Fintel reports that on October 4, 2023, B of A Securities maintained coverage of Alphabet Inc - (NASDAQ:GOOGL) with a Buy recommendation.
Analyst Price Forecast Suggests 14.04% Upside
As of August 31, 2023, the average one-year price target for Alphabet Inc - is 151.03. The forecasts range from a low of 122.21 to a high of $210.00. The average price target represents an increase of 14.04% from its latest reported closing price of 132.43.
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The projected annual revenue for Alphabet Inc - is 315,766MM, an increase of 9.06%. The projected annual non-GAAP EPS is 5.39.
What is the Fund Sentiment?
There are 5520 funds or institutions reporting positions in Alphabet Inc -. This is a decrease of 63 owner(s) or 1.13% in the last quarter. Average portfolio weight of all funds dedicated to GOOGL is 1.76%, an increase of 5.89%. Total shares owned by institutions increased in the last three months by 1.80% to 4,969,464K shares. 
The put/call ratio of GOOGL is 0.77, indicating a bullish outlook.
What are Other Shareholders Doing?
VTSMX - Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund Investor Shares holds 185,283K shares representing 1.47% ownership of the company. In it's prior filing, the firm reported owning 184,703K shares, representing an increase of 0.31%. The firm increased its portfolio allocation in GOOGL by 6.80% over the last quarter.
VFINX - Vanguard 500 Index Fund Investor Shares holds 141,450K shares representing 1.12% ownership of the company. In it's prior filing, the firm reported owning 138,977K shares, representing an increase of 1.75%. The firm increased its portfolio allocation in GOOGL by 6.38% over the last quarter.
Geode Capital Management holds 121,308K shares representing 0.96% ownership of the company. In it's prior filing, the firm reported owning 118,577K shares, representing an increase of 2.25%. The firm increased its portfolio allocation in GOOGL by 6.79% over the last quarter.
Price T Rowe Associates holds 112,745K shares representing 0.89% ownership of the company. In it's prior filing, the firm reported owning 107,419K shares, representing an increase of 4.72%. The firm increased its portfolio allocation in GOOGL by 154.35% over the last quarter.
Wellington Management Group Llp holds 91,362K shares representing 0.72% ownership of the company. In it's prior filing, the firm reported owning 84,287K shares, representing an increase of 7.74%. The firm increased its portfolio allocation in GOOGL by 747.78% over the last quarter.
Alphabet Background Information
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Larry Page and Sergey Brin founded Google in September 1998. Since then, the company has grown to more than 130,000 employees worldwide, with a wide range of popular products and platforms like Search, Maps, Ads, Gmail, Android, Chrome, Google Cloud and YouTube. In October 2015, Alphabet became the parent holding company of Google.
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