Research Analysts Offer Predictions for Alphabet Q1 Earnings

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at Roth Capital upped their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Alphabet in a note issued to investors on Monday, April 21st. Roth Capital analyst R. Kulkarni now anticipates that the information services provider will post earnings per share of $2.37 for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $2.20. The consensus estimate for Alphabet's current full-year earnings is $8.89 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Alphabet's Q2 2025 earnings at $2.42 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.40 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $10.04 EPS.

A number of other research analysts have also weighed in on GOOG. Scotiabank dropped their target price on Alphabet from $232.00 to $200.00 and set a "sector outperform" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, April 21st. Wedbush restated an "outperform" rating and issued a $220.00 target price on shares of Alphabet in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Citizens Jmp lowered Alphabet from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, January 2nd. UBS Group dropped their price target on Alphabet from $209.00 to $173.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a report on Friday, April 11th. Finally, KeyCorp dropped their price target on Alphabet from $202.00 to $185.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 9th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating, fourteen have given a buy rating and three have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $203.94.

Alphabet Stock Up 1.5 %

NASDAQ:GOOG traded up $2.38 on Wednesday, hitting $163.85. The stock had a trading volume of 35,100,087 shares, compared to its average volume of 19,311,734. The business's fifty day moving average is $164.25 and its 200 day moving average is $177.35. The company has a market cap of $2.00 trillion, a PE ratio of 20.35, a P/E/G ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.04. The company has a quick ratio of 1.84, a current ratio of 1.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. Alphabet has a 52 week low of $142.66 and a 52 week high of $208.70.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 24th. The information services provider reported $2.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.04 by $0.77. The business had revenue of $90.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $89.30 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 32.49% and a net margin of 28.60%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC raised its stake in shares of Alphabet by 6.8% during the fourth quarter. GPS Wealth Strategies Group LLC now owns 16,248 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $3,094,000 after acquiring an additional 1,041 shares in the last quarter. Harvest Investment Services LLC grew its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 3.3% in the fourth quarter. Harvest Investment Services LLC now owns 4,329 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $824,000 after purchasing an additional 138 shares during the last quarter. North Forty Two & Co. bought a new position in shares of Alphabet in the fourth quarter worth approximately $281,000. SageView Advisory Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 140.6% in the fourth quarter. SageView Advisory Group LLC now owns 14,734 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $2,806,000 after purchasing an additional 8,610 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Requisite Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Alphabet in the fourth quarter worth approximately $927,000. 27.26% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Alphabet

In related news, CAO Amie Thuener O'toole sold 1,340 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $202.08, for a total value of $270,787.20. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 17,848 shares of the company's stock, valued at $3,606,723.84. This trade represents a 6.98 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $158.56, for a total transaction of $5,153,200.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 2,717,696 shares in the company, valued at $430,917,877.76. This represents a 1.18 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 148,163 shares of company stock valued at $25,361,647. 12.99% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Alphabet Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 17th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 10th were issued a $0.20 dividend. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.49%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 10th. Alphabet's payout ratio is 9.94%.

Alphabet Company Profile

Alphabet Inc offers various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment provides products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube.