Roth Capital Issues Positive Forecast for Alphabet Earnings

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) – Equities researchers at Roth Capital lifted their Q4 2025 earnings per share estimates for shares of Alphabet in a research note issued to investors on Thursday, October 30th. Roth Capital analyst R. Kulkarni now anticipates that the information services provider will post earnings per share of $2.46 for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $2.45. 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 Q1 2026 earnings at $2.40 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $2.66 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $3.23 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $11.04 EPS.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The information services provider reported $2.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.29 by $0.58. The business had revenue of $102.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $99.90 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 36.08% and a net margin of 32.23%.The business’s quarterly revenue was up 15.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $2.12 EPS.

Other research analysts have also issued reports about the company. Robert W. Baird increased their target price on Alphabet from $215.00 to $275.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, September 22nd. Barclays increased their price target on Alphabet from $250.00 to $315.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday. Rosenblatt Securities set a $279.00 price target on Alphabet in a report on Thursday. Wolfe Research increased their price target on Alphabet from $290.00 to $350.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, KeyCorp reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $330.00 price target on shares of Alphabet in a report on Thursday. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have assigned a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and three have issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Alphabet currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $324.81.

Alphabet Trading Down 0.0%

Shares of GOOG opened at $281.82 on Friday. 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 firm has a market capitalization of $3.41 trillion, a P/E ratio of 27.79, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.86 and a beta of 1.00. The stock’s fifty day simple moving average is $244.59 and its 200 day simple moving average is $200.98. Alphabet has a twelve month low of $142.66 and a twelve month high of $291.93.

Insider Activity at Alphabet

In other news, Director Frances Arnold sold 103 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $243.13, for a total transaction of $25,042.39. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 17,284 shares in the company, valued at $4,202,258.92. This trade represents a 0.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director John L. Hennessy sold 600 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, October 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $242.92, for a total value of $145,752.00. Following the sale, the director owned 5,116 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,242,778.72. This represents a 10.50% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 246,150 shares of company stock valued at $55,805,379. 12.99% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Alphabet

Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in GOOG. IFS Advisors LLC grew its stake in Alphabet by 400.0% in the second quarter. IFS Advisors LLC now owns 150 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 120 shares in the last quarter. Robbins Farley grew its stake in Alphabet by 60.0% in the second quarter. Robbins Farley now owns 160 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. WestEnd Advisors LLC grew its stake in Alphabet by 58.7% in the second quarter. WestEnd Advisors LLC now owns 165 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares in the last quarter. Fairman Group LLC grew its stake in Alphabet by 121.3% in the second quarter. Fairman Group LLC now owns 177 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $31,000 after purchasing an additional 97 shares in the last quarter. Finally, University of Illinois Foundation acquired a new position in Alphabet in the second quarter worth about $31,000. 27.26% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

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.