After Hours
It may be riskier to trade before market opening and after market closing than during regular market hours. Since issuers often announce critical financial information outside regular trading hours. Extended-hours trading may result in wider spreads for particular securities due to lower liquidity and higher volatility.
Stocks Info
Alphabet Inc is listed on the NASDAQ in the Communication Services sector while operating in the Internet Content & Information industry. The current market capitalization of Alphabet Inc is $2144.05B. A total of 17.36 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 17.77M shares.
In the most recent transaction, O’Toole Amie Thuener sold 1,367 shares of GOOG for 170.41 per share on Dec 02 ’24. After the transaction, the VP, Chief Accounting Officer now owns 23,515 company shares. In a previous transaction on Nov 29 ’24, ARNOLD FRANCES sold 111 shares at 169.98 per share. GOOG shares that Director owns now total 16,599.
Among the insiders who bought shares, ARNOLD FRANCES acquired of 111 shares on Nov 29 ’24 at a per-share price of $169.98. In another insider transaction, Pichai Sundar sold 22,500 shares at $176.67 per share on Nov 20 ’24. Company shares held by the Chief Executive Officer now total 2,061,806.
Dividend
The reasons why investors prefer dividend-paying companies are that dividends generate immediate cash flow and indicate that the company will perform well in the future. Alphabet Inc pays an annual dividend of $0.40, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.23%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 23.36. GOOG’s most recent ex-dividend date was 12/9/2024 when it declared a $0.20 quarterly dividend that was paid in cash on 12/16/2024. Previously, the company paid the dividend on 9/16/2024 with an ex-dividend date of 9/9/2024. The GOOG stock dividend was $0.20 per share in cash.
Despite rarely being accurate, price targets can exert some form of influence at times, and are often regarded as valuable by markets. In terms of 52-week highs and lows, GOOG has a high of $193.31 and a low of $129.40.
Balance Sheet Annually/Quarterly
As well as showing the assets and liabilities of the company, the balance sheet also shows the amount invested in equity by investors. Investors can analyze a company’s future prospects by calculating its financial ratios based on 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 $25.61, while its Total Shareholder’s Equity was $251.63B.
Analysts Opinion
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. 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 4.66.
