Alphabet Inc. $GOOG Stock Holdings Raised by Maven Securities LTD

Maven Securities LTD raised its stake in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) by 6.6% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 33,830 shares of the information services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,091 shares during the period. Alphabet accounts for approximately 0.2% of Maven Securities LTD’s holdings, making the stock its 26th biggest holding. Maven Securities LTD’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $10,629,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. grew its position in shares of Alphabet by 2.0% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 421,013,782 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $132,114,125,000 after buying an additional 8,128,234 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp grew its position in shares of Alphabet by 0.5% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 187,102,863 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $58,712,878,000 after buying an additional 953,790 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. grew its position in shares of Alphabet by 1.1% during the 4th quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 100,602,893 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $31,569,189,000 after buying an additional 1,073,151 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley grew its position in shares of Alphabet by 1.6% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 71,841,419 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $22,543,838,000 after buying an additional 1,132,013 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the 4th quarter valued at about $18,093,665,000. Institutional investors own 27.26% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling at Alphabet

In related news, insider John Kent Walker sold 8,993 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, March 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $275.89, for a total transaction of $2,481,078.77. Following the completion of the sale, the insider directly owned 51,808 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $14,293,309.12. This represents a 14.79% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, Director Frances Arnold sold 102 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $381.00, for a total transaction of $38,862.00. Following the sale, the director directly owned 18,721 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $7,132,701. This represents a 0.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 191,966 shares of company stock valued at $16,963,968. Corporate insiders own 12.99% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages recently weighed in on GOOG. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Monday, April 20th. Raymond James Financial restated a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $425.00 target price on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Wells Fargo & Company restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $435.00 target price on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Tuesday, June 2nd. Stifel Nicolaus set a $420.00 target price on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. Finally, Citigroup restated a “market outperform” rating on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Monday, June 1st. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have given a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Alphabet currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $376.78.

Key Headlines Impacting Alphabet

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Alphabet’s cloud and AI momentum remains a major driver, with reports highlighting a growing Google Cloud backlog and stronger enterprise adoption of Gemini-powered AI tools, suggesting more room for revenue expansion. Why GOOGL Stock May Have More Room to Run Even After a 100% Rally
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and commentators continue to point to Alphabet as a key AI winner, with bullish coverage tying the company to enterprise AI demand, cloud growth, and broad participation in the AI spending cycle. AI Is Reshaping FIFA World Cup 2026: 5 Stocks Likely to Gain
• Positive Sentiment: Alphabet is reportedly exploring Samsung as a potential manufacturing partner for its TPU chips as TSMC capacity tightens, which underscores strong demand for Google’s AI hardware and could improve supply-chain flexibility. Google’s Samsung Talks Highlight TSMC Capacity Crunch
• Neutral Sentiment: Google also drew attention for cybersecurity efforts after saying a Chinese-linked hacking group targeted U.S. and Canadian research facilities, a reminder of the company’s security capabilities but not a direct earnings catalyst. Chinese-linked hackers targeted U.S.,Canadian research facilities for a year, Google says
• Neutral Sentiment: Several articles and opinion pieces reinforced the bullish narrative on Alphabet’s AI strategy, including its more measured spending approach and its expanding role across search, cloud, and infrastructure. Bull v. Bear: GOOGL “Tortoise and Hare” AI Story
• Negative Sentiment: Alphabet’s large AI capital plans and stock issuance to help fund them could pressure margins or raise investor concerns about how much spending will be required to keep pace in the AI race. Alphabet is Raising $84.75 Billion to Win the AI Wars. Should Investors Celebrate or Worry?

Alphabet Stock Performance

GOOG opened at $367.11 on Tuesday. The company has a market capitalization of $4.45 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.00, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.53 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.92 and a quick ratio of 1.92. Alphabet Inc. has a 1-year low of $163.33 and a 1-year high of $404.47. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $359.16 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $329.82.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) last released its earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The information services provider reported $5.11 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.68 by $2.43. The firm had revenue of $109.90 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $106.96 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 38.99% and a net margin of 37.92%.The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $2.81 earnings per share. Research analysts predict that Alphabet Inc. will post 14.3 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Alphabet Increases Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 15th. Investors of record on Monday, June 8th were paid a dividend of $0.22 per share. This is a boost from Alphabet’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 8th. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 6.71%.

Alphabet Profile

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) is a multinational technology holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California. Formed in 2015 through a corporate restructuring of Google, Alphabet serves as the parent to Google LLC and a portfolio of businesses collectively known as “Other Bets.” Google was originally founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin; Alphabet is led by CEO Sundar Pichai, who oversees Google and the broader company while the founders remain prominent shareholders and influential figures in the company’s history.

Alphabet’s core business centers on internet search and advertising, with Google Search and the company’s ad platforms (including Google Ads and AdSense) generating the majority of revenue by connecting advertisers with consumers worldwide.