GOOGL - Alphabet Inc.
| Previous Close | 1,169.44 |
| Open | 1,171.49 |
| Bid | 0.00 x 800 |
| Ask | 0.00 x 1200 |
| Day's Range | 1,159.65 - 1,175.00 |
| 52 Week Range | 915.31 - 1,201.49 |
| Volume | 1,234,292 |
| Avg. Volume | 2,074,353 |
| Market Cap | 809.33B |
| Beta | 1.30 |
| PE Ratio (TTM) | 49.50 |
| EPS (TTM) | 23.62 |
| Earnings Date | Jul 23, 2018 |
| Forward Dividend & Yield | N/A (N/A) |
| Ex-Dividend Date | N/A |
| 1y Target Est | 1,266.91 |
- The Wall Street Journal•5 hours ago
AT&T’s Interest in Ad Tech Gets Thumbs Up on Madison Avenue
News of AT&T’s talks to acquire advertising tech firm AppNexus was welcomed by marketers, who are eager to have more options in the online ad sector beyond the dominant players Google and Facebook.
- The Wall Street Journal•5 hours ago
[$$] Will Microsoft’s Embrace Smother GitHub?
Observers shrugged when Google acquired YouTube for $1.65 billion in 2006. Likewise when Facebook bought Instagram for $1 billion six years later. Surely these were nothing more than splurges by cash-rich internet moguls.
- CNBC•7 hours ago
Many companies at Cannes Lions had yachts, but Google, Facebook, Spotify and Twitter have beaches
As the internet changes how we eat, shop and do things, technology companies have become a larger presence and influence at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Facebook, Google, Snapchat, Spotify and other tech companies sponsored beaches and events are a symbol of tech's increasing influence and disruption of the the advertising and media industries.
- Bloomberg•7 hours ago
Google Tackles Facebook in India With Hyper-Local Social Network
A Mumbai train commuter who witnessed an accident earlier this month, turned to his smartphone to ask neighbors how to help a bleeding victim. This transpired within minutes on Neighbourly, the hyper-local social network unveiled in India this month by Google’s Next Billion Users program. With almost a half billion Indians now using smartphones, Google sees an opportunity to become a one-stop shop for search, social networking and payments.
- CNBC•12 hours ago
Forget millennials: Here's a good reason why Apple should hire your grandmother
Amazon, Google and Apple have built devices that can work great for the elderly, but the apps and services have a long way to go. The companies have been much more focused on designing their products for millennials. Technology giants Amazon AMZN , Alphabet GOOGL and Apple have created devices perfectly suited to help aging Americans, with voice-powered assistants that get smarter as they learn more about their users.
Reuters•13 hours agoWall Street Week Ahead: Supercharged telecom sector could become investor favorite
An overhauled telecommunications sector featuring most of the so-called FANG stocks could debut as Wall Street's hottest bet when it kicks off in September, boosted by a rising wave of media and television acquisitions. Long viewed as stodgy stocks for dividend-oriented investors, the telecom services sector (.SPLRCL) will be renamed communications services and supercharged with the addition of Facebook (FB.O), Netflix (NFLX.O) and Google-owner Alphabet (GOOGL.O) - three of the four FANGs, along with Amazon - as well as other companies that have driven the stock market to record highs in recent years. The changes are part of the largest-ever shakeup of the stock market's broad business categories.
- CNBC•13 hours ago
From Mark Zuckerberg's Beast to Elon Musk's Marvin, meet 8 tech titans' dogs
For the 20th year in a row, companies celebrated Take Your Dog to Work Day, an annual event started by the educational association for professional pet sitters and dog-walkers Pet Sitter's International.
- TheStreet.com•16 hours ago
These 5 Tech Giants Still Aren't That Expensive
Several tech giants still carry reasonable valuations -- at least after accounting for the impact of heavy near-term spending and/or business model transitions. Apple's revenue growth profile isn't as strong as that of some of the companies mentioned below -- the consensus is for Apple to see 14% revenue growth in fiscal 2018, but just 4% growth in fiscal 2019.
Reuters•17 hours agoWaiting for Peter Thiel: big tech directors miss shareholder meetings
Some small investors who want to give a piece of their minds to big tech company directors are losing their only chance: many board members are skipping annual shareholder meetings. Companies that hold meetings online have some of the worst records for attendance. A large portion of Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O), Facebook Inc (FB.O), Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) and Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) directors have not attended annual shareholder meetings in recent years, company records and securities filings show, in some cases in growing numbers.
- Reuters•17 hours ago
Waiting for Peter Thiel: big tech directors miss shareholder meetings
Some small investors who want to give a piece of their minds to big tech company directors are losing their only chance: many board members are skipping annual shareholder meetings. Companies that hold meetings online have some of the worst records for attendance. A large portion of Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O), Facebook Inc (FB.O), Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) and Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) directors have not attended annual shareholder meetings in recent years, company records and securities filings show, in some cases in growing numbers.
- Quartz•18 hours ago
Facial recognition is here to stay. And we should all probably accept it
For the past few years, the world’s biggest tech companies have been on a mission to put artificial-intelligence tools in the hands of every coder. The benefits are clear: Coders familiar with free AI frameworks from Google, Amazon, Microsoft, or Facebook might be more inclined to someday work for one of those talent-starved companies. Even…
- CNBC•yesterday
How to choose between an Amazon Echo, a Google Home and an Apple HomePod
Smart speakers with assistants like the Amazon Echo, Google Home and Apple HomePod can be a lot of fun. CNBC lays out the pros and cons of the Echo, Home and HomePod so you can decide which one to buy. Smart speakers with built-in voice assistants like the Amazon AMZN Echo, Google GOOGL Home and Apple AAPL HomePod can be a lot of fun.
- Motley Fool•2 days ago
3 Growth Stocks to Buy and Hold for 25 Years
If you're looking to build wealth over decades, look no further than these three very different companies.
- Motley Fool•2 days ago
Is Competition Heating Up in the AI Chip Market?
NVIDIA has been the clearest beneficiary of the advent of AI. Is the tide finally turning?
- InvestorPlace•2 days ago
Real or Not, Trade War Fears Are Enough to Stay Away from Apple Stock
The tech-heavy NASDAQ 100 actually hit an all-time high on Wednesday despite weakness in its largest component, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL). Apple stock still could suffer from a potential trade war. In fact, Apple stock has pulled back about 5% after touching an all-time high earlier this month.
- Motley Fool•2 days ago
Fitbit Is Finally a Real Apple Smartwatch Competitor
The Versa smartwatch has elevated the fitness device maker into a contender.
- Bloomberg•2 days ago
Everyone Should Hate Google Glass
After the device failed as a consumer item, Google started marketing it to industry, where it’s actually showing signs of becoming useful. In healthcare, for example, it can help doctors and nurses with the high-stakes task of dealing with myriad patients and getting all their details right. Such upsides, though, don’t mean that Google Glass will, on balance, be good for humanity. Consider flight attendants, whose work has some similarities to nursing.
- CNBC•2 days ago
Meet the man whose job it is to reassure people that Google search isn’t evil
The week Danny Sullivan started working at Google's headquarters in Mountain, California, he felt like someone was going to throw him off campus. The bafflement arose because before he joined Google GOOGL last October, he was a sometimes-critical outsider who had written stories about the company for nearly two decades. "It all felt very strange," Sullivan told CNBC of his early days inside the company.
- TheStreet.com•2 days ago
Amazon, Microsoft and Google Face Backlash over ICE, Military Deals
Jeff Bezos was the latest tech chief to receive a blistering protest letter from employees, urging the company to end controversial government contracts. In Amazon's case, the focus of the letter was Rekognition, a facial-recognition system built on AWS, Amazon's cloud service. After a report from the ACLU revealed that Amazon is shipping the tech to police departments, a number of 'Amazonians' circulated a letter demanding that Bezos pull law enforcement contracts and increase transparency around the company's participation in building surveillance systems.
- CNBC•2 days ago
Meet the man whose job it is to reassure people that Google search isn’t evil
Here's how Danny Sullivan became the public face of Google search and why the company needs an ombudsman now more than ever.
- The Wall Street Journal•2 days ago
Cannes Ad Festival Reflects Advertising’s Changing Guard
CANNES, France—This year’s Cannes Lions advertising festival, Madison Avenue’s annual jaunt to the French Riviera, showed all the signs of an industry undergoing wrenching change. The consulting firms, who are trying to edge onto their turf, stepped up their presence, as did other players like China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Amazon.com Inc. Fewer yachts for ad-tech companies reflected the turbulence and consolidation in the sector.
- Motley Fool•2 days ago
Google Adds Another Weapon in Its Battle Against Amazon
As technology companies continue to search for areas to generate additional revenue, they increasingly encroach on each other's space.
Associated Press•2 days agoPolice: Backup driver in fatal Uber crash was distracted
PHOENIX (AP) — The human backup driver in an autonomous Uber SUV was streaming the television show "The Voice" on her phone and looking downward just before fatally striking a pedestrian in suburban Phoenix, according to a police report.
