Is Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) The Best Stock To Invest In?

After Hours

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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 $2440.01B. A total of 24.38 million shares were traded on the day, compared to an average of 27.10M shares.

In the most recent transaction, Hennessy John L. bought 1,000 shares of GOOG for 200.00 per share on Aug 08 ’25. In a previous transaction on Aug 06 ’25, Pichai Sundar sold 32,500 shares at 196.23 per share. GOOG shares that Chief Executive Officer owns now total 2,494,892.

Among the insiders who sold shares, WALKER JOHN KENT disposed of 23,820 shares on Aug 04 ’25 at a per-share price of $194.70. This resulted in the President, Global Affairs, CLO holding 42,999 shares of GOOG after the transaction. In another insider transaction, SUNDAR PICHAI bought 32,500 shares at $195.32 per share on Aug 06 ’25.

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 $0.81, resulting in a dividend yield of 0.40%, and it has a price to earnings (P/E) ratio of 21.53.

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 $208.70 and a low of $142.66.

As of this writing, GOOG has an earnings estimate of $2.35 per share for the current quarter. EPS was calculated based on a consensus of 37.0 estimates, with a high estimate of $2.67 per share and a lower estimate of $2.16. The company reported an EPS of $2.12 in the last quarter

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 $29.98, 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 4.62.

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