Equities Analysts Issue Forecasts for Alphabet Q1 Earnings

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) – Analysts at Roth Capital decreased their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Alphabet in a report issued on Tuesday, January 21st. Roth Capital analyst R. Kulkarni now expects that the information services provider will post earnings of $2.30 per share for the quarter, down from their previous estimate 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:GOOG) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The information services provider reported $2.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping 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 company had revenue of $88.27 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $86.39 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $1.55 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 15.1% compared to the same quarter last year.

GOOG has been the subject of a number of other reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on Alphabet from $208.00 to $212.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Pivotal Research raised their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $215.00 to $225.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Jefferies Financial Group boosted their target price on shares of Alphabet from $220.00 to $235.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Oppenheimer raised their price target on shares of Alphabet from $185.00 to $215.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 30th. Finally, Scotiabank assumed coverage on shares of Alphabet in a report on Friday, October 11th. They issued a “sector outperform” rating and a $212.00 price objective for the company. Six equities 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. According to MarketBeat, Alphabet has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $200.56.

Alphabet Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:GOOG opened at $199.63 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of $2.44 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.48, a P/E/G ratio of 1.25 and a beta of 0.99. Alphabet has a 1 year low of $131.55 and a 1 year high of $203.84. The company has a current ratio of 1.95, a quick ratio of 1.95 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $186.23 and a 200 day simple moving average of $174.83.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Alphabet

Several large investors have recently modified their holdings of GOOG. Providence Capital Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Alphabet by 54.5% during the 2nd quarter. Providence Capital Advisors LLC now owns 87,333 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $16,019,000 after purchasing an additional 30,801 shares in the last quarter. Cheviot Value Management LLC acquired a new stake in Alphabet during the 2nd quarter valued at $256,000. Mill Creek Capital Advisors LLC grew 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 last quarter. Treynor Bancshares Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Alphabet in the second quarter valued at $211,000. Finally, K2 Principal Fund L.P. raised its holdings in shares of 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 buying an additional 5,256 shares during the last quarter. 27.26% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Alphabet news, Director Kavitark Ram Shriram sold 10,500 shares of Alphabet stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.78, for a total transaction of $1,898,190.00. Following the sale, the director now owns 330,466 shares in the company, valued at $59,741,643.48. The trade was a 3.08 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 22,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, November 6th. The shares were sold at an average price of $177.36, for a total transaction of $3,990,600.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now directly owns 2,084,306 shares in the company, valued at $369,672,512.16. This trade represents a 1.07 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 133,387 shares of company stock worth $24,368,654 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 12.99% of the company’s stock.

Alphabet Announces Dividend

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

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.