Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Receives Consensus Rating of “Buy” from Analysts

Shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) have received a consensus recommendation of “Buy” from the fifty-four research firms that are presently covering the firm, Marketbeat Ratings reports. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, forty-five have issued a buy rating and five have assigned a strong buy rating to the company. The average 1 year target price among analysts that have covered the stock in the last year is $425.60.

A number of research firms recently commented on GOOGL. Morgan Stanley set a $400.00 price target on shares of Alphabet and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Barclays reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $425.00 target price (up from $405.00) on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Phillip Securities upgraded Alphabet from a “moderate buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 27th. Citizens Jmp reaffirmed a “market outperform” rating and set a $515.00 price target on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Wednesday, July 22nd. Finally, Piper Sandler increased their price target on Alphabet from $395.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday.

Insider Buying and Selling at Alphabet

In other news, CAO Marsida Saraci sold 449 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $333.20, for a total value of $149,606.80. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 27,386 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $9,125,015.20. The trade was a 1.61% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Frances Arnold sold 82 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, August 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $337.71, for a total transaction of $27,692.22. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 18,995 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,414,801.45. This trade represents a 0.43% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 441,316 shares of company stock valued at $8,648,795 over the last three months. 11.61% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. State Street Corp lifted its holdings in Alphabet by 5.6% during the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 238,977,259 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $85,403,303,000 after purchasing an additional 12,718,127 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. boosted its stake in Alphabet by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 45,394,474 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $14,208,470,000 after purchasing an additional 208,362 shares during the period. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in Alphabet by 1.6% during the 4th quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 38,106,033 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $11,927,189,000 after buying an additional 583,078 shares in the last quarter. Amundi grew its holdings in Alphabet by 4.6% during the 2nd quarter. Amundi now owns 33,203,350 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $11,865,809,000 after buying an additional 1,457,371 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Nuveen LLC increased its position in shares of Alphabet by 1.7% during the fourth quarter. Nuveen LLC now owns 29,166,806 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $9,129,210,000 after buying an additional 478,848 shares during the period. 40.03% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Alphabet Stock Performance

NASDAQ GOOGL opened at $342.75 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $4.19 trillion, a PE ratio of 17.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.00 and a beta of 1.22. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a quick ratio of 2.64 and a current ratio of 2.72. Alphabet has a 52-week low of $235.84 and a 52-week high of $408.61. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $343.94 and a 200 day simple moving average of $346.96.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 22nd. The information services provider reported $9.11 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.89 by $6.22. Alphabet had a net margin of 54.77% and a return on equity of 51.32%. The firm had revenue of $119.80 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $117.07 billion. On average, research analysts predict that Alphabet will post 20.51 EPS for the current year.

Alphabet Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 14th. Investors of record on Monday, September 7th were paid a $0.22 dividend. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 4th. Alphabet’s payout ratio is currently 4.42%.

Trending Headlines about Alphabet

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Piper Sandler raised its Alphabet price target from $395 to $400 and maintained an “overweight” rating, implying substantial upside. The analyst also projects Google’s external TPU business could generate $104 billion in hardware revenue by 2028, a forecast that may not yet be reflected in consensus estimates. Piper Sandler sees Google TPU sales hitting $104 billion by 2028
• Positive Sentiment: Alphabet’s AI infrastructure strategy is gaining commercial traction. Marvell has begun shipping custom AI chips for Google and expects related inference programs to expand through 2028, supporting the potential for long-term cloud and hardware growth. Marvell starts custom AI chip shipments
• Positive Sentiment: Google Cloud continues to be viewed as a key growth engine, with analysts highlighting its rapid expansion, AI-capex monetization and new enterprise security collaboration with Thales. Google is also testing Gemini-powered commerce transactions in India, broadening potential AI revenue sources. Thales expands collaboration with Google Cloud
• Neutral Sentiment: Google is replacing Gemini’s user-created “Gems” with a broader “skills” system. The change may improve Google’s agentic-AI product strategy, but it also signals that the company is still refining its consumer AI offerings. Google replaces Gemini Gems with skills
• Negative Sentiment: Google was fined €403 million by Ireland’s data-protection regulator over historical handling of users’ location data. The penalty reinforces concerns about continuing European regulatory exposure, although the fine is modest relative to Alphabet’s financial resources. Google’s €403 million privacy fine
• Negative Sentiment: Market concerns remain focused on Alphabet’s rising AI and data-center capital expenditures and reportedly suspended buybacks. Senate Democrats are also seeking information about AI-related tax subsidies, adding political and policy uncertainty. Senate questions AI tax subsidies

About Alphabet

Alphabet Inc is a technology and internet services company best known as the parent company of Google. Its primary business, Google Services, includes online search, digital advertising, YouTube, Android, Chrome, Google Maps, Google Play, and a range of hardware and subscription products.

Alphabet also operates Google Cloud, which provides infrastructure, data analytics, cybersecurity, productivity software, and artificial intelligence services to businesses, governments, and other organizations.