[at Bloomberg] – Mountain View, Calif. (AP) — Axl Rose is demanding Google take down several unflattering images of him that have been used as part of an internet meme mocking his physical appearance. Read more on this. Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) , with a current value of $498.57B, began trading this morning at $723.96. Looking at the stock, its one day range is $720.58 to $728.29 with a one year range of $515.18 to $789.87. GOOG shares are currently priced at 21.33x this year’s forecasted earnings, which makes them relatively expensive compared to the industry’s 1.90x earnings multiple for the same period. Consensus earnings for the current quarter by the 37 sell-side analysts covering the stock is an estimate of $8.06 per share, which would be $1.07 better than the year-ago quarter and a $0.13 sequential decrease. Furthermore, our analysis shows the full-year EPS estimate to be $33.60, which would be a $4.02 improvement when compared to the last year’s annual results. The quarterly earnings estimate is based on a consensus revenue forecast of the current quarter of $20.75 Billion. If realized, that would be a 17.03% increase over the year-ago quarter. Recently, Pivotal Research Group upgraded GOOG from Hold to Buy (Apr 11, 2016). Previously, Goldman upgraded GOOG from Neutral to Buy. The average price target for GOOG shares is $924.83, which is 27.75% above where the stock opened this morning. See more in (NASDAQ:GOOG) Similar Articles: Stock Update: Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) – Would Google build a city from scratch? ‘Great idea’ Market Update: Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) – Google Express vs. Amazon Prime Now (GOOG, AMZN) Stock Update: Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) – Google just made a move that could derail Roku’s big plan for the future