Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) traded at $185.80 at close of the session on Tuesday, February 18 and made a downward move of -0.57% on its previous day’s price.
Alphabet Inc has a market cap of $2251.32 billion and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report in March. With its Forward Dividend at 0.60 and a yield of 0.32%, the company’s investors could be anxious for the GOOG stock to gain ahead of the earnings release.
Analysts tracking the company’s growth have also given it a consensus growth in revenue estimated at 89.33B, with a low of 86.4B and a high of 91.27B. The median projection represents growth squeezing down to 10.91% compared to sales growth for the corresponding quarter a year ago. According to analyst consensus estimates figures, the company’s yearly revenue forecast for current year is expected to hit 390.01B, or 11.43% up from figures reported last year.
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 50% Buy.
Based on estimates by 29 analysts, where scores have ranged from 1.00 for a strong buy to 5.00 for a strong sell, 1 have rated the Alphabet Inc (GOOG) stock as a Hold, while 27 rate it as a Buy. 1 analyst(s) rate it as overweight while 0 of them rated it as underweight, whereas 0 suggest the stock as a Sell. The stock has an overall rating of Buy and investors could take advantage and scoop up stock of the company.
Looking further, we note that the PEG ratio for the GOOG stock currently stands at 1.70, and the current price level is -4.78% off its SMA20 and -3.73% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 41.02 while the volatility over the past week is 1.65% and jumps to 2.01% over the past one month. The beta value is 1.00, while the average true range (ATR) is currently pointing at 4.84. The average price target for the stock over the next 12 months is $212, with the estimates having a low of $187 and a high of $220. These price ends are -0.65% and -18.41% off the current price level respectively, although investors could be excited at the prospect of a -14.1% if the GOOG share price touches on the median price of $212.
