With 21.3 million shares changed hands, the volume of the stock remained lighter than its average volume of 35.88 million shares. During the session, the Internet Content & Information company that operates in wider Communication Services sector, reached to the highest price of $165.39 whereas the lowest price it dropped to was $162.805. The 52-week range on GOOGL shows that it touched its highest point at $207.05 and its lowest point at $140.53 during that stretch. It currently has a 1-year price target of $201.47. With its current market cap of 2002.73 billion, GOOGL has annualized dividend of $0.80 while the current yield stands at 0.49%. GOOGL paid its most recent dividend on 1741564800, while the ex-dividend date for that was 1749427200. Beta for the stock currently stands at 1.01.
Price Performance and Earnings:
Stock performance is one of the indicators that investors use to determine whether they will profit from a stock. The price performance of GOOGL was up-trending over the past week, with a rise of 2.24%, but this was up by 8.95% over a month. Three-month performance dropped to -18.40% while six-month performance fell -5.88%. The stock gained 0.21% in the past year, while it has lost -13.25% so far this year. A look at the trailing 12-month EPS for GOOGL yields 8.97 with Next year EPS estimates of 10.16. For the next quarter, that number is 2.16. This implies an EPS growth rate of 18.39% for this year and 6.77% for next year. EPS is expected to grow by 13.28% annually over the next five years; however, over the past five years, the company experienced an annual growth rate of 26.76%.
Float and Shares Shorts:
At present, 5.83 billion GOOGL shares are outstanding with a float of 5.80 billion shares on hand for trading. On 2025-04-15, short shares totaled 68.67 million, which was 57.00000000000001 higher than short shares on 1741910400. In addition to Mr. Sundar Pichai as the firm’s CEO & Director, Ms. Ruth M. Porat serves as its President & Chief Investment Officer.
Institutional Ownership:
Through their ownership of 0.81595004 of GOOGL’s outstanding shares, institutional investors have minority control over the company.
An Overview of Recent Financials:
Understanding a company as a customer does not mean you will understand it as an investor. The wise investor uses quantitative research to analyze metrics such as revenue, net income, and earnings. In its fiscal quarter reported on 2025-03-31, GOOGL reported revenue of $90234000000.0 and operating income of $30606000000.0. The EBITDA in the recently reported quarter was $36456000000.0 and diluted EPS was $2.81.
Analysts Ratings:
Reading analyst opinions is an effective way to decide where to invest, and there are several opinions available for GOOGL since 39 analysts follow the stock currently. There are 34 analysts who recommend BUY ratings, while 0 suggest SELL ratings. Of the remaining analysts, 4 believe that the stock is worth HOLDING, 1 give it an OVERWEIGHT rating, and 0 thinks that it’s UNDERWEIGHT. In the same way, a target price assigned to a stock can also reveal much about its potential. With GOOGL analysts setting a high price target of 240.0 and a low target of 160.0, the average target price over the next 12 months is 201.74875. Based on these targets, GOOGL could surge 46.15% to reach the target high and fall by -2.56% to reach the target low. Reaching the average price target will result in a growth of 22.86% from current levels.
EPS: Estimates vs Actual
It is also common to use earnings estimates to evaluate a firm’s growth potential and to determine trading strategy. Analysts have provided yearly estimates in a range of $8.30797 being high and $7.86808 being low. For GOOGL, this leads to a yearly average estimate of $8.01804. Based on analyst estimates, the high estimate for the next quarter is $2.46 and the low estimate is $2.01. The average estimate for the next quarter is thus $2.23.
