Wedbush Has Positive Outlook for Alphabet Q2 Earnings

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) – Equities researchers at Wedbush lifted their Q2 2025 EPS estimates for Alphabet in a research report issued on Monday, January 6th. Wedbush analyst S. Devitt now forecasts that the information services provider will post earnings of $2.17 per share for the quarter, up from their prior forecast of $2.15. Wedbush has a “Outperform” rating and a $220.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Alphabet’s current full-year earnings is $8.01 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Alphabet’s Q3 2025 earnings at $2.28 EPS, Q4 2025 earnings at $2.46 EPS, FY2025 earnings at $8.94 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $9.90 EPS.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, October 29th. The information services provider reported $2.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.83 by $0.29. Alphabet had a net margin of 27.74% and a return on equity of 31.66%. The company had revenue of $88.27 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $72.85 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.55 EPS.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently commented on GOOGL. Wolfe Research upped their price target on Alphabet from $220.00 to $230.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday. JMP Securities cut shares of Alphabet from an “outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating and set a $220.00 target price for the company. in a research note on Thursday, January 2nd. Phillip Securities upgraded shares of Alphabet to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 1st. Citizens Jmp downgraded shares of Alphabet from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 2nd. Finally, Evercore ISI boosted their target price on Alphabet from $200.00 to $205.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, October 30th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, thirty have given a buy rating and four have issued a strong buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $206.82.

Alphabet Stock Up 2.6 %

GOOGL opened at $196.87 on Tuesday. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $180.84 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $172.60. Alphabet has a 52 week low of $130.66 and a 52 week high of $201.42. The company has a market cap of $2.41 trillion, a PE ratio of 26.11, a P/E/G ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 0.98. The company has a quick ratio of 1.95, a current ratio of 1.95 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Alphabet

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. LMR Partners LLP bought a new stake in shares of Alphabet in the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Kings Path Partners LLC bought a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the 2nd quarter valued at about $36,000. Denver PWM LLC acquired a new stake in Alphabet during the second quarter worth about $41,000. Quarry LP bought a new position in Alphabet in the second quarter worth about $53,000. Finally, Teachers Insurance & Annuity Association of America acquired a new position in Alphabet in the third quarter valued at approximately $66,000. 40.03% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, CAO Amie Thuener O’toole sold 2,834 shares of Alphabet stock in a transaction on Tuesday, October 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $167.23, for a total transaction of $473,929.82. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer now owns 26,349 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,406,343.27. The trade was a 9.71 % decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider John Kent Walker sold 16,820 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $192.62, for a total transaction of $3,239,868.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 43,981 shares in the company, valued at $8,471,620.22. This represents a 27.66 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold a total of 155,887 shares of company stock worth $27,996,356 over the last quarter. 11.55% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Alphabet Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 16th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 9th were given a $0.20 dividend. This represents a $0.80 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.41%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 9th. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 10.61%.

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.