Research Analysts Offer Predictions for Alphabet Q1 Earnings

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) – Analysts at Roth Capital lowered their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Alphabet in a note issued to investors on Tuesday, January 21st. Roth Capital analyst R. Kulkarni now anticipates that the information services provider will post earnings per share of $2.30 for the quarter, down from their previous forecast of $2.31. The consensus estimate for Alphabet’s current full-year earnings is $8.03 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Alphabet’s Q2 2025 earnings at $2.42 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $2.53 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.88 EPS and FY2025 earnings at $10.14 EPS.

A number of other brokerages also recently commented on GOOG. Barclays lifted their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $200.00 to $220.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Oppenheimer lifted their price target on Alphabet from $185.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Citigroup raised their price objective on Alphabet from $212.00 to $216.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Pivotal Research boosted their target price on Alphabet from $215.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, Citizens Jmp downgraded Alphabet from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Thursday, January 2nd. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirteen have assigned a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $200.56.

Alphabet Trading Up 0.2 %

Shares of Alphabet stock opened at $200.03 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of $2.45 trillion, a P/E ratio of 26.53, a P/E/G ratio of 1.25 and a beta of 0.99. 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 12-month low of $131.55 and a 12-month high of $203.84. The business’s 50 day moving average is $186.56 and its 200-day moving average is $174.89.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The information services provider reported $2.12 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.83 by $0.29. Alphabet had a net margin of 27.74% and a return on equity of 31.66%. The business had revenue of $88.27 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $86.39 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $1.55 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 15.1% compared to the same quarter last year.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Alphabet

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Providence Capital Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Alphabet by 54.5% in the 2nd quarter. Providence Capital Advisors LLC now owns 87,333 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $16,019,000 after buying an additional 30,801 shares during the last quarter. Cheviot Value Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Alphabet during the second quarter valued at $256,000. Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 7.3% during the second quarter. Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC now owns 22,025 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $4,040,000 after purchasing an additional 1,498 shares during the period. Treynor Bancshares Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Alphabet in the second quarter worth $211,000. Finally, K2 Principal Fund L.P. increased its holdings in Alphabet by 350.4% in the second quarter. K2 Principal Fund L.P. now owns 6,756 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $1,239,000 after purchasing an additional 5,256 shares during the period. 27.26% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Alphabet news, Director Kavitark Ram Shriram sold 10,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $180.78, for a total transaction of $1,898,190.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director now directly owns 330,466 shares in the company, valued at $59,741,643.48. This represents a 3.08 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CAO Amie Thuener O’toole sold 2,834 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $194.32, for a total value of $550,702.88. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 17,847 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,468,029.04. This trade represents a 13.70 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 133,387 shares of company stock worth $24,368,654. Company insiders own 12.99% of the company’s stock.

Alphabet Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 9th were issued a dividend of $0.20 per share. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.40%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 9th. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 10.61%.

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.