Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Overweight Rating Reiterated at Cantor Fitzgerald

Cantor Fitzgerald restated their overweight rating on shares of Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) in a report released on Monday,Benzinga reports. The brokerage currently has a $420.00 price target on the information services provider’s stock.

GOOGL has been the topic of a number of other reports. Morgan Stanley set a $400.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Thursday, October 1st. Royal Bank Of Canada restated an “outperform” rating and set a $425.00 target price on shares of Alphabet in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. BMO Capital Markets set a $465.00 target price on Alphabet and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Finally, Freedom Capital raised Alphabet from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have assigned a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $425.74.

Alphabet Stock Down 1.7%

Shares of Alphabet stock opened at $347.64 on Monday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 2.72 and a quick ratio of 2.64. The stock has a market cap of $4.25 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.46, a PEG ratio of 1.02 and a beta of 1.21. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $344.71 and its two-hundred day moving average is $350.87. Alphabet has a 1 year low of $244.15 and a 1 year high of $408.61.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 22nd. The information services provider reported $9.11 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.89 by $6.22. Alphabet had a net margin of 54.77% and a return on equity of 51.32%. The business had revenue of $119.80 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $117.07 billion. As a group, research analysts expect that Alphabet will post 20.54 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Alphabet Announces Dividend

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

Insider Activity

In related 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 transaction of $149,606.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 27,386 shares in the company, valued at $9,125,015.20. The trade was a 1.61% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. Also, Director Frances Arnold sold 83 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $340.45, for a total transaction of $28,257.35. Following the sale, the director directly owned 19,076 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,494,424.20. The trade was a 0.43% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 441,399 shares of company stock worth $8,677,053. Corporate insiders own 11.61% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Alphabet

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of GOOGL. West Wealth Group LLC raised its position in shares of Alphabet by 3.2% in the third quarter. West Wealth Group LLC now owns 3,759 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $1,294,000 after acquiring an additional 115 shares during the period. Summit Financial Strategies Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Alphabet by 2.9% during the 3rd quarter. Summit Financial Strategies Inc. now owns 7,978 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $2,745,000 after acquiring an additional 222 shares in the last quarter. Fortune 45 LLC boosted its stake in shares of Alphabet by 4.9% during the 3rd quarter. Fortune 45 LLC now owns 7,602 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $2,616,000 after acquiring an additional 356 shares in the last quarter. MPS Loria Financial Planners LLC boosted its stake in shares of Alphabet by 1.2% during the 3rd quarter. MPS Loria Financial Planners LLC now owns 4,824 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $1,660,000 after acquiring an additional 58 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Reliant Investment Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the 3rd quarter valued at about $16,107,000. 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: Google launched Gemini 4 Argon, a new frontier AI model for developers, businesses and paid users. The model includes expanded coding and knowledge-work capabilities, potentially strengthening Alphabet’s competitive position and supporting future Cloud and subscription revenue. Google launches flagship AI model Gemini 4 Argon for developers and businesses
• Positive Sentiment: UBS raised its Alphabet price target, while BNP Paribas reportedly lifted its target to $450 based partly on the outlook for Alphabet’s in-house Tensor Processing Units. Analysts see potential for the chip business to become a significant revenue opportunity. Alphabet target bumped to $450 at BNP Paribas on TPU outlook
• Positive Sentiment: American Electric Power plans to invest approximately $4 billion in Wyoming fuel-cell generation to serve Google’s growing electricity demand. The project supports Alphabet’s expanding data-center and AI infrastructure capacity, although it also highlights the significant cost of scaling AI. American Electric Power to invest $4 billion fuel-cell project to power Google
• Neutral Sentiment: Alphabet’s Google DeepMind and Google Cloud will give European researchers access to frontier AI models, potentially improving research adoption and ecosystem influence. Meanwhile, the European Commission said it remains in dialogue with Google, leaving regulatory implications unclear.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms publicized a securities class action covering investors who purchased Alphabet shares between May 19 and July 16, 2026. The lawsuit alleges Alphabet misrepresented delays and training problems involving the Gemini 3.5 Pro launch after a subsequent stock decline. The repeated notices increase headline, litigation and reputational risk, although they do not represent new findings of liability. Alphabet AI issues and subsequent stock drop trigger securities-fraud class action
• Negative Sentiment: Investor commentary also flagged heavy AI capital spending and the gap between operating cash flow and free cash flow, reinforcing concerns that data-center expansion could pressure near-term cash generation despite strong reported earnings.

Alphabet Company Profile

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.