Financial Advisory Partners LLC Takes $4.27 Million Position in Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL

Financial Advisory Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund purchased 17,543 shares of the information services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $4,265,000. Alphabet makes up 1.2% of Financial Advisory Partners LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 26th biggest holding.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in GOOGL. RWQ Financial Management Services Inc. grew its position in Alphabet by 25.1% in the third quarter. RWQ Financial Management Services Inc. now owns 68,240 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $16,589,000 after acquiring an additional 13,675 shares in the last quarter. Cathy Pareto & Associates Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 9.7% during the 3rd quarter. Cathy Pareto & Associates Inc. now owns 2,877 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $700,000 after purchasing an additional 255 shares in the last quarter. TCV Trust & Wealth Management Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Alphabet by 3.8% in the 3rd quarter. TCV Trust & Wealth Management Inc. now owns 6,775 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $1,647,000 after purchasing an additional 248 shares during the last quarter. West Bancorporation Inc. bought a new stake in Alphabet in the third quarter worth $465,000. Finally, HB Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in Alphabet by 13.8% in the third quarter. HB Wealth Management LLC now owns 419,167 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $101,900,000 after purchasing an additional 50,697 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 40.03% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Alphabet

In related news, insider John Kent Walker sold 17,829 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $314.89, for a total value of $5,614,173.81. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider directly owned 42,972 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,531,453.08. This trade represents a 29.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, Director John L. Hennessy sold 600 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, January 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $337.52, for a total transaction of $202,512.00. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 21,224 shares in the company, valued at $7,163,524.48. This trade represents a 2.75% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 189,909 shares of company stock worth $57,927,282 in the last three months. Company insiders own 11.64% of the company’s stock.

Alphabet Trading Down 0.8%

Shares of GOOGL stock opened at $330.00 on Monday. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.98 trillion, a P/E ratio of 32.54, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.82 and a beta of 1.08. Alphabet Inc. has a 1 year low of $140.53 and a 1 year high of $340.49. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is $311.33 and its 200 day simple moving average is $255.38. The company has a current ratio of 1.75, a quick ratio of 1.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 29th. The information services provider reported $2.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.29 by $0.58. Alphabet had a net margin of 32.23% and a return on equity of 35.00%. The company had revenue of $102.35 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $99.90 billion. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Alphabet Inc. will post 8.9 EPS for the current year.

Alphabet Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 8th were given a $0.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 8th. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.3%. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 8.28%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have weighed in on GOOGL shares. KeyCorp restated an “overweight” rating and set a $300.00 target price (up from $265.00) on shares of Alphabet in a report on Monday, October 27th. Guggenheim reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $375.00 price objective (up from $330.00) on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Monday, December 1st. Phillip Securities upgraded Alphabet from a “moderate buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 7th. Argus increased their price target on Alphabet from $330.00 to $365.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, January 5th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-five have issued a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Alphabet currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $326.31.

More Alphabet News

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Big AI monetization wins — Apple’s decision to build next‑gen Siri on Google’s Gemini (a central catalyst behind Alphabet topping a ~$4 trillion valuation) implies licensing revenue and much broader Gemini distribution, which supports revenue and margins. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst backing — recent upgrades and a higher price target (e.g., Bank of America raised its GOOGL target) are propping sentiment and provide near‑term buy‑side support. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: New commercial partnerships — Google announced a Woolworths pilot to add agentic AI to its Olive chatbot in Australia, expanding potential retail use cases and distribution for Google’s AI services. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Competitive positioning — DeepMind leadership and comments that Chinese models are “months” behind support Alphabet’s technical edge, but competition remains intense and will keep investment cycles high. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Antitrust fallout — Google asked a judge to defer an order forcing it to share search data while it appeals a ruling that found an illegal monopoly in search; ongoing remedies or eventual enforcement could materially affect the core search business and ad economics. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Copyright litigation risk — major publishers are seeking to join a class action alleging Google used copyrighted material to train its AI, creating potential licensing costs, damages or restrictions on training data. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Infrastructure headwinds — Google warns U.S. transmission system constraints are slowing data‑center hookups and could raise capex and delay cloud/AI capacity expansion, pressuring near‑term margins. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling — a disclosed director sale (600 shares) is small but adds to mixed sentiment amid other headwinds. Read More.

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.