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Alphabet will soon be parent of the spectrum of businesses, the largest of which will be Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL).

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Morgan Stanley has upgraded Google Inc.

Front and center for Nowak, as for others, is the prospect of greater “transparency” from Google about its varied investments in side projects outside the core Google Inc. search and display ad business, which will now be run by Sundar Pichai. Google stock is up 0.95% at $696.89, in pre-market trading today, and rose approximately 29% compared to Dow Jones Index, which fell roughly 3% this year. The shares opened for trading at $699.58 and hit $704 on the upside, eventually ending the session at $690.3, with a gain of 4.1% or 27.16 points.

Argus maintained its Buy rating for Google with a price target of $850. The stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $738.35. The 50-day moving average is $613 and the 200 day moving average is recorded at $565.83. Further, Kenmare Capital Partners L.L.C. have 14.01% of their long stock exposure invested in the company for 32,000 shares. Of those forty-eight, thirty-seven have a Buy rating, eleven have a Hold rating. On a weekly basis, the stock has appreciated by 1.55%.During the course of the session, the shares witnessed a block trade with an up/down ratio of 6.03. Mizuho raised shares of Google from a neutral rating to a buy rating in a report on Tuesday. Shares of Google Inc. The company reported $6.99 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks’ consensus estimate of $6.70 by $0.29.

The company’s growth has been driven by its ability to accelerate revenue as advertising dollars shift to the internet, as well as by its extraordinary positioning as the search engine leader. The company has a market cap of $217,958 million and the number of outstanding shares has been calculated to be 343,929,000 shares.

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Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) is now battling slow growth in its core business, and such are issues that Page can find more time to fix under the new dispensation. Year-to-Date the stock performance stands at 30.08%. The Business comes with an advertisement technology platform for brand advertisers, agencies, and publishers to power its digital marketing companies across display, mobile, and video. The Company provides its products and services in more than 100 languages and in more than 50 countries, regions, and territories. Effective 23, July, 2014, Google Inc acquired drawElements Oy, a Helsinki-based developer of 3D graphics software. In June 2014, Google Inc acquired mDialog Corp. Effective August 26, 2014, Google Inc acquired Zync Inc.

Google Inc Upgraded To Outperform At Morgan Stanley With $820 Target Price