William Blair Has Bullish Forecast for Alphabet Q2 Earnings

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Free Report) - Investment analysts at William Blair increased their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Alphabet in a note issued to investors on Thursday, April 24th. William Blair analyst R. Schackart now expects that the information services provider will post earnings per share of $2.13 for the quarter, up from their prior estimate of $2.10. The consensus estimate for Alphabet's current full-year earnings is $8.90 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Alphabet's Q3 2025 earnings at $2.20 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.39 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.32 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.36 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.47 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.67 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $9.83 EPS.

GOOGL has been the topic of several other research reports. Citizens Jmp lowered shares of Alphabet from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Thursday, January 2nd. Wolfe Research boosted their price target on Alphabet from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. Citigroup lifted their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $195.00 to $200.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday. Westpark Capital raised shares of Alphabet to a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 1st. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group cut their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $235.00 to $200.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, March 31st. Ten equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-five have assigned a buy rating and five have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $198.89.

Alphabet Trading Down 0.3 %

Shares of NASDAQ GOOGL traded down $0.45 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $160.16. The stock had a trading volume of 26,767,130 shares, compared to its average volume of 28,290,211. The company's 50 day moving average price is $161.69 and its 200 day moving average price is $175.60. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a quick ratio of 1.84 and a current ratio of 1.84. Alphabet has a twelve month low of $140.53 and a twelve month high of $207.05. The firm has a market cap of $1.95 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 19.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.34 and a beta of 1.03.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 24th. The information services provider reported $2.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.02 by $0.79. The company had revenue of $76.49 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $89.30 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 32.49% and a net margin of 28.60%. During the same period last year, the company earned $1.89 earnings per share.

Alphabet Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 16th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 9th will be paid a $0.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 9th. This is a positive change from Alphabet's previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.52%. Alphabet's payout ratio is presently 9.36%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Alphabet news, Director John L. Hennessy sold 200 shares of Alphabet stock in a transaction dated Thursday, March 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $165.53, for a total transaction of $33,106.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 7,813 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,293,285.89. The trade was a 2.50 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available 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 transaction of $270,787.20. Following the completion of the sale, 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 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. 11.55% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Alphabet

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in GOOGL. Financial Counselors Inc. lifted its position in Alphabet by 2.5% in the 1st quarter. Financial Counselors Inc. now owns 756,755 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $117,025,000 after buying an additional 18,224 shares during the last quarter. YANKCOM Partnership boosted its stake in shares of Alphabet by 1.1% in the 1st quarter. YANKCOM Partnership now owns 15,494 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $2,396,000 after purchasing an additional 164 shares in the last quarter. Callan Capital LLC grew its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 3.5% during the 1st quarter. Callan Capital LLC now owns 54,312 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $8,399,000 after purchasing an additional 1,828 shares during the last quarter. Capital Advisors Inc. OK grew its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 5.4% during the 1st quarter. Capital Advisors Inc. OK now owns 27,739 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $4,290,000 after purchasing an additional 1,416 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Apex Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in Alphabet by 8.6% in the first quarter. Apex Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,966 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $613,000 after purchasing an additional 315 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 40.03% of the company's stock.

About Alphabet

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.