Roth Capital Brokers Lower Earnings Estimates for Alphabet

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG - Free Report) - Analysts at Roth Capital decreased their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for Alphabet in a research note issued on Monday, April 21st. Roth Capital analyst R. Kulkarni now anticipates that the information services provider will post earnings per share of $2.42 for the quarter, down from their prior forecast of $2.52. The consensus estimate for Alphabet's current full-year earnings is $8.89 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Alphabet's FY2025 earnings at $9.61 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.34 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.49 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.56 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $2.64 EPS.

A number of other research firms have also recently weighed in on GOOG. Citigroup restated a "sell" rating on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Wednesday. UBS Group dropped their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $209.00 to $173.00 and set a "neutral" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, April 11th. Needham & Company LLC restated a "buy" rating on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Wednesday, February 5th. Oppenheimer upped their price target on shares of Alphabet from $185.00 to $200.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday. Finally, Citizens Jmp downgraded shares of Alphabet from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Thursday, January 2nd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have issued a hold rating, fourteen have issued a buy rating and three have assigned a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $203.94.

Alphabet Stock Performance

Shares of GOOG traded up $2.38 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching $163.85. The company's stock had a trading volume of 35,089,408 shares, compared to its average volume of 19,526,187. The company has a current ratio of 1.84, a quick ratio of 1.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. Alphabet has a 1-year low of $142.66 and a 1-year high of $208.70. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $164.69 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $177.17. The stock has a market cap of $2.00 trillion, a P/E ratio of 20.35, a PEG ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.04.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, April 24th. The information services provider reported $2.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.04 by $0.77. The business had revenue of $90.23 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $89.30 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 28.60% and a return on equity of 32.49%.

Institutional Trading of Alphabet

Institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. FMR LLC lifted its stake in Alphabet by 2.8% in the fourth quarter. FMR LLC now owns 117,991,725 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $22,470,344,000 after buying an additional 3,189,592 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in Alphabet by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 104,777,092 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $19,894,651,000 after buying an additional 1,219,606 shares during the last quarter. Capital International Investors lifted its stake in Alphabet by 6.7% during the 4th quarter. Capital International Investors now owns 91,236,069 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $17,376,706,000 after acquiring an additional 5,758,244 shares in the last quarter. Northern Trust Corp boosted its holdings in Alphabet by 16.1% during the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 57,098,042 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $10,873,751,000 after purchasing an additional 7,917,625 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capital Research Global Investors boosted its stake in shares of Alphabet by 0.8% in the 4th quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 39,148,500 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $7,455,571,000 after buying an additional 294,556 shares during the last quarter. 27.26% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Transactions at Alphabet

In other Alphabet news, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of Alphabet stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 2nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $158.56, for a total value of $5,153,200.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 2,717,696 shares in the company, valued at $430,917,877.76. The trade was a 1.18 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CAO Amie Thuener O'toole sold 1,340 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, February 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $202.08, for a total transaction of $270,787.20. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 17,848 shares of the company's stock, valued at $3,606,723.84. This trade represents a 6.98 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 148,163 shares of company stock valued at $25,361,647. Company insiders own 12.99% of the company's stock.

Alphabet Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 17th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 10th were given a $0.20 dividend. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.49%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 10th. Alphabet's payout ratio is presently 9.94%.

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.