Roth Capital Analysts Reduce Earnings Estimates for Alphabet

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) – Investment analysts at Roth Capital dropped their Q1 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Alphabet in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, January 21st. Roth Capital analyst R. Kulkarni now forecasts that the information services provider will post earnings per share of $2.30 for the quarter, down from their prior 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.

A number of other research analysts have also recently issued reports on the company. Scotiabank raised Alphabet to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, October 11th. BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $217.00 target price (up from $215.00) on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Wednesday, October 30th. Wolfe Research lifted their price target on shares of Alphabet from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, January 3rd. KeyCorp boosted their price target on Alphabet from $215.00 to $225.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Friday, January 10th. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $205.00 to $215.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, January 13th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty have given a buy rating and four have given a strong buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $208.15.

Alphabet Stock Up 1.0 %

Shares of NASDAQ:GOOGL opened at $198.05 on Wednesday. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $184.74 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $173.33. The company has a market capitalization of $2.42 trillion, a PE ratio of 26.27, a PEG ratio of 1.26 and a beta of 0.98. Alphabet has a 52 week low of $130.66 and a 52 week high of $202.29. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a quick ratio of 1.95 and a current ratio of 1.95.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, October 29th. The information services provider reported $2.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $72.85 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $1.55 EPS.

Alphabet Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 16th. Investors of record on Monday, December 9th were paid a dividend of $0.20 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 9th. This represents a $0.80 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.40%. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 10.61%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Alphabet news, CAO Amie Thuener O’toole sold 2,834 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $194.32, for a total transaction of $550,702.88. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 17,847 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,468,029.04. This trade represents a 13.70 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, Director Kavitark Ram Shriram sold 10,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $180.78, for a total value of $1,898,190.00. Following the transaction, the director now directly owns 330,466 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $59,741,643.48. The trade was a 3.08 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 133,387 shares of company stock valued at $24,368,654. 11.55% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Alphabet

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Stablepoint Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Stablepoint Partners LLC now owns 29,346 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $5,555,000 after purchasing an additional 442 shares during the period. Requisite Capital Management LLC purchased a new position in Alphabet during the fourth quarter worth $442,000. Regatta Capital Group LLC increased its position in Alphabet by 0.9% during the fourth quarter. Regatta Capital Group LLC now owns 68,340 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $12,937,000 after acquiring an additional 614 shares during the last quarter. Novare Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Alphabet by 1.6% in the fourth quarter. Novare Capital Management LLC now owns 180,865 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $34,238,000 after acquiring an additional 2,792 shares during the period. Finally, Navis Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 2.8% in the 4th quarter. Navis Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,371 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $449,000 after acquiring an additional 65 shares during the last quarter. 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.