Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) shares, rose in value, with the stock price up by 0.24% to the previous day’s close as strong demand from buyers drove the stock to $185.88.
Actively observing the price movement in the recent trading, the stock is buoying the session at $185.43, falling within a range of $184.89 and $186.33. The value of beta (5-year monthly) is 1.034 whereas the PE ratio is 23.10 over 12-month period. Referring to stock’s 52-week performance, its high was $208.70, and the low was $131.55. On the whole, GOOG has fluctuated by -2.71% over the past month.
With the market capitalization of Alphabet Inc currently standing at about $2253.67 billion, investors are eagerly awaiting this quarter’s results, scheduled for in March. The company’s Forward Dividend Ratio is 0.60, with its dividend yield at 0.32%.
Projections by analysts suggest varying estimates for the company’s quarterly revenue. Analysts have estimated the company’s revenue for the quarter at 390.01B, with a low estimate of 86.4B and a high estimate of 91.27B. Wall Street analysts also predicted that the company’s y-o-y revenues would reach 89.33B.
Technical indicators serve as essential tools for traders, offering insights into market sentiment and potential price movements. We see that GOOG’s technical picture suggests that short-term indicators denote the stock is a 50% Buy on average. However, medium-term indicators have put the stock in the category of 50% Buy while long-term indicators on average have been pointing out that it is a 100% Buy.
The stock’s technical analysis shows that the PEG ratio is about 1.72, with the price of GOOG currently trading nearly -5.16% and -3.40% away from the simple moving averages for 20 and 50 days respectively. The Relative Strength Index (RSI, 14) currently indicates a reading of 40.49, while the 7-day volatility ratio is showing 2.10% which for the 30-day chart, stands at 2.03%. Furthermore, Alphabet Inc (GOOG)’s beta value is 1.01, and its average true range (ATR) is 4.99.
A comparison of Alphabet Inc (GOOG) with its peers suggests the former has fared considerably weaker in the market. GOOG showed an intraday change of 0.24% in today’s session so far, and over the past year, it grew by 24.98%%.
Data on historical trading for Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) indicates that the trading volumes over the past 10 days have averaged 21.79 and over the past 3 months, they’ve averaged 19.40 million. According to company’s latest data on outstanding shares, there are 5.51 billion shares outstanding.
Nearly 58.18% of Alphabet Inc’s shares belong to company insiders and institutional investors own 27.33% of the company’s shares. The data on short interest also indicates that stock shorts accounted for 43.09 million shares as on 2025-01-15, resulting in a short ratio of 1.97. The stock has fallen by -2.39% since the beginning of the year, thereby showing the potential of a further growth. This could raise investors’ confidence to be optimistic about the GOOG stock heading into the next quarter.
