Finally, several good news for Alphabet shares NASDAQ: GooglIN Google maternal companyAfter the turbulent beginning, the campaign until 2025 gained an impulse after a strong report on income, increase dividends and resolution of the mass of redemption program.
Alphabet today
- 52-week range
- $ 140.53
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$ 207.05
- Dividend yield
- 0.52%
- P/e ratio.
- 19.96
- Value is valuable
- $ 198.63
Nevertheless, the alphabet was faced with a few breeze leading to his earnings. The shares fell by about 27% from a 52-week maximum and decreased by about 20% from the beginning of the year. The decrease was caused by the risk environment, which scored technological actions, growing concern about the threat of search competitors based on artificial intelligence, such as AIPTS OPON and XL and Xas well as normative problems.
It is noteworthy that the federal judge recently ruled that Google managed the illegal monopoly in the online advertising market, noting the second time in eight months, that the company was called an illegal monopost in accordance with the Sherman Antimonopoly Law. The decision can ultimately force the alphabet to cancel the parts of its business of the AD-technological business, although the company has already announced its intention to appeal.
Despite this pressure, The convincing body of the bull for the alphabet existed before its earningsIts assessment became compressed, reaching a historically low income level, while its main enterprises continued to demonstrate growth and sustainability. Investors who want to look past short -term noise saw the opportunity, and the alphabet did not disappoint.
Alphabet Tops profit announces a redemption of $ 70 billion
Alphabet announced the strong income of the first quarter of 2025 on April 24, surpassing expectations in all directions. The revenue reached $ 90.23 billion, which increased by 12% compared to the same period last year, surpassing an estimate of $ 89.12 billion. Profit per share amounted to $ 2.81Having crushed a consensus estimate of $ 2.01 by almost 40%.
Alphabetical dividends payments
- Dividend yield
- 0.52%
- Annual dividend
- $ 0.84
- Dividend payment coefficient
- 9.36%
- The next payment of dividends
- June 16
Googl dividend history
The main search business Google brought income of 50.7 billion dollars. The United States, which increased by 9.8%, which is supported by functions based on artificial intelligence, such as artificial intelligence reviews, which currently have 1.5 billion monthly users. This data point should assure investors who are concerned about Alphabet’s ability to reflect growing competition in the search for artificial intelligence.
YouTube advertising income amounted to $ 8.93 billionJust a shy forecast of $ 8.94 billion, while the total advertising income grew by 8.5% to 66.89 billion dollars. Meanwhile, Google Cloud announced income of $ 12.26 billion. USA28% compared to last year. This missed a consensus a little in the amount of 12.27 billion dollars. USA, but provided improved profit of 17.8%.
The alphabet also announced Ransom of shares 70 billion dollars And he increased his quarterly dividends by 5% to 21 cents per share. Capital costs increased by 43% to $ 17.2 billion. The United States, which reflects the company’s difficult investments in AI infrastructure, but Alphabet confirmed its CapeX leadership for $ 75 billion. After the report, the promotion jumped by almost 5% in non -working hours, adding about 75 billion dollars to their estimate.
Analysts see further potential for Googl
Strong results of income revived optimism among analysts. Of the 40 analysts covering the alphabet, shares have a consensus -medium purchase rating and new Average price target price in 198.63 US dollarsimplying about 23% growth from current levels.
Alphabetical forecast today
$ 198.63
23.88% growthModerate purchase
Based on 40 analysts ratings
| The current price | $ 160.34 |
|---|---|
| High forecast | $ 230.00 |
| Average forecast | $ 198.63 |
| Low forecast | $ 159.00 |
Alphabetical stock details
Analysts of the Bank of America retained their purchase rating And lifted them Price from 185 to 200 US dollars After issuing a report. They emphasized the strong performance of Alphabet in the search and cloud, the positive impact of artificial intelligence functions, such as artificial intelligence reviews, and a reliable craving for their large language model of twins (LLM).
BOFA also increased its estimates of 2025, referring to trends with solid expenses on AD and the potential potential of growth from monetization controlled by AI, even if they expect more slow growth in the second quarter due to more severe comparisons in annual calculus.
Similarly, Citigroup analysts confirmed their Buy a rating And increased them Price from 195 to 200 US dollarsThey highly appreciated the stability of Alphabet in search advertising, strengthened by artificial intelligence tools, such as artificial intelligence reviews that now serve More than 1.5 billion users monthlyThe field while they recognized macroeconomic uncertainty, Citigroup expressed confidence in the ability of the alphabet to maintain the growth of the search and use the achievements of artificial intelligence to stimulate further income capabilities, especially through the twins.
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