DA Davidson Forecasts Alphabet's Q2 Earnings (NASDAQ:GOOG)

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG - Free Report) - Stock analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q2 2025 earnings estimates for Alphabet in a research note issued on Friday, April 25th. DA Davidson analyst G. Luria expects that the information services provider will post earnings per share of $2.11 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Alphabet's current full-year earnings is $8.89 per share.

GOOG has been the topic of a number of other research reports. KeyCorp cut their price target on shares of Alphabet from $202.00 to $185.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, April 9th. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an "overweight" rating on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Wednesday, February 5th. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of Alphabet in a report on Wednesday, February 5th. Needham & Company LLC restated a "buy" rating on shares of Alphabet in a report on Wednesday, February 5th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price objective on Alphabet from $180.00 to $195.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Friday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating, fourteen have assigned a buy rating and four have given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $203.94.

Alphabet Stock Down 0.2 %

Shares of GOOG traded down $0.36 on Monday, hitting $162.06. The company's stock had a trading volume of 15,933,127 shares, compared to its average volume of 19,304,472. The firm's fifty day moving average price is $163.76 and its 200-day moving average price is $177.34. Alphabet has a fifty-two week low of $142.66 and a fifty-two week high of $208.70. The company has a quick ratio of 1.84, a current ratio of 1.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. The firm has a market capitalization of $1.98 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.13, a P/E/G ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.04.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, April 24th. The information services provider reported $2.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.02 by $0.79. The firm had revenue of $90.23 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $89.30 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 32.49% and a net margin of 28.60%. The company's revenue was up 12.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.89 earnings per share.

Alphabet Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 16th. Investors of record on Monday, June 9th will be issued a dividend of $0.21 per share. This is an increase from Alphabet's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. The ex-dividend date is Monday, June 9th. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.52%. Alphabet's payout ratio is presently 9.36%.

Insider Activity at Alphabet

In other news, CAO Amie Thuener O'toole sold 1,340 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $202.08, for a total value of $270,787.20. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now owns 17,848 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $3,606,723.84. The trade was a 6.98 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider John Kent Walker sold 17,690 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $185.51, for a total transaction of $3,281,671.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 43,111 shares in the company, valued at $7,997,521.61. This trade represents a 29.09 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 148,163 shares of company stock worth $25,361,647. Insiders own 12.99% of the company's stock.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Alphabet

Large investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 2.5% during the 3rd quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 11,024,276 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $1,843,149,000 after acquiring an additional 264,962 shares during the period. Morse Asset Management Inc bought a new stake in Alphabet during the third quarter worth $166,000. McIlrath & Eck LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 12.9% in the 3rd quarter. McIlrath & Eck LLC now owns 13,575 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $2,270,000 after purchasing an additional 1,546 shares in the last quarter. Passumpsic Savings Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Alphabet in the 3rd quarter valued at $263,000. Finally, Advisory Resource Group raised its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 8.7% during the 3rd quarter. Advisory Resource Group now owns 10,277 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $1,718,000 after buying an additional 822 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 27.26% of the company's stock.

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.