Roth Capital Issues Negative Outlook for Alphabet Earnings

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) – Equities research analysts at Roth Capital reduced their Q3 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Alphabet in a research report issued on Wednesday, February 5th. Roth Capital analyst R. Kulkarni now anticipates that the information services provider will post earnings per share of $2.52 for the quarter, down from their prior estimate of $2.53. The consensus estimate for Alphabet’s current full-year earnings is $8.90 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Alphabet’s Q4 2025 earnings at $2.82 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $9.89 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $11.34 EPS.

Several other analysts have also commented on the stock. Pivotal Research increased their target price on shares of Alphabet from $215.00 to $225.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Citizens Jmp downgraded Alphabet from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 2nd. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their target price on Alphabet from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Barclays upped their target price on Alphabet from $200.00 to $220.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, Oppenheimer lifted their price target on Alphabet from $215.00 to $225.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twelve have assigned a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Alphabet presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $209.13.

Alphabet Stock Performance

NASDAQ:GOOG opened at $188.20 on Monday. The company has a 50-day moving average of $193.12 and a 200-day moving average of $176.14. The firm has a market cap of $2.30 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.38, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.39 and a beta of 1.00. The company has a current ratio of 1.84, a quick ratio of 1.95 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. Alphabet has a twelve month low of $131.55 and a twelve month high of $208.70.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) last announced 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 32.49% and a net margin of 28.60%.

Alphabet Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 17th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 10th will be paid a dividend of $0.20 per share. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.43%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 10th. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 9.94%.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 22,500 shares of the business’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 value of $3,975,075.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 2,061,806 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $364,259,266.02. The trade was a 1.08 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CAO Amie Thuener O’toole sold 1,340 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $202.08, for a total value of $270,787.20. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 17,848 shares in the company, valued at $3,606,723.84. This represents a 6.98 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 89,529 shares of company stock worth $16,600,078 in the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 12.99% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Alphabet

Several large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. Montis Financial LLC raised its stake in shares of Alphabet by 17.6% in the 3rd quarter. Montis Financial LLC now owns 7,757 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $1,297,000 after acquiring an additional 1,160 shares in the last quarter. Mechanics Bank Trust Department raised its position in shares of Alphabet by 1.3% in the third quarter. Mechanics Bank Trust Department now owns 29,115 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $4,868,000 after purchasing an additional 380 shares during the period. Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY lifted its stake in shares of Alphabet by 0.5% in the third quarter. Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY now owns 163,875 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $27,398,000 after buying an additional 798 shares during the last quarter. City State Bank boosted its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 8.0% during the 3rd quarter. City State Bank now owns 14,896 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $2,490,000 after buying an additional 1,109 shares during the period. Finally, Retirement Planning Group LLC grew its stake in Alphabet by 78.6% in the 3rd quarter. Retirement Planning Group LLC now owns 12,505 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $2,091,000 after buying an additional 5,502 shares during the last quarter. 27.26% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

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.