Why Alphabet Shares Are Moving Higher Today

Adam Eckert

Wed, Oct 27, 2021, 10:58 AM1 min read

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Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) is trading higher Wednesday after the company announced better-than-expected third-quarter financial results.

Alphabet reported quarterly earnings of $27.99 per share, which beat the estimate of $23.47 per share. The company reported quarterly revenue of $65.12 billion, which beat the estimate of $63.45 billion.

“Five years ago, I laid out our vision to become an AI-first company. This quarter’s results show how our investments there are enabling us to build more helpful products for people and our partners," said Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet.

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Analyst Assessment: Multiple analyst firms raised price targets on the stock following Alphabet's financial results:

Keybanc analyst Justin Patterson maintained Alphabet with an Overweight rating and raised the price target from $3071 to $3090.
Raymond James analyst Aaron Kessler maintained Alphabet with an Outperform rating and raised the price target from $3200 to $3400.
Oppenheimer analyst Jason Helfstein maintained Alphabet with an Outperform rating and raised the price target from $3000 to $3500.
Barclays analyst Ross Sandler maintained Alphabet with an Overweight rating and raised the price target from $3200 to $3300.
Jefferies analyst Brent Thill maintains Alphabet with a Buy and raises the price target from $3325 to $3500.

GOOGL Price Action: Alphabet has traded as high as $2,925.07 and as low as $1,508.48 over a 52-week period.

The stock was up 3.83% at $2,892.52 at time of publication.

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Latest Ratings for GOOGL

Oct 2021	Truist Securities	Maintains	Buy
Oct 2021	Monness, Crespi, Hardt	Maintains	Buy
Oct 2021	Wells Fargo	Maintains	Overweight

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