Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL Shares Sold by Dana Investment Advisors Inc.

Dana Investment Advisors Inc. decreased its stake in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) by 1.6% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 320,274 shares of the information services provider’s stock after selling 5,341 shares during the period. Alphabet comprises about 2.3% of Dana Investment Advisors Inc.’s holdings, making the stock its 5th largest holding. Dana Investment Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $77,859,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Financial Gravity Companies Inc. bought a new position in shares of Alphabet in the 2nd quarter valued at $31,000. Pilgrim Partners Asia Pte Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the 3rd quarter valued at $53,000. Corsicana & Co. bought a new stake in Alphabet during the 3rd quarter worth $54,000. Vermillion & White Wealth Management Group LLC grew its position in Alphabet by 37.9% during the 2nd quarter. Vermillion & White Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 324 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $57,000 after acquiring an additional 89 shares during the last quarter. Finally, S&T Bank PA increased its holdings in Alphabet by 40.2% in the 2nd quarter. S&T Bank PA now owns 345 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $61,000 after purchasing an additional 99 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 40.03% of the company’s stock.

Key Alphabet News

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analyst and media coverage highlighting Alphabet’s AI progress and market outperformance helped lift sentiment — multiple headlines noted the stock outpaced the market and framed Google as a top AI investment. Alphabet (GOOGL) Exceeds Market Returns: Some Facts to Consider
• Positive Sentiment: Buy-side and retail commentary continues to position Alphabet as a core AI play (search monetization + enterprise AI/Gemini), supporting the rally and investor willingness to re-rate growth expectations. You Don’t Need Polymarket to Make a Winning Bet. Just Buy This AI Stock.
• Neutral Sentiment: Small-cap AI infrastructure startup news (Crafting) and other ecosystem activity remind investors that AI innovation is broadening, but these announcements have limited direct near-term impact on Alphabet’s fundamentals. Crafting Announces General Availability of Crafting for Agents and $5.5M Seed Round
• Neutral Sentiment: Reported short-interest figures are effectively zero in the recent snapshot (odd data point), meaning short squeezes look unlikely to be a direct driver right now.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling by Alphabet’s CEO — a disclosed sale of roughly $9.86M — can weigh on sentiment and is being noted by market participants as a near-term negative catalyst. Insider Selling: Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) CEO Sells $9,859,850.00 in Stock
• Negative Sentiment: Competitive pressure from Microsoft’s aggressive AI/cloud positioning (Anthropic/OpenAI partnerships, Azure demand) is a reigning concern for investors who weigh enterprise cloud share and model-agnostic infrastructure as a risk to Alphabet’s cloud/AI monetization runway.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Frances Arnold sold 112 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, March 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $302.99, for a total transaction of $33,934.88. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 18,418 shares in the company, valued at $5,580,469.82. This represents a 0.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider John Kent Walker sold 47,574 shares of Alphabet stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $301.45, for a total transaction of $14,341,182.30. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 13,227 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,987,279.15. This represents a 78.25% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 2,112,493 shares of company stock worth $118,605,094. Corporate insiders own 11.55% of the company’s stock.

Alphabet Price Performance

Shares of GOOGL opened at $306.36 on Tuesday. The business has a 50-day moving average of $319.79 and a 200-day moving average of $287.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a current ratio of 2.01 and a quick ratio of 2.01. The company has a market capitalization of $3.71 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.34, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 1.10. Alphabet Inc. has a 1 year low of $140.53 and a 1 year high of $349.00.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 4th. The information services provider reported $2.82 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.57 by $0.25. The business had revenue of $113.83 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $111.24 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 35.01% and a net margin of 32.81%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Alphabet Inc. will post 8.9 earnings per share for the current year.

Alphabet Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 9th will be paid a $0.21 dividend. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, March 9th. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio is currently 7.77%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities analysts have commented on GOOGL shares. President Capital increased their target price on Alphabet from $323.00 to $375.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 10th. Bank of America boosted their price target on Alphabet from $335.00 to $370.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, January 13th. Stifel Nicolaus reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $395.00 price objective (up from $346.00) on shares of Alphabet in a report on Thursday, February 5th. HSBC raised their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $335.00 to $370.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, December 2nd. Finally, Daiwa Securities Group boosted their target price on shares of Alphabet from $333.00 to $380.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-three have assigned a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $367.18.

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.