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In the latest session, Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) closed at $188.20 up 0.57% from its previous closing price of $187.14. In other words, the price has increased by $0.57 from its previous closing price. On the day, 16.42 million shares were traded. GOOG stock price reached its highest trading level at $189.99 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $187.61.
Ratios:
For a deeper understanding of Alphabet Inc’s stock, let’s take a closer look at its various ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 23.86 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 31.36. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.84 and its Current Ratio is at 1.84. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.09 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.07.
On October 11, 2024, Scotiabank started tracking the stock assigning a Sector Outperform rating and target price of $212.
On October 01, 2024, Pivotal Research Group started tracking the stock assigning a Buy rating and target price of $215.Pivotal Research Group initiated its Buy rating on October 01, 2024, with a $215 target price.
Insider Transactions:
Additionally, insider trades can be beneficial to investors who want to learn what the management thinks about stock prices in the future. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Feb 03 ’25 when O’Toole Amie Thuener sold 1,340 shares for $202.08 per share. The transaction valued at 270,787 led to the insider holds 17,848 shares of the business.
P RAGHAVAN & S P RAGHAVAN CO-T bought 25,174 shares of GOOG for $5,175,774 on Feb 03 ’25. On Jan 31 ’25, another insider, Shriram Kavitark Ram, who serves as the Director of the company, sold 14,000 shares for $205.00 each. As a result, the insider received 2,870,000 and left with 301,532 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, GOOG now has a Market Capitalization of 2282583490560 and an Enterprise Value of 2478637056000. As of this moment, Alphabet’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 23.39, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 18.44. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.74. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 6.52 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 7.07. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 7.293 whereas that against EBITDA is 20.075.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for GOOG is 1.01, which has changed by 0.27854073 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.21659255 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, GOOG has reached a high of $208.70, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $131.55. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is -1.72%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 6.67%.
Shares Statistics:
For the past three months, GOOG has traded an average of 19.30M shares per day and 22386100 over the past ten days. A total of 5.51B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 5.10B. Insiders hold about 58.18% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 27.35% stake in the company. Shares short for GOOG as of 1736899200 were 43085284 with a Short Ratio of 2.23, compared to 1734048000 on 50032870.
Dividends & Splits
The current Payout Ratio is 7.46% for GOOG, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-12-09 with an ex-dividend date of 1733702400. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2022-07-18 when the company split stock in a 20:1 ratio.
