Cheviot Value Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG – Free Report) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor bought 1,395 shares of the information services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $256,000.
Other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. 1620 Investment Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in Alphabet during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $37,000. Richardson Financial Services Inc. purchased a new stake in Alphabet during the 4th quarter worth approximately $34,000. Slocum Gordon & Co LLP purchased a new stake in Alphabet during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $44,000. Hoese & Co LLP increased its stake in Alphabet by 62.5% during the 2nd quarter. Hoese & Co LLP now owns 260 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $45,000 after buying an additional 100 shares during the period. Finally, Iron Horse Wealth Management LLC purchased a new stake in Alphabet during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $48,000. 27.26% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Insider Buying and Selling
In related news, CAO Amie Thuener O’toole sold 682 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $183.47, for a total transaction of $125,126.54. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now owns 30,650 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,623,355.50. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. In related news, CAO Amie Thuener O’toole sold 682 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $183.47, for a total transaction of $125,126.54. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now owns 30,650 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,623,355.50. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, SVP Prabhakar Raghavan sold 3,262 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, July 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $183.99, for a total transaction of $600,175.38. Following the completion of the sale, the senior vice president now owns 9 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,655.91. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 202,667 shares of company stock worth $33,964,256 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 12.99% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
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Alphabet Trading Down 1.0 %
NASDAQ GOOG opened at $163.07 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 2.08 and a quick ratio of 2.08. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $165.76 and its 200 day moving average price is $167.46. The company has a market capitalization of $2.02 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.13 and a beta of 1.04. Alphabet Inc. has a 12 month low of $121.46 and a 12 month high of $193.31.
Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG – Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, July 23rd. The information services provider reported $1.89 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.85 by $0.04. The firm had revenue of $84.74 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $84.22 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 26.70% and a return on equity of 30.49%. The company’s revenue was up 13.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.44 EPS. On average, sell-side analysts expect that Alphabet Inc. will post 7.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Alphabet Announces Dividend
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 16th. Investors of record on Monday, September 9th were given a $0.20 dividend. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.49%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, September 9th. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 12.27%.
Alphabet Company Profile
Alphabet Inc offers various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment provides products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube.
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