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Alphabet Inc Inc. (GOOG) Price Performance: The Role of Share Buybacks and Stock Splits

The performance of the stock price over the year has been up and down, leaving investors with either an optimistic or pessimistic outlook, depending on how they interpret the data. Until today this year the stock’s price performance recorded an increase of 7.64%. However, over the last six months, the performance has been weaker by 14.78%. The price of GOOG increased 9.33% over the last 30 days. And in the last five days, it has surged by 2.56%.

The stock market performance of Alphabet Inc has been very steady. Over the last year, the company’s stock hit its highest at $155.20 on 01/29/24, while the lowest price during the same time frame was $100.28, recorded on 03/28/23.

52-week price history of GOOG Stock

The history of a stock’s 52-week high and low prices can provide important information about its current state and future potential. Alphabet Inc’s current trading price is -2.26% away from its 52-week high, while its distance from the 52-week low is 51.28%. The stock’s price range for this period has been between $100.28 and $155.20. The Communication Services sector company’s shares saw a trading volume of about 19.29 million for the day, which was lower than the average daily volume of 22.74 million over the last three months.

The Connection Between Financial Performance and Market Capitalization

Alphabet Inc (GOOG) has experienced a quarterly rise of 6.29% in its revenues when compared to the same period in the previous year. Presently, the company has a total market capitalization of 1886.09B and boasts a workforce of 182502 employees.

How Moving Averages and Trading Volume Data Work Together

Based on Barchart.com data, the company’s moving average over the 100-day period was 140.71, with a change in price of +26.40. Similarly, Alphabet Inc recorded 22,612,791 in trading volume during the last 100 days, posting a change of +21.07%.

GOOG’s Debt-to-Equity Ratio: A Comprehensive Review

A key metric for assessing a company’s financial well-being and market status is the debt-to-equity (D/E) ratio. This ratio is derived by dividing a company’s total liabilities by its shareholders’ equity, and it demonstrates the level of debt a company uses to support its assets relative to shareholder equity. At the time of writing, the total D/E ratio for GOOG stands at 0.11. Similarly, the long-term debt-to-equity ratio is also 0.09.

GOOG Stock Stochastic Average

As of today, the raw stochastic average of Alphabet Inc over the last 50 days is at 85.20%. This shows a declinee from the raw stochastic average of the previous 20 days, which was recorded at 93.07%. Further, the company’s Stochastic %K and %D values for the last 20 days were 93.11% and 89.53%, respectively.