Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) CAO Amie Thuener O’toole Sells 955 Shares

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) CAO Amie Thuener O’toole sold 955 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, March 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $298.00, for a total transaction of $284,590.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 9,918 shares in the company, valued at $2,955,564. This represents a 8.78% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link.

Amie Thuener O’toole also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, February 2nd, Amie Thuener O’toole sold 933 shares of Alphabet stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $336.55, for a total transaction of $314,001.15.
• On Monday, December 15th, Amie Thuener O’toole sold 2,778 shares of Alphabet stock. The stock was sold at an average price of $312.30, for a total value of $867,569.40.

Alphabet Stock Performance

GOOG stock traded down $3.03 during trading on Thursday, reaching $300.42. The stock had a trading volume of 4,834,503 shares, compared to its average volume of 22,638,557. The firm has a market cap of $3.63 trillion, a PE ratio of 27.79, a PEG ratio of 1.78 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a current ratio of 2.01, a quick ratio of 2.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $320.90 and its two-hundred day moving average is $285.47. Alphabet Inc. has a 52 week low of $142.66 and a 52 week high of $350.15.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 4th. The information services provider reported $2.82 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.59 by $0.23. The firm had revenue of $113.83 billion during 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%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $2.15 EPS. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Alphabet Inc. will post 8.89 earnings per share for the current year.

Alphabet Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 9th. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 7.77%.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in GOOG. AG Campbell Advisory LLC bought a new position in shares of Alphabet during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $14,797,000. SHP Wealth Management bought a new position in Alphabet during the fourth quarter valued at $4,143,000. BSN CAPITAL PARTNERS Ltd purchased a new position in shares of Alphabet in the 4th quarter worth $16,931,000. Stenger Family Office LLC grew its stake in shares of Alphabet by 33.1% in the 4th quarter. Stenger Family Office LLC now owns 22,558 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $7,079,000 after buying an additional 5,616 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Midway Capital Research & Management bought a new stake in shares of Alphabet in the 4th quarter worth about $491,000. Institutional investors own 27.26% of the company’s stock.

Key Alphabet News

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: New AI product momentum — coverage highlights Alphabet’s continued strong AI rollouts (Gemini 3.1 variants), which support revenue and cloud demand expectations. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Cloud demand & partnerships — Meta agreed to lease Google TPUs for AI model training, showing enterprise/cloud traction for Google’s AI infrastructure. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic AI integrations — reports that Apple will use Google’s Gemini models/cloud for Siri strengthen Google’s positioning as a core AI provider across major platforms. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support — Bank of America reiterated a Buy and $370 price target, underpinning bullish analyst sentiment and giving investors a valuation anchor. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: European expansion — Google is opening an AI centre in Berlin, signaling continued international investment in AI capabilities and partnerships. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Legal/operational overhang resolved in part — Google settled with Epic Games; Fortnite returns to Play Store, removing a major distribution uncertainty. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Play Store economics hit — Google will cut Play Store commissions to ~20% (plus add-on fees), which could reduce service revenue and margin assumptions. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/legal risk escalates — a wrongful-death lawsuit alleges Gemini contributed to a user’s suicide; this is a high-profile, precedent-setting claim that raises product liability and compliance concerns. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Waymo safety scrutiny — NTSB probes and reported incidents (school-bus related) add regulatory and reputational risk to Alphabet’s autonomous-vehicle business. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Macro & capex concerns — geopolitical volatility and reminders of heavy AI CapEx are pressuring sentiment and near-term margins. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Competition & talent dynamics — OpenAI and other rivals are releasing competing models; employee activism over military use and small insider share sales are noted but not game-changing on their own. Article Title

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several equities analysts recently weighed in on the company. Guggenheim reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $375.00 target price on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Monday, December 1st. Wedbush reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $370.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Pivotal Research reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $420.00 target price (up from $400.00) on shares of Alphabet in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Oppenheimer reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $360.00 price target on shares of Alphabet in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Scotiabank reissued an “outperform” rating and issued a $400.00 price objective (up from $375.00) on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have issued a Buy rating, three have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $343.90.

Alphabet Company Profile

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) is a multinational technology holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California. Formed in 2015 through a corporate restructuring of Google, Alphabet serves as the parent to Google LLC and a portfolio of businesses collectively known as “Other Bets.” Google was originally founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin; Alphabet is led by CEO Sundar Pichai, who oversees Google and the broader company while the founders remain prominent shareholders and influential figures in the company’s history.

Alphabet’s core business centers on internet search and advertising, with Google Search and the company’s ad platforms (including Google Ads and AdSense) generating the majority of revenue by connecting advertisers with consumers worldwide.