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How to buy Alphabet shares in Singapore | $2015.95
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Alphabet Inc is an internet content & information business based in the US. Alphabet shares (GOOGL) are listed on the NASDAQ and all prices are listed in US Dollars. Alphabet employs 139,995 staff and has a trailing 12-month revenue of around USD$196.7 billion.
How to buy shares in Alphabet from Singapore
- Compare share trading platforms. If you're a beginner, look for a platform with low commissions, expert ratings and investment tools to track your portfolio. Narrow down top brands with our comparison table.
- Open and fund your brokerage account. Complete an application with your personal and financial details, like your ID and bank information. Fund your account with a bank transfer, credit card or debit card.
- Search for Alphabet Find the stock by name or ticker symbol: GOOGL. Research its history to confirm it's a solid investment against your financial goals.
- Purchase now or later. Buy today with a market order or use a limit order to delay your purchase until Alphabet reaches your desired price. To spread out your purchase, look into dollar-cost averaging, which smooths out buying at consistent intervals and amounts.
- Decide on how many to buy. At last close price of USD$2015.95, weigh your budget against a diversified portfolio that can minimize risk through the market's ups and downs. You may be able to buy a fractional share of Alphabet, depending on your broker.
- Check in on your investment. Congratulations, you own a part of Alphabet. Optimize your portfolio by tracking how your stock — and even the business — performs with an eye on the long term. You may be eligible for dividends and shareholder voting rights on directors and management that can affect your stock.
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What's in this guide?
- Alphabet shares summary
- Compare share dealing platforms
- Is Alphabet stock a buy or sell?
- Alphabet performance over time
- Can I short Alphabet shares?
- Is Alphabet suitable for ethical investing?
- Are Alphabet shares over-valued?
- Alphabet's financials
- How volatile are Alphabet shares?
- Does Alphabet pay a dividend?
- Have Alphabet shares ever split?
- Other common questions
How has coronavirus impacted Alphabet's share price?
Since the stock market crash in March caused by coronavirus, Alphabet's share price has had significant positive movement.
Its last market close was USD$2015.95, which is 26.41% up on its pre-crash value of USD$1483.46 and 99.82% up on the lowest point reached during the March crash when the shares fell as low as USD$1008.87.
If you had bought USD$1,000 worth of Alphabet shares at the start of February 2020, those shares would have been worth USD$706.27 at the bottom of the March crash, and if you held on to them, then as of the last market close they'd be worth USD$1,350.69.
Alphabet share price
Use our graph to track the performance of GOOGL stocks over time.Alphabet shares at a glance
Information last updated 2021-05-14.
| Latest market close | USD$2015.95 |
|---|---|
| 52-week range | USD$1354.2 - USD$2404.1599 |
| 50-day moving average | USD$2245.4258 |
| 200-day moving average | USD$1959.4656 |
| Wall St. target price | USD$2726.22 |
| PE ratio | 30.2502 |
| Dividend yield | N/A (0%) |
| Earnings per share (TTM) | USD$75.04 |
Is it a good time to buy Alphabet stock?
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Alphabet price performance over time
Historical closes compared with the last close of $2015.95
| 1 week (2021-05-07) | N/A |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2021-04-16) | -11.69% |
| 3 months (2021-02-18) | -4.27% |
| 6 months (2020-11-18) | 15.82% |
| 1 year (2020-05-18) | 45.54% |
|---|---|
| 2 years (2019-05-17) | 72.48% |
| 3 years (2018-05-18) | 88.47% |
| 5 years (2016-05-18) | 179.30% |
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 30x. In other words, Alphabet shares trade at around 30x 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 1.363. 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 USD$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 | USD$196.7 billion |
|---|---|
| Operating margin TTM | 25.26% |
| Gross profit TTM | USD$97.8 billion |
| Return on assets TTM | 10.34% |
| Return on equity TTM | 23.69% |
| Profit margin | 26.12% |
| Book value | $342.743 |
| Market capitalisation | USD$1.5 trillion |
TTM: trailing 12 months
Shorting Alphabet shares
There are currently 3.0 million Alphabet shares held short by investors – that's known as Alphabet's "short interest". This figure is 27.5% down from 4.2 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 1.7 million). Alphabet's SIR currently stands at 1.8. In other words for every 100,000 Alphabet shares traded daily on the market, roughly 1800 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 0.0101% of the tradable shares (for every 100,000 tradable Alphabet shares, roughly 10 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.
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