and its beta was 1.05. Most recently the company’s share price was $160.28, and it changed around $1.29 or 0.81% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $1973.05B. GOOG currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $193.31, offering almost -20.61% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $121.46, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 24.22% since then. We note from Alphabet Inc’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 18.8 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 18.10 million.
Alphabet Inc stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.59. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 5 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 2 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 0 recommended GOOG as a Hold, whereas 3 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Alphabet Inc is expected to report earnings per share of 1.65 for the current quarter.
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Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) trade information
Instantly GOOG has showed a green trend with a performance of 0.81% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 161.59 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 0.81%. The company’s shares are currently up 13.73% year-to-date, but still up 6.85% over the last five days. On the other hand, Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is -2.71% down in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 42.05 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 2.35 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $147.5, which translates to bulls needing to decrease their stock price by -8.66% from its current value. Analyst projections state that GOOG is forecast to be at a low of $117 and a high of $365.
Alphabet Inc (GOOG) estimates and forecasts
Alphabet Inc share prices are performing particularly well compared to other companies within the same industry. As is evident from the statistics, the company’s shares have risen 7.95 percent over the past six months and at a 31.55% annual growth rate that is well above the industry average of 13.40%. Moreover, analysts have decided to roll up on their fiscal year 2024 revenue estimates. The rating firms predict that it will gain 17.00% in revenue this quarter, and will report an increase of 11.00% in the next quarter. The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 1.50%, up from the previous year.
Consensus estimates provided by 33 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 77.55B in revenue for the current quarter. 32 analysts expect Alphabet Inc to make 86.08B in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were 69.95B and 86.31B respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 10.90%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at -0.30%.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 21.56%. Alphabet Inc earnings are expected to increase by 31.64% in 2024, but the outlook is positive 20.50% per year for the next five years.
GOOG Dividends
Alphabet Inc’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released in October. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 0.25 percent and its annual dividend per share was 0.40. It is important to note, however, that the 0.25% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision.
Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 0.02% of Alphabet Inc shares, and 61.98% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 61.99%. Alphabet Inc stock is held by 5033.0 institutions, with VANGUARD GROUP INC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 3.338% of the shares, which is about 414.41 million shares worth $76.01 billion.
BLACKROCK INC., with 2.8621% or 355.33 million shares worth $65.17 billion as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
