Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Get Free Report) CAO Amie Thuener O'toole sold 1,374 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $173.47, for a total value of $238,347.78. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 15,024 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,606,213.28. This represents a 8.38 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink.
Amie Thuener O'toole also recently made the following trade(s):
GOOGL stock traded down $3.27 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $167.01. The stock had a trading volume of 40,681,876 shares, compared to its average volume of 29,262,664. The company has a quick ratio of 1.84, a current ratio of 1.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. Alphabet Inc. has a twelve month low of $130.66 and a twelve month high of $207.05. The firm has a market cap of $2.04 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.75, a PEG ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 0.99. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $190.02 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $176.35.
Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The information services provider reported $2.15 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.12 by $0.03. Alphabet had a net margin of 28.60% and a return on equity of 32.49%. As a group, research analysts expect that Alphabet Inc. will post 8.9 EPS for the current fiscal year.
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 17th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 10th will be given a dividend of $0.20 per share. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.48%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 10th. Alphabet's payout ratio is 9.94%.
Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. American Investment Services Inc. increased its stake in shares of Alphabet by 0.8% in the 4th quarter. American Investment Services Inc. now owns 29,130 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $5,514,000 after acquiring an additional 241 shares during the last quarter. Park Square Financial Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Alphabet in the 4th quarter valued at $1,236,000. Total Wealth Planning & Management Inc. acquired a new stake in Alphabet during the 4th quarter worth $1,621,000. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH bought a new position in Alphabet during the fourth quarter worth about $1,375,509,000. Finally, Brucke Financial Inc. acquired a new position in Alphabet in the fourth quarter valued at about $3,061,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 40.03% of the company's stock.
Several equities analysts recently issued reports on GOOGL shares. KeyCorp boosted their price target on Alphabet from $215.00 to $225.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Friday, January 10th. Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on Alphabet from $200.00 to $225.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, January 13th. Cantor Fitzgerald reduced their target price on Alphabet from $215.00 to $210.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, January 22nd. Morgan Stanley dropped their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $215.00 to $210.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, February 5th. Finally, Wolfe Research raised their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, January 3rd. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-nine have assigned a buy rating and four have given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $210.62.
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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.
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