CFO4Life L.P. purchased a new position in shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG – Get Rating) in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 28,870 shares of the information services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $2,562,000.
A number of other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in GOOG. Onyx Bridge Wealth Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 28.1% in the fourth quarter. Onyx Bridge Wealth Group LLC now owns 13,208 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $1,164,000 after buying an additional 2,898 shares during the period. Albert D Mason Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 7.7% in the fourth quarter. Albert D Mason Inc. now owns 22,308 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $1,979,000 after buying an additional 1,586 shares during the period. Cullinan Associates Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 4.6% in the fourth quarter. Cullinan Associates Inc. now owns 72,920 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $6,470,000 after buying an additional 3,240 shares during the period. Legacy Bridge LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 11.9% in the fourth quarter. Legacy Bridge LLC now owns 13,305 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $1,181,000 after buying an additional 1,420 shares during the period. Finally, Ellenbecker Investment Group lifted its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 3.4% in the fourth quarter. Ellenbecker Investment Group now owns 3,620 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $321,000 after buying an additional 120 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 28.69% of the company’s stock.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
GOOG has been the subject of several research analyst reports. Roth Capital restated a “buy” rating on shares of Alphabet in a report on Friday, February 3rd. UBS Group set a $120.00 price objective on Alphabet in a report on Monday, February 6th. Societe Generale cut their target price on Alphabet from $147.00 to $132.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, November 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. set a $118.00 target price on Alphabet in a research report on Thursday, February 9th. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada set a $130.00 target price on Alphabet in a research report on Friday, February 3rd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a hold rating and seventeen have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $135.11.
Insider Buying and Selling at Alphabet
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NASDAQ:GOOG opened at $101.93 on Tuesday. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $95.96 and its 200 day moving average price is $96.58. The company has a current ratio of 2.38, a quick ratio of 2.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. Alphabet Inc. has a 1-year low of $83.45 and a 1-year high of $144.16. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.31 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.40, a PEG ratio of 1.41 and a beta of 1.09.
Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG – Get Rating) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, February 2nd. The information services provider reported $1.05 EPS for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.14 by ($0.09). Alphabet had a net margin of 21.20% and a return on equity of 23.54%. The firm had revenue of $76.05 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $76.49 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.53 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 1.0% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Alphabet Inc. will post 5.12 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Alphabet Company Profile
Alphabet, Inc engages in the business of delivering online advertising, cloud-based solutions that provide enterprise customers with infrastructure and platform services, the provision of communication and collaboration tools, and sales of other products and services such as apps and in-app purchases, hardware, and subscription-based products.
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