Q1 2025 Earnings Forecast for Alphabet Inc. Issued By William Blair (NASDAQ:GOOG)

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) – Stock analysts at William Blair issued their Q1 2025 earnings estimates for Alphabet in a research report issued on Friday, April 26th. William Blair analyst R. Schackart forecasts that the information services provider will post earnings of $2.06 per share 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.

GOOG has been the subject of several other research reports. Susquehanna boosted their price target on Alphabet from $150.00 to $170.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 31st. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on shares of Alphabet from $154.00 to $174.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 16th. Raymond James lifted their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $150.00 to $160.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 24th. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $165.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Thursday, April 11th. Finally, Oppenheimer lifted their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $172.00 to $185.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, April 8th. 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 price target of $165.67.

Alphabet Stock Performance

Shares of GOOG stock opened at $164.64 on Monday. Alphabet has a fifty-two week low of $104.50 and a fifty-two week high of $176.42. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $150.09 and its two-hundred day moving average is $143.16. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.05, a current ratio of 2.15 and a quick ratio of 2.10. The firm has a market cap of $2.05 trillion, a P/E ratio of 25.25, a PEG ratio of 1.59 and a beta of 1.05.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 25th. The information services provider reported $1.89 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.51 by $0.38. The business had revenue of $80.54 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $78.75 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 25.90% and a return on equity of 29.52%. Alphabet’s revenue for the quarter was up 15.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $1.17 earnings per share.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in GOOG. CX Institutional increased its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 2.3% during 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 during the period. Builder Investment Group Inc. ADV increased its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 19.8% during 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 during the period. Coronation Fund Managers Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 25.4% during 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 during the period. Goldstein Advisors LLC increased its stake in Alphabet by 12.3% in the third quarter. Goldstein Advisors LLC now owns 6,479 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $854,000 after acquiring an additional 711 shares during the period. Finally, SS&H Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in Alphabet in the third quarter valued at about $2,423,000. Institutional investors own 27.26% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Alphabet news, Director John L. Hennessy sold 2,100 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Friday, April 26th. The shares were sold at an average price of $175.76, for a total transaction of $369,096.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director now owns 5,891 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,035,402.16. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. In other Alphabet news, SVP Prabhakar Raghavan sold 3,258 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, April 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $155.97, for a total transaction of $508,150.26. Following the completion of the transaction, the senior vice president now owns 144,685 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $22,566,519.45. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, Director John L. Hennessy sold 2,100 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, April 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of $175.76, for a total transaction of $369,096.00. Following the transaction, the director now owns 5,891 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,035,402.16. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold a total of 253,289 shares of company stock valued at $36,724,534 in the last quarter. Insiders own 12.99% of the company’s stock.

Alphabet Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a — dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 17th. Investors of record on Monday, June 10th will be paid a $0.20 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 10th.

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.