Duncker Streett & Co. Inc. Has $4.59 Million Holdings in Alphabet Inc. $GOOG

Duncker Streett & Co. Inc. lessened its holdings in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) by 7.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 18,826 shares of the information services provider’s stock after selling 1,503 shares during the quarter. Duncker Streett & Co. Inc.’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $4,585,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the business. IFS Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Alphabet by 400.0% during the 2nd quarter. IFS Advisors LLC now owns 150 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $27,000 after acquiring an additional 120 shares during the period. Robbins Farley lifted its stake in shares of Alphabet by 60.0% in 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 during the period. WestEnd Advisors LLC boosted its position 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 worth $29,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares during the last quarter. Fairman Group LLC grew its stake in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 97 shares during the period. Finally, University of Illinois Foundation acquired a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the second quarter worth $31,000. 27.26% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting Alphabet

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Apple deal and $4T milestone reinforce AI leadership and potential recurring licensing revenue (analysts estimate ~ $1B/year), widening Gemini’s distribution across Apple devices and validating Alphabet’s monetization path. Alphabet reaches $4 trillion valuation
• Positive Sentiment: Google launched “Personal Intelligence” in the Gemini app (beta), a feature that integrates user data across apps to deliver more personalized answers — a product lever that could boost engagement, search/ad relevance and paid AI services over time. Google Personal Intelligence launch
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street momentum: several bullish takes and price-target raises (including analyst upgrades and high-profile bulls like Jim Cramer) are supporting investor demand and helping push shares to record levels. This fuels momentum-driven buying and options activity. Analysts see AI-fueled upside
• Neutral Sentiment: Reputational/regulatory pressure — advocacy groups urged Apple and Google to remove X and Grok from app stores; this raises content-moderation scrutiny but is unlikely to hit Alphabet’s core revenue near term. Advocacy groups call on app stores to drop X and Grok
• Negative Sentiment: Grid/connectivity bottlenecks for U.S. transmission are delaying data‑center hookups in some regions (waits >10 years in spots). That constraint can slow Google Cloud capacity expansion, raise capital and operating costs (on-site generation, storage), and cap near-term cloud growth if not addressed. Grid is biggest challenge for connecting data centers
• Positive Sentiment: Supply-chain/manufacturing move — reports Google will develop/high-end smartphones in Vietnam, which could lower device costs and broaden hardware strategy tied to its ecosystem and Gemini distribution. Google to develop and manufacture smartphones in Vietnam

Alphabet Price Performance

Shares of GOOG opened at $336.31 on Thursday. The stock has a 50 day simple moving average of $310.07 and a 200 day simple moving average of $253.40. Alphabet Inc. has a 52-week low of $142.66 and a 52-week high of $341.20. 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 firm has a market capitalization of $4.06 trillion, a PE ratio of 33.17, a P/E/G ratio of 1.86 and a beta of 1.09.

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

Alphabet Dividend Announcement

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 15th. Investors of record on Monday, December 8th were paid a $0.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 8th. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.2%. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio is presently 8.28%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have weighed in on the company. Canaccord Genuity Group increased their target price on Alphabet from $330.00 to $390.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 7th. Oppenheimer upped their price target on Alphabet from $300.00 to $345.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Rosenblatt Securities set a $279.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Truist Financial set a $350.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet in a report on Friday, December 5th. Finally, Phillip Securities raised shares of Alphabet from a “moderate buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 7th. 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 assigned a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Alphabet currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $318.36.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, insider John Kent Walker sold 17,829 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $314.89, for a total transaction of $5,614,173.81. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 42,972 shares in the company, valued at approximately $13,531,453.08. This trade represents a 29.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CAO Amie Thuener O’toole sold 2,778 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $288.26, for a total value of $800,786.28. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 11,739 shares in the company, valued at $3,383,884.14. The trade was a 19.14% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 192,087 shares of company stock worth $58,525,556. Corporate insiders own 12.99% 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.