Analyzing Alphabet Inc – A Brief Stock Overview

By Susan Ramirez • Friday, May 29 10:48 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Technology company Alphabet has moved -2.2% so far today on a volume of 6,847,544, compared to its average of 18,770,133. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved 0.0%.

Alphabet trades -9.57% away from its average analyst target price of $417.74 per share. The 15 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $330.0 to $460.0, and on average have given Alphabet a rating of buy.

Anyone interested in buying GOOG should be aware of the facts below:

Alphabet's current price is 315.7% above its Graham number of $90.88, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Alphabet has moved 123.4% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 27.9%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 13.13, Alphabet has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 28.8 while the S&P 500 average is 29.3
GOOG has a forward P/E ratio of 26.1 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $14.49 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 1.52 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Alphabet is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 9.56 compared to its sector average of 4.19
Alphabet Inc. offers various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America.
Based in Mountain View, the company has 194,668 full time employees and a market cap of $4.58 Trillion. Alphabet currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.2%.

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