Roth Capital Predicts Alphabet’s Q4 Earnings (NASDAQ:GOOGL)

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) – Equities research analysts at Roth Capital upped their Q4 2025 earnings per share (EPS) estimates for Alphabet in a research note issued on Thursday, October 30th. Roth Capital analyst R. Kulkarni now expects that the information services provider will earn $2.46 per share for the quarter, up from their previous estimate of $2.45. Roth Capital currently has a “Buy” rating and a $265.00 target price on the stock. The consensus estimate for Alphabet’s current full-year earnings is $8.90 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.

Several other research firms also recently commented on GOOGL. Tigress Financial raised their price target on shares of Alphabet from $240.00 to $280.00 and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, September 5th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $330.00 price target (up previously from $285.00) on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Thursday. Phillip Securities downgraded Alphabet from a “strong-buy” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a report on Monday, September 8th. BNP Paribas Exane raised their price objective on Alphabet from $187.00 to $247.00 and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a report on Tuesday, October 21st. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their price objective on Alphabet from $270.00 to $330.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-five have given a Buy rating and nine have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $302.20.

Alphabet Price Performance

GOOGL opened at $281.31 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $3.40 trillion, a P/E ratio of 27.74, a PEG ratio of 1.86 and a beta of 1.00. Alphabet has a 52-week low of $140.53 and a 52-week high of $291.59. The business has a fifty day moving average of $244.00 and a 200 day moving average of $199.98. The company has a quick ratio of 1.90, a current ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07.

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

Insider Buying and Selling at Alphabet

In other Alphabet news, Director John L. Hennessy sold 600 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, October 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $242.92, for a total transaction of $145,752.00. Following the sale, the director owned 5,116 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,242,778.72. This trade represents a 10.50% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $250.15, for a total transaction of $8,129,875.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,369,619 shares in the company, valued at $592,760,192.85. This represents a 1.35% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders have sold 246,150 shares of company stock worth $55,805,379. 11.64% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Institutional Trading of Alphabet

Institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Alphabet in the 2nd quarter worth $21,944,208,000. Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Alphabet in the 1st quarter worth $4,317,606,000. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Alphabet by 17,667.7% in 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 purchasing an additional 15,159,273 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its position in shares of Alphabet by 2.9% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 509,826,331 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $78,839,544,000 after purchasing an additional 14,307,345 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. boosted its position in shares of Alphabet by 51.7% in the 2nd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 31,817,684 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $5,607,232,000 after purchasing an additional 10,843,853 shares in the last quarter. 40.03% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

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.