Large-cap Technology company Alphabet has moved -0.5% so far today on a volume of 8,256,293, compared to its average of 26,597,117. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved -1.0%.
Alphabet trades -7.16% away from its average analyst target price of $141.44 per share. The 9 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $120.0 to $160.0, and on average have given Alphabet a rating of buy.
Anyone interested in buying GOOG should be aware of the facts below:
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Alphabet's current price is 210.4% above its Graham number of $42.3, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
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Alphabet has moved 12.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 10.0%
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Based on its trailing earnings per share of 4.39, Alphabet has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 29.9 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
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GOOG has a forward P/E ratio of 20.0 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $6.58 per share
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The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.45 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Alphabet is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
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Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 6.21 compared to its sector average of 6.23
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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.
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Based in Mountain View, the company has 181,798 full time employees and a market cap of $1.66 Trillion.