Insider Selling: Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) Insider Sells 8,993 Shares of Stock

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) insider John Kent Walker sold 8,993 shares of Alphabet stock in a transaction on Friday, March 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $275.89, for a total value of $2,481,078.77. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 51,808 shares in the company, valued at $14,293,309.12. The trade was a 14.79% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website.

John Kent Walker also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Tuesday, February 17th, John Kent Walker sold 47,574 shares of Alphabet stock. The shares were sold at an average price of $301.45, for a total transaction of $14,341,182.30.

Alphabet Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:GOOG traded up $0.46 during trading on Thursday, reaching $295.36. The company had a trading volume of 3,695,744 shares, compared to its average volume of 22,084,145. The firm’s fifty day moving average is $310.41 and its 200 day moving average is $296.32. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a quick ratio of 2.01 and a current ratio of 2.01. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.57 trillion, a PE ratio of 27.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.76 and a beta of 1.13. Alphabet Inc. has a twelve month low of $142.66 and a twelve month high of $350.15.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, February 5th. The information services provider reported $2.82 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.59 by $0.23. The business 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%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $2.15 earnings per share. On average, equities analysts forecast that Alphabet Inc. will post 8.89 EPS for the current year.

Alphabet Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed 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 of this dividend was Monday, March 9th. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.3%. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 7.77%.

More Alphabet News

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Investors are cheering AI product advances and efficiency claims — Google highlighted memory‑compression and cheaper video/AI models that reduce running costs for large deployments, which markets interpret as improving margins and cloud unit economics. What’s Going On With Alphabet Stock?
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst bullishness and price‑target raises underpin buying — recent research notes (e.g., Wells Fargo / Needham coverage) emphasize large Google Cloud monetization upside and high analyst conviction, supporting forward upside expectations. Wells Fargo Raises PT on Alphabet
• Positive Sentiment: Institutional / hedge fund interest and large‑cap ETF flows are helping the move — Alphabet is a major holding in broad funds (QQQ, VTI, SPY/VOO), so broad market rallies and big‑cap rotation amplify gains. QQQ is up 1.7% today
• Neutral Sentiment: New product extensions (Fitbit screenless band, Lyria 3 Pro for music, Veo 3.1 Lite video model) show diversified AI monetization paths — positive long term but limited immediate revenue impact. Google Develops Screenless Fitbit Band
• Neutral Sentiment: Third‑party tools that optimize BigQuery costs (Yuki) may reduce customer bills and change purchase dynamics — could pressure short‑term spend but makes Google more attractive to price‑sensitive customers. Yuki Brings Real-Time Cost Optimization to BigQuery
• Negative Sentiment: Capex concerns: Semianalysis’ CEO warned that heavy AI infrastructure spending could push Google’s free cash flow toward zero next year — a headline that raises investor uncertainty about near‑term cash returns and margin pressure. Semianalysis CEO: Google’s free cash flow will hit zero
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/reputational risk from AI content: experts urged Google to block AI‑generated videos aimed at children on YouTube, a growing compliance and content‑moderation pressure point. Experts urged Google to prohibit AI Videos
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling continues to show up in filings — incremental negative signal for some investors even though large institutional positioning and analyst support remain strong. Insider Sale: President of $GOOGL Sells

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have issued reports on the stock. Wedbush reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $370.00 target price on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating and set a $395.00 price target on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Wednesday, January 21st. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $365.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of Alphabet in a report on Tuesday, January 20th. Nine research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have given a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $345.71.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Alphabet

Several large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Tradewinds LLC. boosted its holdings in Alphabet by 2,134.8% in the third quarter. Tradewinds LLC. now owns 45,098 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $10,984,000 after acquiring an additional 43,080 shares during the last quarter. Kathmere Capital Management LLC lifted its position in Alphabet by 8.5% during the 4th quarter. Kathmere Capital Management LLC now owns 29,896 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $9,381,000 after purchasing an additional 2,341 shares during the period. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp lifted its position in Alphabet by 31.3% during the 3rd quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp now owns 354,529 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $86,345,000 after purchasing an additional 84,553 shares during the period. Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Alphabet by 0.9% in the 3rd quarter. Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 221,391 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $53,920,000 after purchasing an additional 2,009 shares during the last quarter. Finally, American National Bank of Texas acquired a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $900,000. Institutional investors own 27.26% of the company’s stock.

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.