After Hours
After-hours and pre-market trading may carry slightly higher risks than regular market hours. As issuers often announce important financial information outside regular trading hours, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for a particular security. That is because extended-hours trading may result in lower liquidity and higher volatility. Yahoo Finance discussed the stock recently as it posted Questex’s Silverlinings Announces First Ever Cloud Innovation Awards Finalists for Top Cloud Changemaker Category.
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GOOG belongs to the Communication Services sector of the NASDAQ while operating in the Internet Content & Information industry. At the end of the last regular session, the stock closed at $147.71 and fluctuated between $150.01 as its day high and $147.58 as its day low. The current market capitalization of Alphabet Inc is $1848.74B. A total of 21.28 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 22.21M shares.
Insider Activity
Investors also take into account insider trades in predicting how the stock will perform in the future. During the recent three months, GOOG has seen 9 BUY and 46 SELL insider trades, representing the acquisition of 246,794 and the disposition of 593,059 shares. Over the last 12 months, there were 62 BUYs and 235 SELLs from insiders. Insiders purchased 5,175,124 shares during that period but sold 8,553,704.
In the most recent transaction, Pichai Sundar sold 22,500 shares of GOOG for 142.14 per share on Jan 17. After the transaction, the Chief Executive Officer now owns 2,400,191 company shares. In a previous transaction on Jan 11, HENNESSY JOHN L sold 2,400 shares at 145.00 per share. GOOG shares that Director owns now total 7,964.
Among the insiders who sold shares, HENNESSY JOHN L disposed of 200 shares on Jan 10 at a per-share price of $143.49. This resulted in the Director holding 6,784 shares of GOOG after the transaction. In another insider transaction, Pichai Sundar sold 22,500 shares at $140.11 per share on Jan 03. Company shares held by the Chief Executive Officer now total 2,422,691.
While price targets are rarely accurate, they tend to exert some kind of influence from time to time and are often taken into account by investors. According to analysts who have offered 12-month price targets for GOOG in the last 3 months, the mean price target is $156.31 with high estimates of $180.00 and low estimates of $133.00. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, GOOG has a high of $148.04 and a low of $88.86.
As of this writing, GOOG has an earnings estimate of $1.59 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 34 estimates, with a high estimate of $1.75 per share and a lower estimate of $1.43. The company reported an EPS of $1.44 in the last quarter, which was 7.50% higher than expectations of $1.34.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
An organization’s balance sheet depicts the assets and liabilities it has, as well as the amount of equity invested. Investors can measure a company’s prospects by calculating its financial ratios using this information. GOOG’s latest balance sheet shows that the firm has $139.65B in Cash & Short Term Investments as of fiscal 2021. There were $28.39B in debt and $64.25B in liabilities at the time. Its Book Value Per Share was $21.78, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $251.63B.
Analysts Opinion
There is a slight risk associated with trading before and after the market open. Due to lower liquidity and higher volatility, extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads on particular security due to the release of critical financial information after regular trading hours. Currently, 0 analysts are providing their opinions on the stock. On a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being Sell and 5 being Buy, the average analyst rating for GOOG is Buy with a score of 4.62.
