Roth Capital Issues Optimistic Outlook for Alphabet Earnings

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG - Free Report) - Roth Capital lifted their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Alphabet in a report issued on Tuesday, July 8th. Roth Capital analyst R. Kulkarni now expects that the information services provider will post earnings per share of $2.23 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $2.18. Roth Capital has a "Buy" rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Alphabet's current full-year earnings is $8.89 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Alphabet's Q3 2025 earnings at $2.30 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.37 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $9.71 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.32 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.45 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.56 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $10.23 EPS.

A number of other equities research analysts have also issued reports on GOOG. Lake Street Capital reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Wednesday. Citizens Jmp upgraded Alphabet from a "hold" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, June 26th. UBS Group restated a "buy" rating on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Wednesday. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a "buy" rating and set a $220.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Monday, June 2nd. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald restated a "neutral" rating and set a $171.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Friday, April 25th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have given a hold rating, nineteen have assigned a buy rating and six have given a strong buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $207.63.

Alphabet Price Performance

Shares of Alphabet stock opened at $177.66 on Thursday. Alphabet has a one year low of $142.66 and a one year high of $208.70. The stock's fifty day moving average is $170.87 and its 200 day moving average is $175.30. The stock has a market cap of $2.16 trillion, a P/E ratio of 19.81, a P/E/G ratio of 1.23 and a beta of 1.01. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a quick ratio of 1.77 and a current ratio of 1.77.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 24th. The information services provider reported $2.81 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.02 by $0.79. The firm had revenue of $90.23 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $89.30 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 34.54% and a net margin of 30.86%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned $1.89 EPS. The company's revenue was up 12.0% compared to the same quarter last year.

Alphabet Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 16th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 9th were paid a dividend of $0.21 per share. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.47%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 9th. This is a positive change from Alphabet's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. Alphabet's dividend payout ratio is currently 9.36%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Alphabet news, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $170.87, for a total transaction of $5,553,275.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,620,196 shares of the company's stock, valued at $447,712,890.52. This represents a 1.23% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director John L. Hennessy sold 600 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $175.00, for a total value of $105,000.00. Following the sale, the director owned 6,813 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,192,275. The trade was a 8.09% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 215,643 shares of company stock valued at $36,330,928 in the last quarter. 12.99% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Alphabet

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Principia Wealth Advisory LLC lifted its holdings in Alphabet by 111.8% in the first quarter. Principia Wealth Advisory LLC now owns 161 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $26,000 after acquiring an additional 85 shares during the last quarter. MorganRosel Wealth Management LLC bought a new position in Alphabet in the first quarter worth about $26,000. LSV Asset Management bought a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $27,000. Goodman Advisory Group LLC bought a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the first quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Finally, Greykasell Wealth Strategies Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the first quarter valued at approximately $32,000. 27.26% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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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