Guided Capital Wealth Management LLC Grows Holdings in Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL

Guided Capital Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) by 26.1% during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 8,090 shares of the information services provider’s stock after buying an additional 1,676 shares during the quarter. Alphabet makes up about 1.8% of Guided Capital Wealth Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 22nd biggest holding. Guided Capital Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $2,532,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of GOOGL. Lifelong Wealth Advisors Inc. grew its position in Alphabet by 1.9% during the 4th quarter. Lifelong Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 1,728 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $541,000 after purchasing an additional 33 shares during the last quarter. Quantum Financial Advisors LLC grew its position in Alphabet by 0.3% during the 4th quarter. Quantum Financial Advisors LLC now owns 11,799 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $3,693,000 after purchasing an additional 34 shares during the last quarter. Delta Asset Management LLC TN grew its position in Alphabet by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. Delta Asset Management LLC TN now owns 6,153 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $1,496,000 after purchasing an additional 37 shares during the last quarter. Second Line Capital LLC grew its position in Alphabet by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. Second Line Capital LLC now owns 4,417 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $1,074,000 after purchasing an additional 37 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Wolff Wiese Magana LLC grew its position in Alphabet by 0.5% during the 4th quarter. Wolff Wiese Magana LLC now owns 7,615 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $2,384,000 after purchasing an additional 37 shares during the last quarter. 40.03% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Key Headlines Impacting Alphabet

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Broadcom signs a multi‑year deal to develop and supply Google’s next‑generation custom AI chips and data‑center components, reducing supply uncertainty for Google’s AI racks and supporting cloud/AI margin leverage. Broadcom signs long-term deal to develop Google’s custom AI chips (Reuters)
• Positive Sentiment: Expanded Broadcom/Google/Anthropic collaboration increases compute capacity commitments and validates strong demand for Google’s TPUs and rack infrastructure — a positive for Google Cloud positioning and unit economics. Broadcom agrees to expanded chip deals with Google, Anthropic (CNBC)
• Positive Sentiment: Anthropic’s increased compute deal with Google and Broadcom underscores rising demand for Google‑hosted model capacity and could boost revenue from enterprise AI partnerships. Anthropic ups compute deal with Google and Broadcom (TechCrunch)
• Positive Sentiment: CEO Sundar Pichai says the AI shift creates more opportunities to invest in startups (SpaceX, Anthropic cited), signaling proactive capital deployment into strategic AI partners and potential long‑term ecosystem benefits. Pichai: AI shift opens opportunities to invest in startups (CNBC)
• Positive Sentiment: Waymo opens driverless rides to the public in Nashville, advancing commercial autonomy efforts and potential ride‑hailing revenue streams for Alphabet’s self‑driving unit. Waymo Opens Driverless Rides to the Public in Nashville (CNET)
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst commentary and trending coverage (Zacks, Citizens analyst update, market pieces) keep Alphabet on investors’ watchlists; these items support interest but don’t change fundamentals immediately. Alphabet lapping the market (Zacks)
• Negative Sentiment: Shareholder pressure over data‑center water and power use highlights potential permitting delays, higher compliance costs and reputational risk for large buildouts. Investors press Amazon, Microsoft and Google on water, power use (Reuters)
• Negative Sentiment: A NYT analysis questions the accuracy and sourcing of Google’s AI‑generated overviews, flagging reputational and regulatory risks that could affect ad quality and product trust. How Accurate Are Google’s A.I. Overviews? (NYT)
• Negative Sentiment: Insider sale by Alphabet’s CAO was reported; size is modest but such filings can be viewed negatively in short term. Insider Selling: CAO Sells Stock (American Banking News)

Insider Transactions at Alphabet

In other news, major shareholder 2017 Gp L.L.C. Gv sold 1,845,308 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, January 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $19.00, for a total value of $35,060,852.00. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, January 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $327.30, for a total transaction of $10,637,250.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,211,872 shares in the company, valued at $723,945,705.60. This trade represents a 1.45% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last ninety days, insiders have sold 2,069,344 shares of company stock worth $104,708,426. 11.55% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Alphabet Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ GOOGL opened at $305.46 on Wednesday. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $308.04 and its 200-day moving average price is $297.62. The company has a quick ratio of 2.01, a current ratio of 2.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11. The company has a market cap of $3.70 trillion, a PE ratio of 28.26, a PEG ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 1.12. Alphabet Inc. has a 52-week low of $143.03 and a 52-week high of $349.00.

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

Alphabet Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 9th were issued a dividend of $0.21 per share. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 9th. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 7.77%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several analysts recently commented on GOOGL shares. Sanford C. Bernstein increased their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $305.00 to $335.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a research report on Monday, February 2nd. Rosenblatt Securities increased their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $279.00 to $357.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $370.00 to $390.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Monday, February 9th. Finally, BMO Capital Markets reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $400.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-four have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $367.33.

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.