Roth Capital Forecasts Alphabet’s Q2 Earnings (NASDAQ:GOOG)

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) – Equities researchers at Roth Capital raised their Q2 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Alphabet in a report released on Tuesday, July 8th. Roth Capital analyst R. Kulkarni now forecasts that the information services provider will post earnings of $2.23 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $2.18. Roth Capital currently has a “Buy” rating on the stock. The consensus estimate for Alphabet’s current full-year earnings is $8.89 per share. Roth Capital also issued estimates for Alphabet’s Q3 2025 earnings at $2.30 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.37 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $9.71 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $2.32 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.45 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $2.56 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $10.23 EPS.

Several other research analysts also recently commented on GOOG. Raymond James Financial restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Wednesday. Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Wednesday. Citizens Jmp upgraded shares of Alphabet from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, June 26th. Needham & Company LLC downgraded shares of Alphabet from a “buy” rating to a “cautious” rating in a research report on Friday, May 2nd. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities upgraded shares of Alphabet from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, April 25th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, five have issued a hold rating, eighteen have given a buy rating and six have issued a strong buy rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $206.80.

Alphabet Stock Up 0.6%

Shares of GOOG opened at $178.70 on Thursday. Alphabet has a one year low of $142.66 and a one year high of $208.70. The company has a market cap of $2.17 trillion, a P/E ratio of 19.92, a P/E/G ratio of 1.25 and a beta of 1.01. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03, a current ratio of 1.77 and a quick ratio of 1.77. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $171.19 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $175.18.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 24th. The information services provider reported $2.81 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.02 by $0.79. The business had revenue of $90.23 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $89.30 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 34.54% and a net margin of 30.86%. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 12.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $1.89 earnings per share.

Alphabet Increases Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 16th. Investors of record on Monday, June 9th were issued a $0.21 dividend. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.47%. This is an increase from Alphabet’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.20. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 9th. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio is presently 9.36%.

Insider Activity at Alphabet

In related news, Director Kavitark Ram Shriram sold 9,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $175.00, for a total value of $1,575,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 255,400 shares in the company, valued at $44,695,000. This represents a 3.40% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $178.52, for a total transaction of $5,801,900.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,559,892 shares in the company, valued at $456,991,919.84. This trade represents a 1.25% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 215,643 shares of company stock worth $36,330,928 over the last three months. Company insiders own 12.99% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Trading of Alphabet

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its position in shares of Alphabet by 5.6% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 120,253 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $22,901,000 after purchasing an additional 6,410 shares in the last quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG raised its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 4.3% in the 4th quarter. Bank Pictet & Cie Europe AG now owns 506,535 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $96,465,000 after acquiring an additional 20,855 shares during the last quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 10.0% in the 4th quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 82,690 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $15,747,000 after acquiring an additional 7,548 shares during the last quarter. Raymond James Financial Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Alphabet in the 4th quarter worth about $1,551,533,000. Finally, SoundView Advisors Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Alphabet in the 4th quarter worth about $3,619,000. Institutional investors own 27.26% of the company’s stock.

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.