Roth Capital Issues Negative Estimate for Alphabet Earnings

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) – Stock analysts at Roth Capital decreased their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Alphabet in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, February 5th. Roth Capital analyst R. Kulkarni now expects that the information services provider will earn $2.20 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate of $2.30. The consensus estimate for Alphabet’s current full-year earnings is $8.02 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Alphabet’s Q2 2025 earnings at $2.35 EPS.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, February 4th. The information services provider reported $2.15 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.12 by $0.03. Alphabet had a return on equity of 31.66% and a net margin of 27.74%.

Several other analysts also recently issued reports on the company. Seaport Res Ptn upgraded Alphabet from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, October 29th. Scotiabank increased their target price on Alphabet from $212.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock a “sector outperform” rating in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Citigroup increased their target price on Alphabet from $212.00 to $216.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Pivotal Research increased their target price on Alphabet from $215.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group increased their target price on Alphabet from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twelve have issued a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Alphabet has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $209.13.

Alphabet Stock Down 3.2 %

Shares of NASDAQ:GOOG opened at $187.14 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.95, a current ratio of 1.95 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. Alphabet has a 52-week low of $131.55 and a 52-week high of $208.70. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $192.78 and its 200-day simple moving average is $176.15. The company has a market capitalization of $2.29 trillion, a P/E ratio of 24.82, a P/E/G ratio of 1.32 and a beta of 1.00.

Alphabet Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 17th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 10th will be paid a $0.20 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 10th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.43%. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 10.61%.

Insider Activity

In other Alphabet news, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 22,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 20th. The stock was sold at an average price of $176.67, for a total transaction of $3,975,075.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 2,061,806 shares in the company, valued at $364,259,266.02. This trade represents a 1.08 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, 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 owns 17,848 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,606,723.84. This trade represents a 6.98 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 89,529 shares of company stock worth $16,600,078. 12.99% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Alphabet by 2.7% in the 4th quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 540,093 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $102,855,000 after acquiring an additional 14,375 shares in the last quarter. Saturna Capital Corp acquired a new position in shares of Alphabet in the 4th quarter worth approximately $273,000. Summit X LLC grew its position in shares of Alphabet by 1.3% in the 4th quarter. Summit X LLC now owns 11,572 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $2,204,000 after acquiring an additional 148 shares in the last quarter. Moors & Cabot Inc. grew its position in shares of Alphabet by 3.2% in the 4th quarter. Moors & Cabot Inc. now owns 66,889 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $12,738,000 after acquiring an additional 2,065 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Prosperity Wealth Management Inc. grew its position in shares of Alphabet by 9.4% in the 4th quarter. Prosperity Wealth Management Inc. now owns 1,886 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $359,000 after acquiring an additional 162 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.