Zacks Research Raises Earnings Estimates for Alphabet

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) – Investment analysts at Zacks Research increased their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of Alphabet in a research report issued on Wednesday, November 19th. Zacks Research analyst Team now anticipates that the information services provider will post earnings of $10.54 per share for the year, up from their prior forecast of $9.83. The consensus estimate for Alphabet’s current full-year earnings is $8.90 per share. Zacks Research also issued estimates for Alphabet’s Q4 2025 earnings at $2.55 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.63 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.61 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $2.92 EPS, FY2026 earnings at $10.56 EPS, Q1 2027 earnings at $2.73 EPS, Q2 2027 earnings at $2.90 EPS, Q3 2027 earnings at $3.02 EPS and FY2027 earnings at $11.90 EPS.

Several other analysts have also recently issued reports on GOOGL. Cantor Fitzgerald upped their price target on shares of Alphabet from $265.00 to $310.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Loop Capital upgraded shares of Alphabet from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and upped their target price for the company from $260.00 to $320.00 in a research note on Tuesday. Roth Capital raised their price objective on Alphabet from $210.00 to $265.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 16th. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Alphabet in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane raised their price target on shares of Alphabet from $247.00 to $281.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research report on Monday, November 3rd. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-eight have given a Buy rating and eight have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $305.33.

Alphabet Stock Performance

Alphabet stock opened at $292.81 on Thursday. Alphabet has a 52 week low of $140.53 and a 52 week high of $303.81. The company has a current ratio of 1.90, a quick ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. The stock has a market cap of $3.53 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.88, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.86 and a beta of 1.05. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $260.23 and a 200-day moving average of $211.57.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The information services provider reported $2.87 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.29 by $0.58. Alphabet had a return on equity of 36.08% and a net margin of 32.23%.The business had revenue of $102.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $99.90 billion.

Institutional Trading of Alphabet

Several institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Alphabet in the second quarter worth about $21,944,208,000. Nuveen LLC bought a new stake in shares of Alphabet in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $4,317,606,000. Berkshire Hathaway Inc acquired a new position in shares of Alphabet in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $4,338,397,000. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Alphabet by 17,667.7% during the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 15,245,075 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $2,686,640,000 after buying an additional 15,159,273 shares during the period. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its stake in Alphabet by 2.9% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 509,826,331 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $78,839,544,000 after buying an additional 14,307,345 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 40.03% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Alphabet

In related news, CAO Amie Thuener O’toole sold 2,778 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $288.26, for a total transaction of $800,786.28. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 11,739 shares in the company, valued at $3,383,884.14. This trade represents a 19.14% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $283.48, for a total value of $9,213,100.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,337,119 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $662,526,494.12. This trade represents a 1.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last three months, insiders sold 192,674 shares of company stock worth $48,454,423. 11.64% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Alphabet Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 15th. Investors of record on Monday, December 8th will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 8th. Alphabet’s payout ratio is currently 8.28%.

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.