Inspirion Wealth Advisors LLC Has $1.20 Million Stake in Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL

Inspirion Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) by 109.3% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 3,817 shares of the information services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 1,993 shares during the quarter. Inspirion Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $1,195,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Delta Asset Management LLC TN lifted its position in Alphabet by 0.6% in the 3rd quarter. Delta Asset Management LLC TN now owns 6,153 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $1,496,000 after buying an additional 37 shares in the last quarter. Second Line Capital LLC boosted its stake in shares of Alphabet by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. Second Line Capital LLC now owns 4,417 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $1,074,000 after buying an additional 37 shares during the period. Matisse Capital grew its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 0.3% during the 3rd quarter. Matisse Capital now owns 14,814 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $3,601,000 after acquiring an additional 38 shares in the last quarter. Rialto Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 1.7% during the 3rd quarter. Rialto Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,226 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $541,000 after acquiring an additional 38 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Hodges Capital Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Alphabet by 0.5% in the third quarter. Hodges Capital Management Inc. now owns 6,963 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $1,693,000 after acquiring an additional 38 shares during the last quarter. 40.03% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts recently issued reports on GOOGL shares. Truist Financial set a $385.00 price objective on Alphabet in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. HSBC upped their target price on Alphabet from $335.00 to $370.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 2nd. Wolfe Research lifted their price target on Alphabet from $380.00 to $390.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, January 23rd. Arete Research boosted their price target on Alphabet from $380.00 to $405.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Finally, Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $395.00 price objective (up from $365.00) on shares of Alphabet in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-three have given a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $367.18.

Alphabet Price Performance

NASDAQ GOOGL opened at $280.86 on Friday. Alphabet Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $140.53 and a fifty-two week high of $349.00. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $314.18 and its two-hundred day moving average is $294.34. The firm has a market cap of $3.40 trillion, a P/E ratio of 25.98, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.70 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a current ratio of 2.01 and a quick ratio of 2.01.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 4th. The information services provider reported $2.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.57 by $0.25. The company had revenue of $113.83 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $111.24 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 35.01% and a net margin of 32.81%. On average, analysts anticipate that Alphabet Inc. will post 8.9 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Alphabet Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 16th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 9th were given a dividend of $0.21 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 9th. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.3%. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio is presently 7.77%.

Insider Activity

In other Alphabet news, insider John Kent Walker sold 47,574 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $301.45, for a total transaction of $14,341,182.30. Following the transaction, the insider owned 13,227 shares in the company, valued at $3,987,279.15. This trade represents a 78.25% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Frances Arnold sold 112 shares of Alphabet 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 transaction, the director directly owned 18,418 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,580,469.82. This represents a 0.60% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 2,110,165 shares of company stock valued at $118,134,117. Insiders own 11.64% of the company’s stock.

Alphabet News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AI/product traction: Analysts note Alphabet’s AI-powered Search and Gemini engagement are picking up, supporting longer-term revenue upside from search and cloud monetization. Alphabet Relies on AI to Boost Search Growth: More Upside Ahead?
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst/upside support: MarketBeat and other brokers have been upgrading GOOGL and lifting price targets (consensus targets imply material upside), and Erste Group nudged FY26–27 EPS estimates higher — a tailwind for sentiment beyond short-term noise. Analyst Optimism: MarketBeat’s Most Upgraded Stocks of 2026
• Neutral Sentiment: Product breakthrough vs. market noise: Google’s TurboQuant/compression research (claims of big memory reductions for LLMs) is a technical win for Google’s AI efficiency but has sparked volatility in semiconductor/memory names and some ETF flows — ambiguous near-term impact for GOOGL equity. A Google AI breakthrough is pressuring memory chip stocks from Samsung to Micron
• Neutral Sentiment: ETF and positioning flows: New ETFs and covered-call strategies (e.g., JUDO) are reallocating into/away from AI and semiconductor exposures; this can amplify short-term moves but doesn’t change Alphabet’s underlying fundamentals. Nvidia, Alphabet, Microsoft Power New JUDO ETF — Can Covered Calls Supercharge Returns?
• Negative Sentiment: Landmark legal risk: A Los Angeles jury found YouTube (Alphabet) liable in a youth social-media addiction case, awarding compensatory damages and opening the door to broader litigation and regulatory scrutiny — a clear catalyst for selling pressure on big-tech names. US jury verdicts against Meta, Google tee up fight over tech liability shield
• Negative Sentiment: Technical/flow-driven weakness: The stock has broken key support levels and entered a correction phase, which amplifies downward momentum as quant/technical selling and option activity kick in. Alphabet Has Fallen 16% From Its Highs: Panic or Opportunity?
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/management churn in key markets: Google’s top India counsel resigned amid regulatory pressure, underscoring execution and policy risks in a major growth market. Google top India counsel quits in latest departure amid regulatory hurdles, sources say
• Negative Sentiment: Cost pressure risk: Geopolitical-driven energy price spikes raise near-term concerns about higher operating costs for energy-intensive AI/data-center operations. Why Alphabet (GOOGL) Shares Are Falling Today

Alphabet Company Profile

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.