Alphabet Inc. $GOOG Shares Sold by Eagle Strategies LLC

Eagle Strategies LLC lowered its stake in shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) by 37.9% in the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 6,862 shares of the information services provider’s stock after selling 4,181 shares during the period. Eagle Strategies LLC’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $1,671,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of GOOG. IFS Advisors LLC boosted its position in Alphabet by 400.0% in the 2nd quarter. IFS Advisors LLC now owns 150 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 120 shares in the last quarter. Robbins Farley increased its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 60.0% during the 2nd quarter. Robbins Farley now owns 160 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares in the last quarter. WestEnd Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Alphabet by 58.7% in the 2nd quarter. WestEnd Advisors LLC now owns 165 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $29,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares during the period. Fairman Group LLC boosted its holdings in Alphabet by 121.3% during the second quarter. Fairman Group LLC now owns 177 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $31,000 after buying an additional 97 shares in the last quarter. Finally, University of Illinois Foundation acquired a new stake in Alphabet during the second quarter valued at $31,000. Hedge funds and other 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: Alphabet has overtaken Apple to become the world’s second‑largest public company by market cap, reinforcing investor confidence in Alphabet’s AI momentum and signaling potential ETF/inflow support. Alphabet’s market-cap news
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrades and higher price targets are piling up (Cantor Fitzgerald, Canaccord and others), giving buy-side momentum and a clearer near‑term valuation anchor for bullish flows. Analyst price target update
• Positive Sentiment: Product-driven monetization: Google is rolling Gemini AI features into Gmail (summaries, drafting, answers for billions of users), supporting ad/search engagement and differentiation vs. OpenAI. This underpins revenue upside expectations. Gmail Gemini features
• Positive Sentiment: Regulatory relief: reporting indicates EU’s digital-rule overhaul will avoid the strictest measures for big tech, reducing near‑term regulatory uncertainty for Google’s ad and platform businesses. EU digital rule overhaul
• Neutral Sentiment: Wiz acquisition pending: the EU will decide on Alphabet’s $32B Wiz cybersecurity buy by Feb. 10 — approval would remove a major deal overhang, but a rejection would be a setback. Outcome is binary. Wiz EU decision
• Neutral Sentiment: Fund rebalancing: Gradient Investments trimmed ~19% of its reported GOOG stake in the 12/31 13F; institutional churn can weigh on intraday flows but often reflects portfolio rebalancing rather than a negative view. Gradient Investments 13F update
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling: CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares (~$10.4M) in a disclosed SEC transaction; while routine for executives, such sales can be interpreted by some investors as a mild negative signal. Insider sale filing
• Negative Sentiment: Legal/reputational note: Alphabet and Character.AI have settled suits tied to harms allegedly caused by AI chatbots — settlement reduces litigation uncertainty but highlights regulatory and reputational risk around AI safety. Lawsuit settlement

Alphabet Stock Up 1.1%

NASDAQ GOOG opened at $326.01 on Friday. The business has a fifty day moving average price of $305.95 and a 200 day moving average price of $248.33. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 1.75 and a current ratio of 1.75. The company has a market cap of $3.93 trillion, a P/E ratio of 32.15, a P/E/G ratio of 1.78 and a beta of 1.09. Alphabet Inc. has a one year low of $142.66 and a one year high of $330.54.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The information services provider reported $2.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.29 by $0.58. The company had revenue of $102.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $99.90 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 32.23% and a return on equity of 35.00%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 15.9% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $2.12 EPS. Research analysts anticipate that Alphabet Inc. will post 8.89 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Alphabet Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 15th. Investors of record on Monday, December 8th were paid a dividend of $0.21 per share. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 8th. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio is currently 8.28%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

GOOG has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Mizuho set a $325.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Raymond James Financial set a $275.00 price target on Alphabet and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, October 24th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Alphabet from $260.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, October 27th. BNP Paribas assumed coverage on Alphabet in a report on Monday, November 24th. They issued an “outperform” rating on the stock. Finally, Rosenblatt Securities set a $279.00 target price on Alphabet in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Seven research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty have assigned a Buy rating, two have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $316.79.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CAO Amie Thuener O’toole sold 2,778 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $312.30, for a total value of $867,569.40. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 8,962 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,798,832.60. This trade represents a 23.66% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, Director John L. Hennessy sold 600 shares of Alphabet stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $308.19, for a total value of $184,914.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 3,916 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,206,872.04. The trade was a 13.29% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 227,965 shares of company stock worth $67,495,822 in the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 12.99% of the company’s stock.

Alphabet 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.