Rep. Cleo Fields Buys Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) Shares

Posted by Teresa Graham on Oct 2nd, 2025

Representative Cleo Fields (D-Louisiana) recently bought shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG). In a filing disclosed on September 30th, the Representative disclosed that they had bought between $1,001 and $15,000 in Alphabet stock on September 17th. The trade occurred in the Representative’s “MORGAN STANLEY – E*TRADE #2” account.

Representative Cleo Fields also recently made the following trade(s):

Purchased $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) on 9/23/2025.
Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Opendoor Technologies (NASDAQ:OPEN) on 9/19/2025.
Purchased $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) on 9/18/2025.
Purchased $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) on 9/17/2025.
Purchased $50,001 – $100,000 in shares of Oracle (NYSE:ORCL) on 9/17/2025.
Purchased $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) on 9/17/2025.
Purchased $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) on 9/17/2025.
Purchased $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) on 9/17/2025.
Purchased $50,001 – $100,000 in shares of Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) on 9/10/2025.
Purchased $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) on 9/10/2025.

Alphabet Trading Up 0.8%

NASDAQ:GOOG opened at $245.54 on Thursday. The company has a market capitalization of $2.97 trillion, a PE ratio of 26.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.64 and a beta of 1.00. The company has a quick ratio of 1.90, a current ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. Alphabet Inc. has a 52-week low of $142.66 and a 52-week high of $256.70. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $219.78 and a 200-day simple moving average of $185.88.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG – Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 23rd. The information services provider reported $2.31 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.12 by $0.19. The business had revenue of $96.43 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $93.67 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 34.31% and a net margin of 31.12%.The business’s revenue was up 13.8% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.89 EPS. On average, equities research analysts expect that Alphabet Inc. will post 8.89 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Alphabet Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, September 8th were paid a dividend of $0.21 per share. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, September 8th. Alphabet’s payout ratio is 8.95%.

Institutional Trading of Alphabet

A number of institutional investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC boosted its holdings in Alphabet by 580,897.4% in the 2nd quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 135,087,705 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $23,963,208,000 after acquiring an additional 135,064,454 shares during the period. Norges Bank purchased a new position in Alphabet in the 2nd quarter worth approximately $4,298,572,000. Nuveen LLC purchased a new position in Alphabet in the 1st quarter worth approximately $2,622,943,000. Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Alphabet by 2.4% in the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 411,570,922 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $64,299,725,000 after acquiring an additional 9,687,855 shares during the period. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted its holdings in Alphabet by 9.9% in the 1st quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 102,232,997 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $15,971,861,000 after acquiring an additional 9,243,959 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 27.26% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several brokerages recently weighed in on GOOG. Lake Street Capital reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Wednesday, July 9th. BNP Paribas downgraded shares of Alphabet from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, June 26th. Scotiabank raised their price objective on Alphabet from $200.00 to $240.00 and gave the stock a “sector outperform” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 22nd. KeyCorp set a $265.00 price objective on Alphabet in a report on Wednesday, September 3rd. Finally, Cowen restated a “buy” rating on shares of Alphabet in a report on Wednesday, July 9th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, nineteen have given a Buy rating, five have issued a Hold rating and three have given a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $230.35.

Read Our Latest Stock Report on GOOG

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Alphabet news, CAO Amie Thuener O’toole sold 2,778 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, September 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $245.00, for a total value of $680,610.00. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 17,293 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,236,785. This represents a 13.84% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $184.38, for a total value of $5,992,350.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,527,392 shares in the company, valued at approximately $466,000,536.96. The trade was a 1.27% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 243,285 shares of company stock worth $50,994,787 in the last 90 days. 12.99% of the stock is owned by insiders.

About Representative FIELDS

Cleo Fields (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2025. His current term ends on January 3, 2027.

Fields (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Louisiana’s 6th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the primary scheduled on November 3, 2026.

Cleo Fields graduated from McKinley High School in 1980. He earned a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Southern University in 1984 and a J.D. from the Southern University Law Center in 1987. His career experience includes working as a state legislator and U.S. congressman. When Fields was elected to the Louisiana State Senate in 1986, he was the youngest person ever elected to the State Senate in Louisiana’s history. In 1995, Fields ran for governor of Louisiana, becoming the first African American since reconstruction to make the runoff.

About Alphabet

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Alphabet Inc offers various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment provides products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube.