Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Price Target Raised to $465.00

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) had its price objective upped by analysts at President Capital from $375.00 to $465.00 in a note issued to investors on Tuesday,MarketScreener reports. The firm currently has a “buy” rating on the information services provider’s stock. President Capital’s target price suggests a potential upside of 19.50% from the company’s previous close.

Other research analysts have also issued research reports about the company. Morgan Stanley increased their target price on Alphabet from $330.00 to $375.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Barclays reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $405.00 price target (up from $360.00) on shares of Alphabet in a report on Thursday. BNP Paribas Exane upped their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $390.00 to $420.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $420.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, Susquehanna reiterated a “positive” rating and issued a $460.00 target price (up from $400.00) on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Thursday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $405.94.

Alphabet Stock Performance

NASDAQ GOOGL opened at $389.13 on Tuesday. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.71 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.77, a PEG ratio of 1.80 and a beta of 1.26. Alphabet has a twelve month low of $147.84 and a twelve month high of $390.21. The company has a current ratio of 1.92, a quick ratio of 1.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $313.72 and a 200 day moving average of $308.70.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The information services provider reported $5.11 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.64 by $2.47. The company had revenue of $109.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $106.98 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 38.99% and a net margin of 37.92%. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Alphabet will post 12.94 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Alphabet

In other news, Director Frances Arnold sold 102 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, April 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $371.00, for a total value of $37,842.00. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 18,621 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,908,391. This trade represents a 0.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, insider John Kent Walker sold 8,993 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, March 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $275.89, for a total transaction of $2,481,078.77. Following the transaction, the insider owned 51,808 shares in the company, valued at $14,293,309.12. The trade was a 14.79% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 191,053 shares of company stock valued at $58,845,206. 11.64% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Alphabet during the fourth quarter worth approximately $30,534,239,000. Berkshire Hathaway Inc acquired a new position in Alphabet during the third quarter worth $4,338,397,000. Cardano Risk Management B.V. grew its holdings in Alphabet by 855.3% in the 4th quarter. Cardano Risk Management B.V. now owns 14,525,280 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $4,546,413,000 after buying an additional 13,004,828 shares in the last quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in Alphabet by 2.4% in the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 528,969,322 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $165,567,398,000 after buying an additional 12,531,695 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Capital World Investors increased its stake in shares of Alphabet by 28.0% in the 3rd quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 53,107,572 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $12,910,542,000 after acquiring an additional 11,605,785 shares during the last quarter. 40.03% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

More Alphabet News

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: UBS says strong Q1 results from the Magnificent Seven validate the AI investment boom; UBS highlights accelerating cloud revenue and rising order backlogs as evidence that data?center spending is paying off, reinforcing the bull case for GOOGL’s AI-exposed businesses. Big tech earnings validate AI investment boom, says UBS
• Positive Sentiment: Multiple firms raised price targets or reaffirmed buy ratings (Citizens/JMP/China Renaissance/New Street/Jefferies), signaling analyst conviction in upside driven by cloud and AI momentum; that supports potential re-rating even as shares digest recent gains. Analyst price target / rating moves (Citizens et al.)
• Positive Sentiment: Google Cloud growth is outpacing peers and backlog metrics look strong — a direct revenue/cash?flow lever as Google monetizes AI infrastructure and enterprise deals. This is a key fundamental tailwind for long?term earnings. Alphabet Eyes 20% Upside as Cloud Backlog Surges
• Neutral Sentiment: Alphabet launched a six?tranche euro bond offering after earlier large-dollar raises — provides additional funding for capex (data centers/AI) but modestly increases gross debt; company leverage remains low. Alphabet taps euro bond market with six-tranche offering
• Neutral Sentiment: Alphabet will give U.S. authorities early access to new AI models for security reviews alongside Microsoft and xAI — increases regulatory oversight and may slow public rollouts but could reduce systemic-risk surprises long term. Microsoft, xAI and Google will share AI models with US govt for security reviews
• Negative Sentiment: Freedom Capital downgraded Alphabet from “strong?buy” to “hold,” a catalyst that can pressure short?term sentiment and prompt reallocations by momentum/liquid funds. Freedom Capital downgrade reported
• Negative Sentiment: UK DeepMind employees voted to unionize over AI military contracts, highlighting reputational and operational risks that could complicate certain partnerships or slow project timelines. UK Google DeepMind employees vote to unionize over its AI military deals
• Negative Sentiment: Speculative technical calls warning of a large impending correction are circulating — could increase volatility and trigger short?term selling even if fundamentals remain intact. Trading expert sets date when Google stock will crash by 45%

About Alphabet

Alphabet Inc is the holding company created in 2015 to organize Google and a portfolio of businesses developing technologies beyond Google’s core internet services. Its principal operations are led by Google, which builds and operates consumer-facing products such as Google Search, YouTube, Android, Chrome, Gmail, Google Maps and Google Workspace, as well as advertising platforms (Google Ads and AdSense) that historically generate the majority of its revenue. Google also develops consumer hardware (Pixel phones, Nest smart-home devices, Chromecast) and developer and distribution platforms such as Google Play.

Beyond Google’s consumer and advertising businesses, Alphabet invests in enterprise and infrastructure offerings through Google Cloud, which provides cloud computing, data analytics and productivity services to businesses and institutions.