Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG - Free Report) - Equities researchers at Roth Capital boosted their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Alphabet in a research report issued on Monday, April 21st. Roth Capital analyst R. Kulkarni now expects that the information services provider will post earnings of $2.37 per share for the quarter, up from their previous forecast of $2.20. The consensus estimate for Alphabet's current full-year earnings is $8.89 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Alphabet's Q2 2025 earnings at $2.42 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.40 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $10.04 EPS.
Other analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Benchmark reaffirmed a "negative" rating on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Wednesday, February 5th. KeyCorp cut their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $202.00 to $185.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, April 9th. Scotiabank decreased their target price on shares of Alphabet from $232.00 to $200.00 and set a "sector outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday. Wedbush reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $220.00 price target on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Wednesday, February 5th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, six have assigned a hold rating, fourteen have issued a buy rating and three have issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $203.94.
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Alphabet Price Performance
Shares of Alphabet stock traded up $2.38 during trading on Wednesday, hitting $163.85. 35,100,087 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 19,526,222. The stock has a market cap of $2.00 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.35, a PEG ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.04. The company has a quick ratio of 1.84, a current ratio of 1.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. Alphabet has a 52 week low of $142.66 and a 52 week high of $208.70. The firm's fifty day moving average is $164.69 and its 200-day moving average is $177.17.
Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 24th. The information services provider reported $2.81 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.04 by $0.77. Alphabet had a return on equity of 32.49% and a net margin of 28.60%. The business had revenue of $90.23 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $89.30 billion.
Alphabet Dividend Announcement
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 17th. Investors of record on Monday, March 10th were issued a dividend of $0.20 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 10th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.49%. Alphabet's dividend payout ratio is presently 9.94%.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, insider John Kent Walker sold 17,690 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $185.51, for a total value of $3,281,671.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 43,111 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $7,997,521.61. This represents a 29.09 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CAO Amie Thuener O'toole sold 1,340 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 transaction, 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 position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 148,163 shares of company stock valued at $25,361,647 over the last quarter. 12.99% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
Hedge Funds Weigh In On Alphabet
A number of institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in GOOG. Alta Advisers Ltd increased its stake in shares of Alphabet by 48.8% in the 1st quarter. Alta Advisers Ltd now owns 23,783 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $3,716,000 after acquiring an additional 7,800 shares in the last quarter. Smallwood Wealth Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in Alphabet by 2.7% during the first quarter. Smallwood Wealth Investment Management LLC now owns 7,526 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $1,176,000 after acquiring an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Smith Salley Wealth Management increased its stake in shares of Alphabet by 0.9% during the first quarter. Smith Salley Wealth Management now owns 256,652 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $40,097,000 after purchasing an additional 2,414 shares in the last quarter. Saxon Interests Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 6.8% during the first quarter. Saxon Interests Inc. now owns 3,125 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $488,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Barnes Dennig Private Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Alphabet during the first quarter valued at approximately $79,000. Institutional investors own 27.26% of the company's stock.
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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.
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