Recent Research Analysts’ Ratings Changes for Alphabet (GOOG)

A number of research firms have changed their ratings and price targets for Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG):

• 11/2/2026 – Alphabet was given a new $365.00 price target by Wells Fargo & Company.
• 10/30/2026 – Alphabet had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Wells Fargo & Company. They now have a $371.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/29/2026 – Alphabet had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by TD Cowen. They now have a $460.00 price target on the stock, down from $485.00.
• 10/29/2026 – Alphabet was given a new $425.00 price target by BMO Capital Markets.
• 10/29/2026 – Alphabet had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Cantor Fitzgerald. They now have a $350.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/29/2026 – Alphabet had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Piper Sandler. They now have a $345.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/29/2026 – Alphabet had its “sector outperform” rating reaffirmed by Scotiabank. They now have a $375.00 price target on the stock, down from $450.00.
• 10/29/2026 – Alphabet was given a new $410.00 price target by Truist Financial.
• 10/29/2026 – Alphabet had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Benchmark.
• 10/29/2026 – Alphabet had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Guggenheim. They now have a $450.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/29/2026 – Alphabet had its “strong-buy” rating reaffirmed by Raymond James Financial. They now have a $350.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/29/2026 – Alphabet had its “positive” rating reaffirmed by Susquehanna. They now have a $400.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/29/2026 – Alphabet had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Bank of America.
• 10/29/2026 – Alphabet was downgraded by Citigroup from “market outperform” to “market perform”.
• 10/29/2026 – Alphabet had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Pivotal Research. They now have a $475.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/29/2026 – Alphabet had its “reduce” rating reaffirmed by UBS Group.
• 10/29/2026 – Alphabet had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by Evercore. They now have a $435.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/29/2026 – Alphabet had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by KeyCorp. They now have a $385.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/29/2026 – Alphabet had its “market perform” rating reaffirmed by Sanford C. Bernstein. They now have a $325.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/29/2026 – Alphabet had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Morgan Stanley. They now have a $375.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/29/2026 – Alphabet was given a new $405.00 price target by Piper Sandler.
• 10/29/2026 – Alphabet had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by Barclays.
• 10/29/2026 – Alphabet had its price target lowered by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $425.00 to $375.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/29/2026 – Alphabet was downgraded by Citizens Jmp from “mkt outperform” to “market perform”.
• 10/27/2026 – Alphabet had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by Needham & Company LLC.
• 10/20/2026 – Alphabet had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by BMO Capital Markets. They now have a $480.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/19/2026 – Alphabet was given a new $410.00 price target by KeyCorp.
• 10/15/2026 – Alphabet had its “buy (b)” rating reaffirmed by Weiss Ratings.
• 10/15/2026 – Alphabet had its price target raised by JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $420.00 to $425.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/14/2026 – Alphabet had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by UBS Group. They now have a $380.00 price target on the stock, up from $379.00.
• 10/9/2026 – Alphabet had its “market outperform” rating reaffirmed by Citigroup.
• 10/8/2026 – Alphabet was given a new $485.00 price target by Stifel Nicolaus.
• 10/8/2026 – Alphabet had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by TD Cowen. They now have a $485.00 price target on the stock, up from $475.00.
• 10/6/2026 – Alphabet had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by UBS Group.
• 10/6/2026 – Alphabet was given a new $417.00 price target by Wells Fargo & Company. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/1/2026 – Alphabet had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by KeyCorp. They now have a $435.00 price target on the stock.
• 9/28/2026 – Alphabet had its price target raised by Piper Sandler from $395.00 to $400.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 9/18/2026 – Alphabet had its price target raised by Tigress Financial from $415.00 to $485.00. They now have a “strong-buy” rating on the stock.
• 9/17/2026 – Alphabet had its price target raised by Evercore from $420.00 to $450.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 9/16/2026 – Alphabet had its price target lowered by Moffett Nathanson from $380.00 to $370.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.

Alphabet Stock Up 2.7%

Shares of Alphabet stock traded up $7.62 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $292.54. 9,130,755 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 20,823,953. Alphabet Inc. has a twelve month low of $271.41 and a twelve month high of $404.47. The company has a market cap of $3.60 trillion, a PE ratio of 15.27, a PEG ratio of 0.87 and a beta of 1.21. The company has a quick ratio of 2.69, a current ratio of 2.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $327.64 and a 200-day simple moving average of $336.57.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, October 29th. The information services provider reported $2.12 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.01 by ($0.89). The business had revenue of $127.58 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $127.97 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 50.03% and a return on equity of 43.33%. Alphabet’s revenue for the quarter was up 24.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $2.87 EPS. Equities research analysts anticipate that Alphabet Inc. will post 19.74 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Alphabet Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 14th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 7th will be given 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 is Monday, December 7th. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 4.59%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Alphabet news, Director Frances Arnold sold 83 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $340.45, for a total value of $28,257.35. Following the transaction, the director owned 19,076 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,494,424.20. This trade represents a 0.43% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Insiders have sold a total of 247 shares of company stock worth $79,238 in the last quarter. 12.99% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Alphabet is a technology holding company whose primary business is Google. Founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google became part of Alphabet when the company adopted a holding-company structure in 2015. Sundar Pichai leads Alphabet and Google as chief executive officer. Google offers internet search, online advertising, cloud computing, and software and hardware products. Its services and products include Google Search, YouTube, Android, Chrome, Google Maps, Google Play, and Google Cloud.