Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL) is a leading internet content & information business based in the US. It opened the day at $166.09 after a previous close of $164.76. During the day the price has varied from a low of $165.61 to a high of $168.63. The latest price was $167.65 (25 minute delay). Alphabet Inc Class A is listed on the NASDAQ and employs 181,269 staff. All prices are listed in US Dollars.
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| 52-week range | $127.58 - $191.50 |
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| 50-day moving average | $167.64 |
| 200-day moving average | $163.99 |
| Wall St. target price | $209.64 |
| PE ratio | 21.8225 |
| Dividend yield | $0.4 (0.49%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | $7.55 |
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Historical closes compared with the close of $167.65 from 2024-11-22
| 1 week (2024-11-20) | -4.73% |
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| 1 month (2024-10-25) | 1.44% |
| 3 months (2024-08-27) | 1.80% |
| 6 months (2024-05-24) | -4.19% |
| 1 year (2023-11-27) | 22.90% |
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| 2 years (2022-11-25) | 72.45% |
| 3 years (2021-11-26) | 18.20% |
| 5 years (2019-11-27) | 156.17% |
Valuing Alphabet Inc Class A stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Alphabet Inc Class A's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.
Alphabet Inc Class A's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 22x. In other words, Alphabet Inc Class A shares trade at around 22x recent earnings.
That's relatively low compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The low P/E ratio could mean that investors are pessimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're under-valued.
Alphabet Inc Class A's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.0314. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Alphabet Inc Class A's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Alphabet Inc Class A's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $123.5 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Alphabet Inc Class A's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
| Revenue TTM | $339.9 billion |
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| Operating margin TTM | 32.31% |
| Gross profit TTM | $156.6 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 16.48% |
| Return on equity TTM | 32.1% |
| Profit margin | 27.74% |
| Book value | $25.61 |
| Market Capitalization | $2 trillion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Alphabet Inc Class A.
When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.
Total ESG risk: 20.35
Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Alphabet Inc Class A's overall score of 20.35 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 29th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.
ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Alphabet Inc Class A is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).
Environmental score: 3.52/100
Social score: 6.37/100
Governance score: 7.99/100
Controversy score: 4/5
ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Alphabet Inc Class A scored a 4 out of 5 for controversy – the second-lowest score possible, reflecting that Alphabet Inc Class A has a damaged public profile.
Alphabet Inc Class A was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.
| Total ESG score | 20.35 |
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| Total ESG percentile | 29.34 |
| Environmental score | 3.52 |
| Social score | 6.37 |
| Governance score | 7.99 |
| Level of controversy | 4 |
Dividend payout ratio: 7.96% of net profits
Recently Alphabet Inc Class A has paid out, on average, around 0% of net profits as dividends. That has enabled analysts to estimate a "forward annual dividend yield" of 0% of the current stock value. This means that over a year, based on recent payouts (which are sadly no guarantee of future payouts), Alphabet Inc Class A shareholders could enjoy a 0% return on their shares, in the form of dividend payments. In Alphabet Inc Class A's case, that would currently equate to about $0.4 per share.
While Alphabet Inc Class A's payout ratio might seem low, this can signify that Alphabet Inc Class A is investing more in its future growth.
Alphabet Inc Class A's most recent dividend payout was on 15 December 2024. The latest dividend was paid out to all shareholders who bought their shares by 8 December 2024 (the "ex-dividend date").
Alphabet Inc Class A's shares were split on a 20:1 basis on 17 July 2022 . So if you had owned 1 share the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 20 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Alphabet Inc Class A shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 95% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Alphabet Inc Class A shares which in turn could have impacted Alphabet Inc Class A's share price.
Over the last 12 months, Alphabet Inc Class A's shares have ranged in value from as little as $127.5841 up to $191.4958. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Alphabet Inc Class A's is 1.034. This would suggest that Alphabet Inc Class A's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).
Alphabet Inc. offers various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment provides products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. It is also involved in the sale of apps and in-app purchases and digital content in the Google Play and YouTube; and devices, as well as in the provision of YouTube consumer subscription services. The Google Cloud segment offers infrastructure, cybersecurity, databases, analytics, AI, and other services; Google Workspace that include cloud-based communication and collaboration tools for enterprises, such as Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, and Meet; and other services for enterprise customers. The Other Bets segment sells healthcare-related and internet services.
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