Research Analysts Issue Forecasts for Alphabet Q2 Earnings

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG - Free Report) - William Blair lifted their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Alphabet in a note issued to investors on Thursday, April 24th. William Blair analyst R. Schackart now anticipates that the information services provider will post earnings of $2.13 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $2.10. The consensus estimate for Alphabet's current full-year earnings is $8.89 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Alphabet's Q3 2025 earnings at $2.20 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.39 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.32 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.36 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.47 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.67 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $9.83 EPS.

A number of other brokerages have also commented on GOOG. Citizens Jmp lowered Alphabet from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, January 2nd. Morgan Stanley restated an "overweight" rating on shares of Alphabet in a report on Wednesday, February 5th. KeyCorp lowered their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $202.00 to $185.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, April 9th. Wedbush reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $220.00 price target on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $180.00 to $195.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Friday, April 25th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating, fourteen have given a buy rating and four have assigned a strong buy rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $203.94.

Alphabet Trading Down 1.9 %

Shares of NASDAQ GOOG traded down $3.06 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $159.00. The stock had a trading volume of 9,627,803 shares, compared to its average volume of 19,202,445. The firm has a market cap of $1.94 trillion, a P/E ratio of 19.75, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.04. Alphabet has a fifty-two week low of $142.66 and a fifty-two week high of $208.70. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a current ratio of 1.84 and a quick ratio of 1.84. The company's 50-day simple moving average is $163.26 and its 200 day simple moving average is $177.23.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG - Get Free Report) last issued 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 $2.02 by $0.79. Alphabet had a net margin of 28.60% and a return on equity of 32.49%. The business had revenue of $90.23 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $89.30 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.89 EPS. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 12.0% on a year-over-year basis.

Alphabet Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 9th will be given a $0.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 9th. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.53%. This is an increase from Alphabet's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. Alphabet's payout ratio is 9.36%.

Insider Activity

In other Alphabet news, Director John L. Hennessy sold 200 shares of Alphabet stock in a transaction on Monday, April 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $161.90, for a total value of $32,380.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 7,613 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $1,232,544.70. The trade was a 2.56 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $158.56, for a total transaction of $5,153,200.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 2,717,696 shares in the company, valued at approximately $430,917,877.76. The trade was a 1.18 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 148,163 shares of company stock valued at $25,361,647. 12.99% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Alphabet

Several institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in GOOG. FMR LLC lifted its stake in Alphabet by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 117,991,725 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $22,470,344,000 after purchasing an additional 3,189,592 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in Alphabet by 1.2% during the fourth quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 104,777,092 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $19,894,651,000 after purchasing an additional 1,219,606 shares during the last quarter. Capital International Investors raised its holdings in Alphabet by 6.7% during the 4th quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 91,236,069 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $17,376,706,000 after acquiring an additional 5,758,244 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp lifted its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 16.1% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 57,098,042 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $10,873,751,000 after buying an additional 7,917,625 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors grew its position in Alphabet by 0.8% during the fourth quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 39,148,500 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $7,455,571,000 after buying an additional 294,556 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 27.26% 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.