How to buy Alphabet (GOOGL) stock

Alphabet Inc (GOOGL) is a leading internet content & information business based in the US. It opened the day at $2,608.61 after a previous close of $2,568.43. During the day the price has varied from a low of $2,596.01 to a high of $2,667.98. The latest price was $2,660.30 (25 minute delay). Alphabet is listed on the NASDAQ and employs 139,995 staff. All prices are listed in US Dollars.

Alphabet stock price (NASDAQ: GOOGL)

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Alphabet shares at a glance

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Information last updated 2021-07-23.

Open	$2,608.61
High	$2,667.98
Low	$2,596.01
Close	$2,660.30
Previous close	$2,568.43
Change	$91.87
Change %	3.5769%
Volume	2,075,321

Information last updated 2021-07-22.

52-week range	$1,402.15 - $2,586.53
50-day moving average	$2,462.71
200-day moving average	$2,194.81
Wall St. target price	$2,764.46
PE ratio	34.2275
Dividend yield	N/A (0%)
Earnings per share (TTM)	$75.04

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Alphabet price performance over time

Historical closes compared with the close of $2660.3 from 2021-06-04

1 week (2021-07-14)	N/A
1 month (2021-06-25)	8.58%
3 months (2021-04-23)	15.67%
6 months (2021-01-21)	N/A

1 year (2020-07-21)	N/A
2 years (2019-07-21)	N/A
3 years (2018-07-21)	N/A
5 years (2016-07-21)	N/A

Is Alphabet under- or over-valued?

Valuing Alphabet stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of Alphabet's overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge the value of a stock.

Alphabet's P/E ratio

Alphabet's current share price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 34x. In other words, Alphabet shares trade at around 34x recent earnings.

That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the NASDAQ 100 at the end of 2019 (27.29). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.

Alphabet's PEG ratio

Alphabet's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 1.4515. A low ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer better value, while a higher ratio can be interpreted as meaning the shares offer worse value.

The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Alphabet's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the share prices of multiple high-growth companies.

Alphabet's EBITDA

Alphabet's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is $63 billion.

The EBITDA is a measure of a Alphabet's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.

Alphabet financials

Revenue TTM	$196.7 billion
Operating margin TTM	25.26%
Gross profit TTM	$97.8 billion
Return on assets TTM	10.34%
Return on equity TTM	23.69%
Profit margin	26.12%
Book value	$342.74
Market capitalisation	$1.8 trillion

TTM: trailing 12 months

Shorting Alphabet shares

There are currently 2.8 million Alphabet shares held short by investors – that's known as Alphabet's "short interest". This figure is 2.1% up from 2.7 million last month.

There are a few different ways that this level of interest in shorting Alphabet shares can be evaluated.

Alphabet's "short interest ratio" (SIR)

Alphabet's "short interest ratio" (SIR) is the quantity of Alphabet shares currently shorted divided by the average quantity of Alphabet shares traded daily (recently around 1.2 million). Alphabet's SIR currently stands at 2.23. In other words for every 100,000 Alphabet shares traded daily on the market, roughly 2230 shares are currently held short.

However Alphabet's short interest can also be evaluated against the total number of Alphabet shares, or, against the total number of tradable Alphabet shares (the shares that aren't held by "insiders" or major long-term shareholders – also known as the "float"). In this case Alphabet's short interest could be expressed as 0% of the outstanding shares (for every 100,000 Alphabet shares in existence, roughly 0 shares are currently held short) or 0.0047% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Alphabet shares, roughly 5 shares are currently held short).

Such a low SIR usually points to an optimistic outlook for the share price, with fewer people currently willing to bet against Alphabet.

Find out more about how you can short Alphabet stock.

Alphabet's environmental, social and governance track record

Environmental, social and governance (known as ESG) criteria are a set of three factors used to measure the sustainability and social impact of companies like Alphabet.

When it comes to ESG scores, lower is better, and lower scores are generally associated with lower risk for would-be investors.

Alphabet's total ESG risk score

Total ESG risk: 20.35

Socially conscious investors use ESG scores to screen how an investment aligns with their worldview, and Alphabet's overall score of 20.35 (as at 12/31/2018) is pretty good – landing it in it in the 29th percentile of companies rated in the same sector.

ESG scores are increasingly used to estimate the level of risk a company like Alphabet is exposed to within the areas of "environmental" (carbon footprint, resource use etc.), "social" (health and safety, human rights etc.), and "governance" (anti-corruption, tax transparency etc.).

Alphabet's environmental score

Environmental score: 3.52/100

Alphabet's social score

Social score: 6.37/100

Alphabet's governance score

Governance score: 7.99/100

Alphabet's controversy score

Controversy score: 4/5

ESG scores also evaluate any incidences of controversy that a company has been involved in. Alphabet scored a 4 out of 5 for controversy – the second-lowest score possible, reflecting that Alphabet has a damaged public profile.

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) summary

Alphabet Inc was last rated for ESG on: 2019-01-01.

Total ESG score	20.35
Total ESG percentile	29.34
Environmental score	3.52
Social score	6.37
Governance score	7.99
Level of controversy	4

Alphabet share dividends

We're not expecting Alphabet to pay a dividend over the next 12 months.

Have Alphabet's shares ever split?

Alphabet's shares were split on a 1998:1000 basis on 2 April 2014. So if you had owned 1000 shares the day before before the split, the next day you'd have owned 1998 shares. This wouldn't directly have changed the overall worth of your Alphabet shares – just the quantity. However, indirectly, the new 49.9% lower share price could have impacted the market appetite for Alphabet shares which in turn could have impacted Alphabet's share price.

Alphabet share price volatility

Over the last 12 months, Alphabet's shares have ranged in value from as little as $1402.15 up to $2586.53. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".

Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Alphabet's is 1.0109. This would suggest that Alphabet's shares are a little bit more volatile than the average for this exchange and represent, relatively-speaking, a slightly higher risk (but potentially also market-beating returns).

Alphabet overview

Alphabet Inc. provides online advertising services in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. The company offers performance and brand advertising services. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment provides products and services, such as ads, Android, Chrome, hardware, Google Maps, Google Play, Search, and YouTube, as well as technical infrastructure; and digital content. The Google Cloud segment offers infrastructure and data analytics platforms, collaboration tools, and other services for enterprise customers. The Other Bets segment sells internet and TV services, as well as licensing and research and development services.

Frequently asked questions

What percentage of Alphabet is owned by insiders or institutions?
Currently 0.148% of Alphabet shares are held by insiders and 80.563% by institutions. How many people work for Alphabet?
Latest data suggests 139,995 work at Alphabet. When does the fiscal year end for Alphabet?
Alphabet's fiscal year ends in December. Where is Alphabet based?
Alphabet's address is: 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway, Mountain View, CA, United States, 94043 What is Alphabet's ISIN number?
Alphabet's international securities identification number is: US02079K3059 What is Alphabet's CUSIP number?
Alphabet's Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures number is: 02079K305