Roth Capital Has Positive Outlook for Alphabet Q4 Earnings

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Free Report) - Roth Capital upped their Q4 2025 EPS estimates for shares of Alphabet in a research note issued on Thursday, October 16th. Roth Capital analyst R. Kulkarni now expects that the information services provider will earn $2.45 per share for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $2.42. Roth Capital has a "Buy" rating and a $265.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Alphabet's current full-year earnings is $8.90 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Alphabet's Q1 2026 earnings at $2.39 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.65 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.78 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $3.14 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $10.96 EPS.

Other equities research analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Tigress Financial upped their price target on shares of Alphabet from $240.00 to $280.00 and gave the company a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Friday, September 5th. Loop Capital restated a "hold" rating and set a $190.00 price objective (up previously from $165.00) on shares of Alphabet in a report on Tuesday, August 5th. BNP Paribas Exane restated a "neutral" rating and set a $172.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet in a report on Friday, June 27th. Canaccord Genuity Group boosted their price objective on Alphabet from $230.00 to $270.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, September 4th. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities boosted their price objective on Alphabet from $191.00 to $224.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a report on Wednesday, September 3rd. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-four have issued a Buy rating and ten have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $250.57.

Alphabet Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ GOOGL opened at $251.46 on Friday. Alphabet has a twelve month low of $140.53 and a twelve month high of $256.96. The company has a current ratio of 1.90, a quick ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. The company has a market capitalization of $3.04 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.78, a PEG ratio of 1.69 and a beta of 1.00. The firm has a 50-day moving average of $230.51 and a two-hundred day moving average of $190.95.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 23rd. The information services provider reported $2.31 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.15 by $0.16. Alphabet had a net margin of 31.12% and a return on equity of 34.31%. The company had revenue of $96.43 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $93.60 billion.

Alphabet Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 15th. Investors of record on Monday, September 8th were paid a $0.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 8th. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.3%. Alphabet's payout ratio is presently 8.95%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Frances Arnold sold 103 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $243.13, for a total value of $25,042.39. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 17,284 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $4,202,258.92. The trade was a 0.59% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $243.41, for a total value of $7,910,825.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,402,119 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $584,699,785.79. The trade was a 1.33% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 210,872 shares of company stock worth $46,980,865 in the last quarter. Corporate insiders own 11.64% of the company's stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Alphabet

Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its position in Alphabet by 3.9% during the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 110,330 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $20,886,000 after purchasing an additional 4,110 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC boosted its position in Alphabet by 3.5% during the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 14,930 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $2,826,000 after purchasing an additional 506 shares during the period. GAMMA Investing LLC boosted its position in Alphabet by 10.5% during the first quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 103,870 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $16,062,000 after purchasing an additional 9,900 shares during the period. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC boosted its position in Alphabet by 4.4% during the first quarter. Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services LLC now owns 2,508,914 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $387,979,000 after purchasing an additional 106,082 shares during the period. Finally, Sagespring Wealth Partners LLC boosted its position in Alphabet by 12.2% during the first quarter. Sagespring Wealth Partners LLC now owns 64,133 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $9,918,000 after purchasing an additional 6,964 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 40.03% of the company's stock.

About Alphabet

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.

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