Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Receives Buy Rating from JPMorgan Chase & Co.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued their buy rating on shares of Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) in a research report released on Monday morning,MarketScreener reports.

Other equities research analysts have also issued research reports about the stock. Wall Street Zen lowered shares of Alphabet from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Sunday, April 12th. Moffett Nathanson upped their target price on shares of Alphabet from $305.00 to $350.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Phillip Securities upped their target price on shares of Alphabet from $340.00 to $395.00 and gave the stock a “moderate buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 15th. Wolfe Research lowered their target price on shares of Alphabet from $390.00 to $360.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, April 10th. Finally, Pivotal Research upped their target price on shares of Alphabet from $400.00 to $420.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have issued a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $369.47.

Alphabet Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of NASDAQ GOOGL traded up $0.20 during trading on Monday, hitting $337.62. 3,687,041 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 32,229,285. The business’s fifty day moving average is $307.09 and its 200 day moving average is $302.81. Alphabet has a fifty-two week low of $147.84 and a fifty-two week high of $349.00. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.08 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.25, a P/E/G ratio of 2.11 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a quick ratio of 2.01 and a current ratio of 2.01.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 4th. The information services provider reported $2.82 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.57 by $0.25. The firm had revenue of $113.83 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $111.24 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 32.81% and a return on equity of 35.01%. Equities research analysts predict that Alphabet will post 11.53 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Alphabet Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 9th were paid a dividend of $0.21 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 9th. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.2%. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 7.77%.

Insider Activity at Alphabet

In other news, Director Frances Arnold sold 112 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $302.99, for a total transaction of $33,934.88. Following the completion of the sale, the director owned 18,418 shares in the company, valued at $5,580,469.82. This trade represents a 0.60% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider John Kent Walker sold 8,993 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 sale, the insider owned 51,808 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $14,293,309.12. The trade was a 14.79% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold a total of 2,069,794 shares of company stock worth $104,854,147 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 11.55% of the company’s stock.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of GOOGL. Norges Bank bought a new position in Alphabet in the 4th quarter worth approximately $30,534,239,000. Berkshire Hathaway Inc bought a new position in Alphabet in the 3rd quarter worth approximately $4,338,397,000. Cardano Risk Management B.V. boosted 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 worth $4,546,413,000 after buying an additional 13,004,828 shares during the period. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted 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 worth $165,567,398,000 after buying an additional 12,531,695 shares during the period. Finally, Capital World Investors boosted its holdings in 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 buying an additional 11,605,785 shares during the period. 40.03% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Trending Headlines about Alphabet

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Multiple analyst upgrades and higher price targets lift sentiment — Cantor Fitzgerald raised its target to $395 (overweight) and KeyCorp also bumped its target, signaling Wall Street conviction ahead of Google Cloud Next. Cantor Fitzgerald price target raise
• Positive Sentiment: Reports that Google is developing inference?focused TPUs and in talks with Marvell to co?develop AI chips reinforce Google’s push to vertically integrate AI hardware — a potential competitive advantage vs. Nvidia and better control of unit economics for cloud AI. Marvell talks with Google
• Positive Sentiment: MarketBeat deep dive: Alphabet’s $175B 2026 capex plan, Ironwood TPU deployments, and a large Google Cloud backlog underpin revenue and margin leverage — constructive backdrop into Cloud Next and Q1 earnings. MarketBeat: AI infrastructure story for GOOGL
• Positive Sentiment: Broader risk?on flows (a U.S.?Iran ceasefire headline) helped tech and Bitcoin rally, lifting mega?caps including Alphabet as institutional inflows return. Risk-on rally article
• Positive Sentiment: Barron’s coverage highlighting Google’s chip push as a strategic threat to NVIDIA supports the narrative that Alphabet is building differentiated AI infrastructure. That framing can tilt investor expectations for future cloud/AI economics. Barron’s: Nvidia faces Google AI chip threat
• Neutral Sentiment: Reports of Marvell’s involvement sparked swings in related chip names; some analysts later pushed back on the scope of the deal — introduces execution uncertainty around timelines and partners. Marvell report disputed
• Neutral Sentiment: Zacks analyst blog highlights the competitive landscape in AI/quantum (Microsoft, IBM, others) — a reminder that Alphabet faces multiple hyperscaler competitors even as it invests heavily. Zacks analyst blog
• Negative Sentiment: Ad?revenue competition: eMarketer forecasts Meta to overtake Google in global and U.S. digital ad revenue this year — a potential headwind for Google’s core ads growth and valuation multiple. Meta ad revenue forecast
• Negative Sentiment: Short?term profit?taking/volatility: Zacks and other outlets flagged that GOOGL dipped more than the broader market in the latest session — evidence of near?term selling pressure after April gains. Zacks: why GOOGL dipped

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.