Clarity Wealth Advisors LLC Acquires 2,701 Shares of Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL

Clarity Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) by 5.1% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 55,577 shares of the information services provider’s stock after buying an additional 2,701 shares during the period. Alphabet comprises 3.0% of Clarity Wealth Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 9th biggest holding. Clarity Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $13,511,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of GOOGL. Financial Gravity Companies Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the 2nd quarter worth $31,000. Corsicana & Co. acquired a new stake in shares of Alphabet in the third quarter valued at about $54,000. CarsonAllaria Wealth Management Ltd. lifted its stake in shares of Alphabet by 36.4% in the second quarter. CarsonAllaria Wealth Management Ltd. now owns 251 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $44,000 after purchasing an additional 67 shares during the period. Vermillion & White Wealth Management Group LLC boosted its holdings in Alphabet by 37.9% during the second quarter. Vermillion & White Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 324 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $57,000 after buying an additional 89 shares in the last quarter. Finally, S&T Bank PA grew its position in Alphabet by 40.2% during the second quarter. S&T Bank PA now owns 345 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $61,000 after buying an additional 99 shares during the period. 40.03% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

GOOGL has been the subject of a number of research reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price target on shares of Alphabet from $340.00 to $370.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday. Sanford C. Bernstein lifted their price objective on Alphabet from $260.00 to $305.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 30th. BMO Capital Markets boosted their target price on Alphabet from $340.00 to $343.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Tuesday, December 16th. Arete Research upped their target price on Alphabet from $300.00 to $380.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 2nd. Finally, Phillip Securities raised Alphabet from a “moderate buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 7th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-two have issued a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $330.94.

Alphabet Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:GOOGL opened at $328.38 on Thursday. The company has a market cap of $3.96 trillion, a P/E ratio of 32.38, a P/E/G ratio of 1.78 and a beta of 1.08. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $313.58 and a 200-day simple moving average of $257.95. Alphabet Inc. has a 52 week low of $140.53 and a 52 week high of $340.49. The company has a quick ratio of 1.75, a current ratio of 1.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The information services provider reported $2.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.29 by $0.58. The firm had revenue of $102.35 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $99.90 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 35.00% and a net margin of 32.23%. Equities research analysts forecast that Alphabet Inc. will post 8.9 EPS for the current year.

Key Stories Impacting Alphabet

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Multiple analyst price-target raises signal renewed buy-side conviction (Deutsche Bank to $370, Robert W. Baird to $350, Wedbush to $360), implying visible upside expectations for revenue and AI-driven growth. Read More. Read More. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Commercial traction for Gemini: reports of a surge in sales of Google’s Gemini AI models point to stronger monetization of AI products and Google Cloud demand. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Positive press narratives reinforce the AI leadership story — coverage highlights 60%+ YTD gains, margin improvement, large shareholder payouts, and Alphabet as a long-term AI winner. These narratives support investor appetite for the stock. Read More. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: YouTube management flags content quality risks from AI-generated video and says ‘managing AI slop’ is a 2026 priority — this is operationally important but shows management is addressing the issue rather than leaving it untracked. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Google-backed Isomorphic Labs delayed first clinical trials into late 2026 — a setback for a non-core, long-horizon biotech bet; limited near-term impact on Alphabet’s core ad/cloud earnings. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Cantor Fitzgerald downgraded Alphabet from ‘strong-buy’ to ‘hold’, signaling some analyst caution on valuation or near-term momentum. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Macro/headline risk pushed tech lower yesterday (Greenland/tariff rhetoric); Alphabet saw a sharper intraday dip than the broader market, highlighting sensitivity to risk-off moves. Read More. Read More.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Alphabet news, Director Frances Arnold sold 102 shares of Alphabet stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $313.45, for a total value of $31,971.90. Following the transaction, the director owned 18,205 shares in the company, valued at $5,706,357.25. This trade represents a 0.56% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, insider John Kent Walker sold 17,829 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $314.89, for a total transaction of $5,614,173.81. Following the sale, the insider directly owned 42,972 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $13,531,453.08. This represents a 29.32% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last three months, insiders sold 189,909 shares of company stock valued at $57,927,282. 11.64% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Alphabet 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.