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Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) closed the day trading at $167.74 up 1.04% from the previous closing price of $166.01. In other words, the price has increased by $1.04% from its previous closing price. On the day, 25.94 million shares were traded. GOOG stock price reached its highest trading level at $169.25 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $166.9475.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of GOOG, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 21.29 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 27.11. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.77 and its Current Ratio is at 1.77. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.08 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:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 18 ’25 when Pichai Sundar sold 32,500 shares for $176.68 per share. The transaction valued at 5,742,124 led to the insider holds 2,555,196 shares of the business.
SUNDAR PICHAI bought 32,500 shares of GOOG for $5,759,975 on Jun 18 ’25. On Jun 18 ’25, another insider, PICHAI FAMILY FOUNDATION, who serves as the Director of the company, bought 4,000 shares for $177.23 each.
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 2028999933952 and an Enterprise Value of 1968694886400. As of this moment, Alphabet’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 18.71, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 16.50. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 1.45. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 5.65 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 5.91. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 5.473 whereas that against EBITDA is 14.507.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for GOOG is 1.02, which has changed by -0.09510708 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.11213791 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 $142.66. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 0.88%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be -3.31%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, GOOG traded about 26.97M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, GOOG traded about 27805610 shares per day. A total of 5.47B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 5.07B. Insiders hold about 58.21% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 27.09% stake in the company. Shares short for GOOG as of 1748563200 were 36570404 with a Short Ratio of 1.18, compared to 1745971200 on 40112579.
Dividends & Splits
GOOG’s forward annual dividend rate is 0.81, up from 1.0 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.006023734The current Payout Ratio is 7.46% for GOOG, which recently paid a dividend on 2025-06-09 with an ex-dividend date of 1749427200. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2022-07-18 when the company split stock in a 20:1 ratio.
