Roth Capital Issues Negative Outlook for Alphabet Earnings

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) – Stock analysts at Roth Capital cut their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for shares of Alphabet in a report released on Tuesday, January 21st. Roth Capital analyst R. Kulkarni now expects that the information services provider will post earnings per share of $2.30 for the quarter, down from their prior 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.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 29th. The information services provider reported $2.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.83 by $0.29. The firm had revenue of $88.27 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $72.85 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 31.66% and a net margin of 27.74%. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.55 earnings per share.

Other equities analysts have also issued reports about the stock. Evercore ISI lifted their target price on shares of Alphabet from $200.00 to $205.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Cantor Fitzgerald cut their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $215.00 to $210.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday. Wolfe Research increased their target price on shares of Alphabet from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. China Renaissance upgraded Alphabet from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 31st. Finally, Loop Capital upped their price target on Alphabet from $170.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 6th. Nine analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty have assigned a buy rating and four have given a strong buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Alphabet has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $208.67.

Alphabet Trading Up 0.2 %

NASDAQ GOOGL opened at $198.37 on Wednesday. Alphabet has a 1 year low of $130.66 and a 1 year high of $202.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 1.95 and a quick ratio of 1.95. The company has a market capitalization of $2.43 trillion, a PE ratio of 26.31, a P/E/G ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 0.98. The company has a fifty day moving average of $185.07 and a 200 day moving average of $173.38.

Alphabet Announces Dividend

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

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Kavitark Ram Shriram sold 37,134 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $185.02, for a total transaction of $6,870,532.68. Following the transaction, the director now owns 282,832 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $52,329,576.64. This trade represents a 11.61 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Frances Arnold sold 441 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $171.06, for a total value of $75,437.46. Following the sale, the director now directly owns 16,490 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,820,779.40. The trade was a 2.60 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 133,387 shares of company stock valued at $24,368,654. 11.55% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Lantz Financial LLC boosted its holdings in Alphabet by 10.8% during the second quarter. Lantz Financial LLC now owns 4,622 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $842,000 after buying an additional 452 shares in the last quarter. Spectrum Wealth Advisory Group LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $218,000. Vista Finance LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Alphabet in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $229,000. Wedbush Securities Inc. increased its stake in Alphabet by 2.6% in the 2nd quarter. Wedbush Securities Inc. now owns 212,308 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $38,672,000 after purchasing an additional 5,458 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Choreo LLC raised its holdings in Alphabet by 128.0% during the second quarter. Choreo LLC now owns 263,144 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $48,138,000 after purchasing an additional 147,747 shares during the last quarter. 40.03% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.