Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) traded at $147.92 at close of the session on Tuesday, March 19, made a downward move of -0.38% on its previous day’s price.
Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $148.48 and the beta (5Y monthly) reads 1.04 . The company has a trailing 12-month PE ratio of 25.48. In terms of its 52-week price range, GOOG has a high of $155.20 and a low of $100.28. The company’s stock has gained about 4.35% over that past 30 days.
Alphabet Inc has a market cap of $1839.09 billion and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on Apr 23, 2024 – Apr 29, 2024. Estimates by analysts give the company expected earnings per share (EPS) of $1.5, with the EPS growth for the year raised at $6.79 for 2024 and $7.82 for next year. These figures represent 17.10% and 15.20% growth in EPS for the two years respectively.
Analysts tracking the company’s growth have also given it a consensus growth in revenue estimated at $78.59 billion, with a low of $77.04 billion and a high of $80.3 billion. The median projection represents growth squeezing down to 12.60% compared to sales growth for the corresponding quarter a year ago. According to analyst consensus estimates figures, the company’s yearly revenue forecast for 2024 is expected to hit $342.27 billion, or 11.30% up from figures reported last year.
There have been no upward and no downward revisions for the stock’s EPS in last 7 days, something that reflects the nature of company’s price movement in short term. On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the GOOG stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of 50% Buy, while medium term indicators assign it an average of 100% Buy. Long term indicators on average place the stock in the category of 100% Buy.
Looking further, we note that the PEG ratio for the GOOG stock currently stands at 1.32, and the current price level is 5.76% off its SMA20 and 2.98% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 60.95 while the volatility over the past week is 2.23% and jumps to 2.04% over the past one month. The beta value is 1.05, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 3.61.
Coming back to Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 23.13 million, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 28.82 million. Current shares outstanding are 5.69 billion.
The insiders hold 57.58% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 27.86%. The data shows that short shares as of Feb 29, 2024, stood at 34.87 million at a short ratio of 1.24. This represents a 0.25% short interest in shares outstanding on Feb 29, 2024. Shares short fall in February from the previous month at 37.12 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with current price pushing the stock 4.96% up in year-to-date price movement.
