What is DA Davidson's Estimate for Alphabet Q3 Earnings?

Key Points

• DA Davidson predicts that Alphabet will earn $2.26 per share in Q3 2025, maintaining a "Neutral" rating with a target price of $180.00.
• Shares of Alphabet have recently been trading at $193.18, with several analysts increasing their price targets for the stock to as high as $225.00.
• Alphabet declared a quarterly dividend of $0.21 per share, to be paid on September 15th, reflecting an annualized yield of 0.43%.

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Free Report) - Equities research analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Alphabet in a report released on Thursday, July 24th. DA Davidson analyst G. Luria anticipates that the information services provider will post earnings per share of $2.26 for the quarter. DA Davidson has a "Neutral" rating and a $180.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Alphabet's current full-year earnings is $8.90 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Alphabet's FY2025 earnings at $9.81 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $10.27 EPS.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, April 24th. The information services provider reported $2.81 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.02 by $0.79. Alphabet had a return on equity of 34.31% and a net margin of 31.12%. The company had revenue of $76.49 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $89.30 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.89 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also recently commented on GOOGL. Bank of America raised their target price on Alphabet from $210.00 to $217.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday. BMO Capital Markets raised their target price on Alphabet from $208.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday. Rosenblatt Securities increased their price target on Alphabet from $189.00 to $191.00 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday. Wedbush increased their price target on Alphabet from $200.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price target on Alphabet from $200.00 to $220.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday. Ten investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-nine have issued a buy rating and four have assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Alphabet presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $211.32.

Alphabet Stock Performance

Alphabet stock traded down $1.49 during trading on Friday, reaching $191.69. The company had a trading volume of 18,891,251 shares, compared to its average volume of 36,950,398. Alphabet has a 52 week low of $140.53 and a 52 week high of $207.05. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $175.77 and its 200 day simple moving average is $172.79. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.33 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.41, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.31 and a beta of 1.00. The company has a current ratio of 1.90, a quick ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Alphabet

Several institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of GOOGL. Mystic Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in Alphabet by 6.7% in the first quarter. Mystic Asset Management Inc. now owns 28,454 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $4,400,000 after purchasing an additional 1,791 shares during the last quarter. Harbour Trust & Investment Management Co grew its holdings in Alphabet by 0.3% in the first quarter. Harbour Trust & Investment Management Co now owns 27,075 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $4,187,000 after purchasing an additional 80 shares during the last quarter. Rockbridge Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Alphabet in the fourth quarter worth $3,119,000. Cypress Capital LLC grew its holdings in Alphabet by 4.1% in the first quarter. Cypress Capital LLC now owns 14,310 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $2,213,000 after purchasing an additional 563 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Optivise Advisory Services LLC grew its holdings in Alphabet by 8.0% in the fourth quarter. Optivise Advisory Services LLC now owns 5,464 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $1,035,000 after purchasing an additional 403 shares during the last quarter. 40.03% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of Alphabet stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.38, for a total transaction of $5,992,350.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,527,392 shares of the company's stock, valued at $466,000,536.96. This trade represents a 1.27% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director John L. Hennessy sold 400 shares of Alphabet stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $181.98, for a total transaction of $72,792.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 6,013 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,094,245.74. The trade was a 6.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 249,409 shares of company stock valued at $43,523,710. Corporate insiders own 11.64% of the company's stock.

Alphabet Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.44%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, September 8th. Alphabet's dividend payout ratio is presently 8.95%.

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.