Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL Shares Sold by Torray Investment Partners LLC

Torray Investment Partners LLC reduced its stake in shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) by 4.6% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 50,265 shares of the information services provider’s stock after selling 2,425 shares during the period. Alphabet accounts for about 1.7% of Torray Investment Partners LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 27th biggest position. Torray Investment Partners LLC’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $12,219,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Ciovacco Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Alphabet during the 3rd quarter valued at $232,000. Madrona Financial Services LLC lifted its position in shares of Alphabet by 0.7% in the third quarter. Madrona Financial Services LLC now owns 8,129 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $1,976,000 after acquiring an additional 57 shares in the last quarter. Encompass Wealth Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the third quarter valued at $264,000. Autumn Glory Partners LLC boosted its stake in shares of Alphabet by 5.1% during the third quarter. Autumn Glory Partners LLC now owns 22,084 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $5,369,000 after acquiring an additional 1,065 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Advisory Resource Group purchased a new stake in Alphabet during the 3rd quarter worth about $229,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 40.03% of the company’s stock.

Alphabet Trading Down 0.9%

GOOGL stock opened at $332.78 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $4.02 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.82, 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. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $310.31 and a 200-day simple moving average of $253.23. Alphabet Inc. has a 52 week low of $140.53 and a 52 week high of $340.49.

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

Alphabet Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 15th. Investors of record on Monday, December 8th were issued a $0.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 8th. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.3%. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 8.28%.

Insider Activity at Alphabet

In other Alphabet news, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of Alphabet stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $283.48, for a total transaction of $9,213,100.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,337,119 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $662,526,494.12. The trade was a 1.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CAO Amie Thuener O’toole sold 2,778 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $312.30, for a total transaction of $867,569.40. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 8,962 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $2,798,832.60. This represents a 23.66% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 189,909 shares of company stock worth $57,927,282. Company insiders own 11.64% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

GOOGL has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. Citigroup restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Alphabet in a report on Wednesday, December 31st. Phillip Securities raised shares of Alphabet from a “moderate buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Friday, November 7th. Wedbush reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $350.00 target price (up from $320.00) on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Friday, December 19th. Daiwa Capital Markets boosted their price target on Alphabet from $233.00 to $333.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 6th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Wednesday, October 8th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-five have given a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Alphabet presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $326.31.

Key Alphabet News

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Major distribution and monetization wins: Apple and other device makers are integrating Google’s Gemini/AI into core products (Gemini-powered Siri / Personal Intelligence), validating Alphabet’s AI lead and creating a potential licensing revenue stream. Alphabet Tops $4 Trillion Valuation as AI Momentum Runs Hot Google launches Personal Intelligence feature in Gemini app, challenging Apple Intelligence
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support: Recent upgrades and a higher price target (Bank of America bumped its GOOGL target) and a consensus “Moderate Buy” view are backing sentiment and likely propped the earlier run-up. Bank of America Boosts Alphabet Price Target
• Neutral Sentiment: AI race context — competitive but manageable: DeepMind’s CEO says Chinese models are “months” behind Western leaders, supporting Alphabet’s technological edge, while market commentary shifts from speculative hype to more disciplined AI growth assumptions. China just ‘months’ behind U.S. AI models, Google DeepMind CEO says AI Stocks: Speculative Hype or Disciplined Growth?
• Negative Sentiment: Copyright litigation risk: Major publishers have asked to join a class action alleging Google used copyrighted material to train AI — potential legal costs, injunction risk or licensing liabilities could weigh on margins and sentiment. Publishers seek to join lawsuit against Google over AI training
• Negative Sentiment: Infrastructure and energy bottlenecks: Google warns U.S. transmission constraints are making it harder and slower to connect data centers, which could raise capex, slow capacity expansion for cloud/AI workloads, and compress near-term margin improvement. Google says US transmission system is biggest challenge for connecting data centers
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory & reputational pressure: Advocacy groups are urging app-store removals of X/Grok, and broader regulatory scrutiny of AI content and distribution remains a continuing risk for platform operators. Women’s, advocacy groups call on Apple, Google to drop X and Grok from app stores

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.