Brokers Offer Predictions for Alphabet Inc.’s Q1 2025 Earnings (NASDAQ:GOOG)

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) – Equities research analysts at William Blair issued their Q1 2025 earnings per share estimates for Alphabet in a note issued to investors on Friday, April 26th. William Blair analyst R. Schackart expects that the information services provider will post earnings per share of $2.06 for the quarter. The consensus estimate for Alphabet’s current full-year earnings is $6.80 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Alphabet’s Q2 2025 earnings at $2.14 EPS, Q3 2025 earnings at $2.17 EPS and Q4 2025 earnings at $2.44 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently commented on the company. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $165.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet in a report on Thursday, April 11th. Oppenheimer lifted their price objective on Alphabet from $172.00 to $185.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, April 8th. Raymond James boosted their price target on Alphabet from $150.00 to $160.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 24th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price target on Alphabet from $154.00 to $174.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, April 16th. Finally, Susquehanna boosted their price target on Alphabet from $150.00 to $170.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 31st. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $165.67.

Alphabet Trading Up 10.0 %

NASDAQ GOOG opened at $173.69 on Monday. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $149.12 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $142.78. Alphabet has a twelve month low of $104.42 and a twelve month high of $176.42. The company has a quick ratio of 2.10, a current ratio of 2.10 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05. The company has a market capitalization of $2.16 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.64, a PEG ratio of 1.60 and a beta of 1.05.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 25th. The information services provider reported $1.89 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.49 by $0.40. Alphabet had a return on equity of 30.01% and a net margin of 25.90%. The business had revenue of $80.54 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.75 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $1.17 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 15.4% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Trading of Alphabet

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in GOOG. CX Institutional boosted its position in shares of Alphabet by 2.3% in the 3rd quarter. CX Institutional now owns 29,102 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $3,837,000 after purchasing an additional 648 shares in the last quarter. Builder Investment Group Inc. ADV boosted its position in shares of Alphabet by 19.8% in the 3rd quarter. Builder Investment Group Inc. ADV now owns 2,420 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $319,000 after purchasing an additional 400 shares in the last quarter. Coronation Fund Managers Ltd. boosted its position in shares of Alphabet by 25.4% in the 3rd quarter. Coronation Fund Managers Ltd. now owns 47,109 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $6,211,000 after purchasing an additional 9,534 shares in the last quarter. Goldstein Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Alphabet by 12.3% in the 3rd quarter. Goldstein Advisors LLC now owns 6,479 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $854,000 after purchasing an additional 711 shares in the last quarter. Finally, SS&H Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Alphabet in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $2,423,000. 27.26% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling at Alphabet

In other Alphabet news, CFO Ruth Porat sold 48,077 shares of Alphabet stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $137.22, for a total transaction of $6,597,125.94. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 1,777,106 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $243,854,485.32. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. In other Alphabet news, CFO Ruth Porat sold 48,077 shares of Alphabet stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $137.22, for a total transaction of $6,597,125.94. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 1,777,106 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $243,854,485.32. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CAO Amie Thuener O’toole sold 660 shares of Alphabet stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $143.59, for a total value of $94,769.40. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 27,920 shares in the company, valued at $4,009,032.80. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders have sold 253,439 shares of company stock valued at $36,746,578. 12.99% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.