Jefferies has decided to maintain its Buy rating of Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and lower its price target from $3600.00 to $3400.00.
Shares of Alphabet are trading down 3.63% over the last 24 hours, at $2286.75 per share.
A move to $3400.00 would account for a 48.68% increase from the current share price.
About Alphabet
Alphabet Inc is a holding company, with Google, the Internet media giant, as a wholly owned subsidiary. Google generates 99% of Alphabet revenue, of which more than 85% is from online ads. Google's other revenue is from sales of apps and content on Google Play and YouTube, as well as cloud service fees and other licensing revenue. Sales of hardware such as Chromebooks, the Pixel smartphone, and smart homes products, which include Nest and Google Home, also contribute to other revenue. Alphabet's moonshot investments are in its other bets segment, where it bets on technology to enhance health (Verily), faster Internet access to homes (Google Fiber), self-driving cars (Waymo), and more. Alphabet's operating margin has been 25%-30%, with Google at 30% and other bets operating at a loss.
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