Alphabet Inc. provides various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America.
Google stock last closed at $102.90, down 1.79% from the previous day, and has decreased 26.08% in one year. It has overperformed other stocks in the Internet Content & Information industry by 0.08 percentage points. Google stock is currently +23.47% from its 52-week low of $83.34, and -28.44% from its 52-week high of $143.79.
There are currently 12.81B shares of GOOGL outstanding. The market capitalization of GOOGL is $1.32T. In the past 24 hours, 31.63M GOOGL shares were traded.
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Out of 30 Equities analysts who give ratings on GOOGL, the consensus analyst rating on Google is a Strong Buy
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Conor Fitzgerald, a top 41% analyst from Wells Fargo maintains GOOGL with a strong buy rating and raises their GOOGL price target from $145.00 to $150.00, on Feb 3, 2023.
Rohit Kulkarni, a top 3% analyst from Roth MKM maintains GOOGL with a strong buy rating and raises their GOOGL price target from $120.00 to $126.00, on Feb 3, 2023.
Andrew Boone, a bottom 2% analyst from JMP Securities reiterates GOOGL with a buy rating and maintains their GOOGL price target from $132.00 to $132.00, on Feb 3, 2023.
Youssef Squali, a top 9% analyst from Truist Securities maintains GOOGL with a strong buy rating and lowers their GOOGL price target from $130.00 to $120.00, on Feb 3, 2023.
Squali lowered his price target on Alphabet Inc. by 7.7% following the release of the company's Q4 and FY 2022 earnings report on 2023/02/02.
Results were "mixed," with management guiding to higher cost efficiency and a greater focus on AI, the analyst reported.
Squali said he is positive on management's commitment to halt hiring and focus resources on the highest growth priorities as it responds to the current macro backdrop.
In summary, Alphabet's revenue growth should re-accelerate over FY 2023 and its margins should improve thanks to better cost containment, the analyst predicted.
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CEO Sundar Picha commented, “Our long-term investments in deep computer science make us extremely well-positioned as AI reaches an inflection point, and I’m excited by the AI-driven leaps we’re about to unveil in Search and beyond.
“There’s also great momentum in Cloud, YouTube subscriptions, and our Pixel devices.
“We’re on an important journey to re-engineer our cost structure in a durable way and to build financially sustainable, vibrant, growing businesses across Alphabet.”
Barton Crockett, a bottom 7% analyst from Rosenblatt maintains GOOGL with a strong buy rating and lowers their GOOGL price target from $130.00 to $128.00, on Feb 3, 2023.
You can dive deeper into what analysts are saying on the Google stock forecast page.
Last year, GOOGL earnings were $59.97B. During the past five year, GOOGL's earnings have grown by 38.12% per year. This was faster than the Internet Content & Information industry average of 24.67%.
Last year, GOOGL revenue was $282.84B. Over the last five year, GOOGL's revenue has gone up by 20.6% per year. This was slower than the Internet Content & Information industry average of 23.44%.
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Over the past 12 months, executives and large shareholders at GOOGL have sold more shares than they have bought.
Amie Thuener Otoole, VP Chief Accounting Officer of GOOGL, was the latest GOOGL insider to sell. They sold $63,617.19 worth of GOOGL shares on Feb 1, 2023.
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No, Google doesn't provide an income stream by paying out dividends.
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