Arlington Partners LLC Has $4.59 Million Position in Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL

Arlington Partners LLC trimmed its holdings in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) by 19.6% during the third quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 18,883 shares of the information services provider’s stock after selling 4,604 shares during the quarter. Arlington Partners LLC’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $4,590,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Financial Gravity Companies Inc. bought a new stake in Alphabet during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $31,000. CarsonAllaria Wealth Management Ltd. lifted its holdings 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 in the last quarter. Corsicana & Co. purchased a new position in shares of Alphabet during the third quarter valued at approximately $54,000. Vermillion & White Wealth Management Group LLC grew 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 raised its position in Alphabet by 40.2% in the 2nd quarter. S&T Bank PA now owns 345 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $61,000 after buying an additional 99 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 40.03% of the company’s stock.

More Alphabet News

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrades and bullish notes support near‑term sentiment — Needham and RBC reiterated/issued buy ratings and recent coverage called for earnings upside into the next report, helping lift conviction in shares. Alphabet Earns Buy Rating from Needham RBC Reiterates Buy
• Positive Sentiment: Google and Amazon’s push into AI chips reduces reliance on Nvidia and signals growing in‑house/cloud hardware capabilities — positive for Google Cloud margins and capex leverage. Amazon and Google Eat Into Nvidia’s A.I. Chip Supremacy
• Positive Sentiment: Product momentum: Chrome adds AI image generation and a side‑panel assistant, and Alphabet is pushing AI into Search — supports ad/search revenue upside and user engagement. Google adds AI image generation to Chrome Zacks: AI Push to Boost Search Growth
• Positive Sentiment: Security actions: Google disrupted a large residential proxy network (IPIDEA) tied to abuse, which reduces fraud risk and is a reputational win for its platforms. That supports enterprise trust and regulatory relations. Google disrupts large residential proxy network Google Disrupts Network That Allowed Bad Actors
• Neutral Sentiment: Competitive landscape pieces compare CoreWeave and Alphabet for AI infrastructure — highlights both opportunity and execution risk as GOOGL competes on hardware, software and cloud pricing. CRVW vs. GOOGL: Which Stock Wins the AI Infrastructure Race?
• Neutral Sentiment: Short interest data in the feed is noisy/zeroed and not informative — no clear short‑squeeze signal from the provided entry. (No link — data summary.)
• Negative Sentiment: Waymo safety incident: a Waymo driverless vehicle struck a child near a Santa Monica elementary school; NHTSA has opened an investigation. This raises regulatory and liability risk for the autonomous driving unit and could pressure sentiment around Waymo‑related capex and commercialization timelines. Waymo Robotaxi Hits Child, Prompting NHTSA Investigation CNBC: A Waymo hit a child near an elementary school
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/legal pressure: the U.K. CMA is proposing rules to let publishers opt out of AI overviews and new conduct requirements; Alphabet also agreed to a ~$135M U.S. settlement over cellular data handling — potential modest earnings/headline risk and ongoing compliance costs. U.K. Competition Watchdog Plans New Rules Google to Pay $135 Million to Settle Lawsuit

Insider Activity

In other Alphabet news, CAO Amie Thuener O’toole sold 2,778 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $312.30, for a total transaction of $867,569.40. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 8,962 shares in the company, valued at $2,798,832.60. This trade represents a 23.66% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Frances Arnold sold 102 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $313.45, for a total transaction of $31,971.90. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 18,205 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,706,357.25. This represents a 0.56% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 222,297 shares of company stock worth $68,531,851. Corporate insiders own 11.64% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

GOOGL has been the subject of a number of recent analyst reports. Sanford C. Bernstein upped their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $260.00 to $305.00 and gave the stock a “market perform” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Evercore ISI boosted their target price on Alphabet from $300.00 to $325.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Raymond James Financial raised Alphabet from a “moderate buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, January 22nd. The Goldman Sachs Group reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $375.00 price target (up from $330.00) on shares of Alphabet in a report on Tuesday, January 13th. Finally, Citigroup restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Wednesday, December 31st. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-two have given a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Alphabet currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $334.60.

Alphabet Stock Performance

NASDAQ:GOOGL opened at $338.25 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $319.46 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $263.90. Alphabet Inc. has a twelve month low of $140.53 and a twelve month high of $342.29. The stock has a market cap of $4.08 trillion, a P/E ratio of 33.36, a PEG ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 1.08. 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 data on Wednesday, October 29th. The information services provider reported $2.87 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.29 by $0.58. The company had revenue of $102.35 billion during 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%. As a group, equities analysts predict that Alphabet Inc. will post 8.9 EPS for the current fiscal year.

About Alphabet

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.