Alphabet Inc. $GOOG Stock Bought by Ethic Inc.

Ethic Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) by 2.1% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 624,637 shares of the information services provider’s stock after buying an additional 13,072 shares during the quarter. Alphabet makes up approximately 2.4% of Ethic Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 7th largest position. Ethic Inc.’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $212,839,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. 180 Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Alphabet by 0.7% in the third quarter. 180 Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 37,180 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $12,669,000 after buying an additional 243 shares during the last quarter. Axiom Investment Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Alphabet by 21.9% during the 3rd quarter. Axiom Investment Management LLC now owns 970 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $331,000 after acquiring an additional 174 shares during the period. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA boosted its stake in shares of Alphabet by 3.2% during the 3rd quarter. Pictet Asset Management Holding SA now owns 2,960,173 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $1,008,526,000 after acquiring an additional 92,394 shares during the period. Palisade Asset Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 1.7% during the 3rd quarter. Palisade Asset Management LLC now owns 10,516 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $3,583,000 after acquiring an additional 172 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Investment Management Corp VA ADV increased its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 5.9% during the 3rd quarter. Investment Management Corp VA ADV now owns 2,844 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $969,000 after acquiring an additional 159 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 27.26% of the company’s stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In related news, Director Frances Arnold sold 83 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $340.45, for a total value of $28,257.35. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 19,076 shares in the company, valued at $6,494,424.20. The trade was a 0.43% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 247 shares of company stock worth $79,238. Company insiders own 12.99% of the company’s stock.

Alphabet Trading Up 0.7%

Shares of GOOG stock opened at $286.01 on Tuesday. Alphabet Inc. has a 12-month low of $271.41 and a 12-month high of $404.47. The company has a market capitalization of $3.50 trillion, a PE ratio of 14.93, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.87 and a beta of 1.21. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $328.65 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $336.80. The company has a quick ratio of 2.69, a current ratio of 2.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, October 29th. The information services provider reported $2.12 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $3.01 by ($0.89). Alphabet had a net margin of 50.03% and a return on equity of 43.33%. The firm had revenue of $127.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $127.97 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.87 EPS. Alphabet’s revenue for the quarter was up 24.7% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, analysts predict that Alphabet Inc. will post 19.80 earnings per share for the current year.

Alphabet Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 14th. Investors of record on Monday, December 7th will be issued a dividend of $0.22 per share. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 7th. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 4.59%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms recently weighed in on GOOG. Citizens Jmp cut Alphabet from a “mkt outperform” rating to a “market perform” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 29th. Tigress Financial raised their price target on Alphabet from $415.00 to $485.00 and gave the company a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, September 18th. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Monday, August 3rd. Pivotal Research reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $475.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet in a report on Thursday, October 29th. Finally, Phillip Securities raised shares of Alphabet from a “moderate buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating and dropped their price objective for the company from $450.00 to $425.00 in a research report on Monday, July 27th. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-five have issued a Buy rating, five have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $413.38.

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• Negative Sentiment: JPMorgan removed Alphabet from its Analyst Focus List, while retaining an Overweight rating, citing slower AI search monetization and heavy infrastructure spending. Those concerns could weigh on expectations for returns from Alphabet’s substantial AI investment. JPMorgan Just Removed Alphabet From Its Analyst Focus List
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Alphabet Profile

Alphabet is a technology holding company whose primary business is Google. Founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google became part of Alphabet when the company adopted a holding-company structure in 2015. Sundar Pichai leads Alphabet and Google as chief executive officer.

Google offers internet search, online advertising, cloud computing, and software and hardware products. Its services and products include Google Search, YouTube, Android, Chrome, Google Maps, Google Play, and Google Cloud.