Alphabet Stock Forecast - Simple Exponential Smoothing

GOOG Stock  USD 330.84  2.46  0.75%   
The Simple Exponential Smoothing forecasted value of Alphabet Inc Class C on the next trading day is expected to be 330.84 with a mean absolute deviation of 4.08 and the sum of the absolute errors of 244.79. Alphabet Stock Forecast is based on your current time horizon. We recommend always using this module together with an analysis of Alphabet's historical fundamentals, such as revenue growth or operating cash flow patterns.
As of 23rd of January 2026 the relative strength index (rsi) of Alphabet's share price is below 20 . This usually indicates that the stock is significantly oversold. The fundamental principle of the Relative Strength Index (RSI) is to quantify the velocity at which market participants are driving the price of a financial instrument upwards or downwards.

Momentum 0

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Oversold
 
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The successful prediction of Alphabet's future price could yield a significant profit. Please, note that this module is not intended to be used solely to calculate an intrinsic value of Alphabet and does not consider all of the tangible or intangible factors available from Alphabet's fundamental data. We analyze noise-free headlines and recent hype associated with Alphabet Inc Class C, which may create opportunities for some arbitrage if properly timed. Below are the key fundamental drivers impacting Alphabet's stock price prediction:
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.353
EPS Estimate Next Quarter
2.5643
EPS Estimate Current Year
10.5553
EPS Estimate Next Year
11.2463
Wall Street Target Price
337.0389
Using Alphabet hype-based prediction, you can estimate the value of Alphabet Inc Class C from the perspective of Alphabet response to recently generated media hype and the effects of current headlines on its competitors. We also analyze overall investor sentiment towards Alphabet using Alphabet's stock options and short interest. It helps to benchmark the overall future attitude of investors towards Alphabet using crowd psychology based on the activity and movement of Alphabet's stock price.

Alphabet Short Interest

A significant increase or decrease in Alphabet's short interest from the previous month could be a good indicator of investor sentiment towards Alphabet. Short interest can provide insight into the potential direction of Alphabet stock and how bullish or bearish investors feel about the market overall.
200 Day MA
229.0291
Short Percent
0.0031
Short Ratio
1.9
Shares Short Prior Month
56.2 M
50 Day MA
311.6608

Alphabet Class C Hype to Price Pattern

Investor biases related to Alphabet's public news can be used to forecast risks associated with an investment in Alphabet. The trend in average sentiment can be used to explain how an investor holding Alphabet can time the market purely based on public headlines and social activities around Alphabet Inc Class C. Please note that most equities that are difficult to arbitrage are affected by market sentiment the most.

Alphabet Implied Volatility

    
  0.45  
Alphabet's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Alphabet Inc Class C stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Alphabet's implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that Alphabet stock will not fluctuate a lot when Alphabet's options are near their expiration.
The Simple Exponential Smoothing forecasted value of Alphabet Inc Class C on the next trading day is expected to be 330.84 with a mean absolute deviation of 4.08 and the sum of the absolute errors of 244.79.

Alphabet after-hype prediction price

    
  USD 331.4  
There is no one specific way to measure market sentiment using hype analysis or a similar predictive technique. This prediction method should be used in combination with more fundamental and traditional techniques such as stock price forecasting, technical analysis, analysts consensus, earnings estimates, and various momentum models.
Check out Historical Fundamental Analysis of Alphabet to cross-verify your projections.

Prediction based on Rule 16 of the current Alphabet contract

Based on the Rule 16, the options market is currently suggesting that Alphabet Inc Class C will have an average daily up or down price movement of about 0.0281% per day over the life of the 2026-04-17 option contract. With Alphabet trading at USD 330.84, that is roughly USD 0.093 . If you think that the market is fully incorporating Alphabet's daily price movement you should consider acquiring Alphabet Inc Class C options at the current volatility level of 0.45%. But if you have an opposite viewpoint you should avoid it and even consider selling them.

Open Interest Against 2026-04-17 Alphabet Option Contracts

Although open interest is a measure utilized in the options markets, it could be used to forecast Alphabet's spot prices because the number of available contracts in the market changes daily, and new contracts can be created or liquidated at will. Since open interest in Alphabet's options reflects these daily shifts, investors could use the patterns of these changes to develop long and short-term trading strategies for Alphabet stock based on available contracts left at the end of a trading day.
Please note that to derive more accurate forecasting about market movement from the current Alphabet's open interest, investors have to compare it to Alphabet's spot prices. As Ford's stock price increases, high open interest indicates that money is entering the market, and the market is strongly bullish. Conversely, if the price of Alphabet is decreasing and there is high open interest, that is a sign that the bearish trend will continue, and investors may react by taking short positions in Alphabet. So, decreasing or low open interest during a bull market indicates that investors are becoming uncertain of the depth of the bullish trend, and a reversal in sentiment will likely follow.

Alphabet Additional Predictive Modules

Most predictive techniques to examine Alphabet price help traders to determine how to time the market. We provide a combination of tools to recognize potential entry and exit points for Alphabet using various technical indicators. When you analyze Alphabet charts, please remember that the event formation may indicate an entry point for a short seller, and look at other indicators across different periods to confirm that a breakdown or reversion is likely to occur.
Alphabet simple exponential smoothing forecast is a very popular model used to produce a smoothed price series. Whereas in simple Moving Average models the past observations for Alphabet Inc Class C are weighted equally, Exponential Smoothing assigns exponentially decreasing weights as Alphabet Class C prices get older.

Alphabet Simple Exponential Smoothing Price Forecast For the 24th of January

Given 90 days horizon, the Simple Exponential Smoothing forecasted value of Alphabet Inc Class C on the next trading day is expected to be 330.84 with a mean absolute deviation of 4.08, mean absolute percentage error of 28.30, and the sum of the absolute errors of 244.79.
Please note that although there have been many attempts to predict Alphabet Stock prices using its time series forecasting, we generally do not recommend using it to place bets in the real market. The most commonly used models for forecasting predictions are the autoregressive models, which specify that Alphabet's next future price depends linearly on its previous prices and some stochastic term (i.e., imperfectly predictable multiplier).

Alphabet Stock Forecast Pattern

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Alphabet Forecasted Value

In the context of forecasting Alphabet's Stock value on the next trading day, we examine the predictive performance of the model to find good statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios. Alphabet's downside and upside margins for the forecasting period are 329.09 and 332.59, respectively. We have considered Alphabet's daily market price to evaluate the above model's predictive performance. Remember, however, there is no scientific proof or empirical evidence that traditional linear or nonlinear forecasting models outperform artificial intelligence and frequency domain models to provide accurate forecasts consistently.
Market Value
330.84
329.09
Downside
330.84
Expected Value
332.59
Upside

Model Predictive Factors

The below table displays some essential indicators generated by the model showing the Simple Exponential Smoothing forecasting method's relative quality and the estimations of the prediction error of Alphabet stock data series using in forecasting. Note that when a statistical model is used to represent Alphabet stock, the representation will rarely be exact; so some information will be lost using the model to explain the process. AIC estimates the relative amount of information lost by a given model: the less information a model loses, the higher its quality.
AICAkaike Information Criteria119.6155
BiasArithmetic mean of the errors -1.0182
MADMean absolute deviation4.0798
MAPEMean absolute percentage error0.0134
SAESum of the absolute errors244.79
This simple exponential smoothing model begins by setting Alphabet Inc Class C forecast for the second period equal to the observation of the first period. In other words, recent Alphabet observations are given relatively more weight in forecasting than the older observations.

Predictive Modules for Alphabet

There are currently many different techniques concerning forecasting the market as a whole, as well as predicting future values of individual securities such as Alphabet Class C. Regardless of method or technology, however, to accurately forecast the stock market is more a matter of luck rather than a particular technique. Nevertheless, trying to predict the stock market accurately is still an essential part of the overall investment decision process. Using different forecasting techniques and comparing the results might improve your chances of accuracy even though unexpected events may often change the market sentiment and impact your forecasting results.
Hype
Prediction
LowEstimatedHigh
329.65331.40333.15
Details
Intrinsic
Valuation
LowRealHigh
297.76355.39357.14
Details
Bollinger
Band Projection (param)
LowMiddleHigh
300.81319.10337.39
Details
68 Analysts
Consensus
LowTargetHigh
306.71337.04374.11
Details

Alphabet After-Hype Price Prediction Density Analysis

As far as predicting the price of Alphabet at your current risk attitude, this probability distribution graph shows the chance that the prediction will fall between or within a specific range. We use this chart to confirm that your returns on investing in Alphabet or, for that matter, your successful expectations of its future price, cannot be replicated consistently. Please note, a large amount of money has been lost over the years by many investors who confused the symmetrical distributions of Stock prices, such as prices of Alphabet, with the unreliable approximations that try to describe financial returns.
   Next price density   
       Expected price to next headline  

Alphabet Estimiated After-Hype Price Volatility

In the context of predicting Alphabet's stock value on the day after the next significant headline, we show statistically significant boundaries of downside and upside scenarios based on Alphabet's historical news coverage. Alphabet's after-hype downside and upside margins for the prediction period are 329.65 and 333.15, respectively. We have considered Alphabet's daily market price in relation to the headlines to evaluate this method's predictive performance. Remember, however, there is no scientific proof or empirical evidence that news-based prediction models outperform traditional linear, nonlinear models or artificial intelligence models to provide accurate predictions consistently.
Current Value
330.84
329.65
Downside
331.40
After-hype Price
333.15
Upside
Alphabet is very steady at this time. Analysis and calculation of next after-hype price of Alphabet Class C is based on 3 months time horizon.

Alphabet Stock Price Prediction Analysis

Have you ever been surprised when a price of a Company such as Alphabet is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Alphabet backward and forwards among themselves. Have you ever observed a lot of a particular company's price movement is driven by press releases or news about the company that has nothing to do with actual earnings? Usually, hype to individual companies acts as price momentum. If not enough favorable publicity is forthcoming, the Stock price eventually runs out of speed. So, the rule of thumb here is that as long as this news hype has nothing to do with immediate earnings, you should pay more attention to it. If you see this tendency with Alphabet, there might be something going there, and it might present an excellent short sale opportunity.
Expected ReturnPeriod VolatilityHype ElasticityRelated ElasticityNews DensityRelated DensityExpected Hype
  0.35 
1.75
  0.56 
  0.03 
39 Events / Month
8 Events / Month
In about 39 days
Latest traded priceExpected after-news pricePotential return on next major newsAverage after-hype volatility
330.84
331.40
0.17 
110.06  
Notes

Alphabet Hype Timeline

Alphabet Class C is currently traded for 330.84. The entity has historical hype elasticity of 0.56, and average elasticity to hype of competition of -0.03. Alphabet is estimated to increase in value after the next headline, with the price projected to jump to 331.4 or above. The average volatility of media hype impact on the company the price is about 110.06%. The price rise on the next news is projected to be 0.17%, whereas the daily expected return is currently at 0.35%. The volatility of related hype on Alphabet is about 2034.88%, with the expected price after the next announcement by competition of 330.81. The company reported the previous year's revenue of 350.02 B. Net Income was 100.12 B with profit before overhead, payroll, taxes, and interest of 228.1 B. Given the investment horizon of 90 days the next estimated press release will be in about 39 days.
Check out Historical Fundamental Analysis of Alphabet to cross-verify your projections.

Alphabet Related Hype Analysis

Having access to credible news sources related to Alphabet's direct competition is more important than ever and may enhance your ability to predict Alphabet's future price movements. Getting to know how Alphabet's peers react to changing market sentiment, related social signals, and mainstream news is a great way to find investing opportunities and time the market. The summary table below summarizes the essential lagging indicators that can help you analyze how Alphabet may potentially react to the hype associated with one of its peers.
Hype
Elasticity
News
Density
Semi
Deviation
Information
Ratio
Potential
Upside
Value
At Risk
Maximum
Drawdown
MSFTMicrosoft 5.22 7 per month 0.00 (0.23) 1.65 (2.50) 4.90 
METAMeta Platforms(10.98)8 per month 0.00 (0.11) 3.16 (2.67) 13.46 
AAPLApple Inc 2.04 8 per month 0.00 (0.11) 1.97 (1.65) 7.40 
TSMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing(1.66)6 per month 1.79  0.04  3.06 (3.45) 9.62 
NVDANVIDIA 1.72 34 per month 2.08 (0.03) 3.01 (3.65) 10.18 
AVGOBroadcom 1.73 6 per month 0.00 (0.05) 3.49 (4.48) 22.53 
CSCOCisco Systems 0.01 7 per month 1.18  0.0008  1.97 (2.00) 8.38 
GRMNGarmin 0.78 6 per month 0.00 (0.18) 2.07 (2.42) 12.54 
FLEXFlex 0.30 8 per month 2.61 (0) 5.23 (4.13) 12.35 
EXLSExlService Holdings(0.02)11 per month 1.65 (0) 1.94 (2.64) 8.81 

Other Forecasting Options for Alphabet

For every potential investor in Alphabet, whether a beginner or expert, Alphabet's price movement is the inherent factor that sparks whether it is viable to invest in it or hold it better. Alphabet Stock price charts are filled with many 'noises.' These noises can hugely alter the decision one can make regarding investing in Alphabet. Basic forecasting techniques help filter out the noise by identifying Alphabet's price trends.

Alphabet Related Equities

One of the popular trading techniques among algorithmic traders is to use market-neutral strategies where every trade hedges away some risk. Because there are two separate transactions required, even if one position performs unexpectedly, the other equity can make up some of the losses. Below are some of the equities that can be combined with Alphabet stock to make a market-neutral strategy. Peer analysis of Alphabet could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Alphabet by comparing valuation metrics with similar companies.
 Risk & Return  Correlation

Alphabet Market Strength Events

Market strength indicators help investors to evaluate how Alphabet stock reacts to ongoing and evolving market conditions. The investors can use it to make informed decisions about market timing, and determine when trading Alphabet shares will generate the highest return on investment. By undertsting and applying Alphabet stock market strength indicators, traders can identify Alphabet Inc Class C entry and exit signals to maximize returns.

Alphabet Risk Indicators

The analysis of Alphabet's basic risk indicators is one of the essential steps in accurately forecasting its future price. The process involves identifying the amount of risk involved in Alphabet's investment and either accepting that risk or mitigating it. Along with some essential techniques for forecasting alphabet stock prices, we also provide a set of basic risk indicators that can assist in the individual investment decision or help in hedging the risk of your existing portfolios.
Please note, the risk measures we provide can be used independently or collectively to perform a risk assessment. When comparing two potential investments, we recommend comparing similar equities with homogenous growth potential and valuation from related markets to determine which investment holds the most risk.

Story Coverage note for Alphabet

The number of cover stories for Alphabet depends on current market conditions and Alphabet's risk-adjusted performance over time. The coverage that generates the most noise at a given time depends on the prevailing investment theme that Alphabet is classified under. However, while its typical story may have numerous social followers, the rapid visibility can also attract short-sellers, who usually are skeptical about Alphabet's long-term prospects. So, having above-average coverage will typically attract above-average short interest, leading to significant price volatility.

Alphabet Short Properties

Alphabet's future price predictability will typically decrease when Alphabet's long traders begin to feel the short-sellers pressure to drive the price lower. The predictive aspect of Alphabet Inc Class C often depends not only on the future outlook of the potential Alphabet's investors but also on the ongoing dynamics between investors with different trading styles. Because the market risk indicators may have small false signals, it is better to identify suitable times to hedge a portfolio using different long/short signals. Alphabet's indicators that are reflective of the short sentiment are summarized in the table below.
Common Stock Shares Outstanding12.4 B
Cash And Short Term Investments95.7 B
When determining whether Alphabet Class C is a strong investment it is important to analyze Alphabet's competitive position within its industry, examining market share, product or service uniqueness, and competitive advantages. Beyond financials and market position, potential investors should also consider broader economic conditions, industry trends, and any regulatory or geopolitical factors that may impact Alphabet's future performance. For an informed investment choice regarding Alphabet Stock, refer to the following important reports:
Is Interactive Media & Services space expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Alphabet. If investors know Alphabet will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Alphabet listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth
0.353
Dividend Share
1.02
Earnings Share
10.12
Revenue Per Share
31.714
Quarterly Revenue Growth
0.159
The market value of Alphabet Class C is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Alphabet that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Alphabet's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Alphabet's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Alphabet's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Alphabet's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Alphabet's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Alphabet is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Alphabet's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.