Westview Management dba Westview Investment Advisors Makes New $984,000 Investment in Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL

Westview Management dba Westview Investment Advisors acquired a new stake in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm acquired 3,143 shares of the information services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $984,000.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of GOOGL. Financial Gravity Companies Inc. bought a new position in Alphabet in the 2nd quarter valued at $31,000. PMV Capital Advisers LLC bought a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the fourth quarter worth $38,000. Pilgrim Partners Asia Pte Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the third quarter worth $53,000. iSAM Funds UK Ltd acquired a new position in shares of Alphabet during the third quarter valued at $53,000. Finally, Corsicana & Co. bought a new position in Alphabet in the third quarter valued at about $54,000. 40.03% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Alphabet

In other news, insider John Kent Walker sold 47,574 shares of Alphabet stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $301.45, for a total transaction of $14,341,182.30. Following the transaction, the insider owned 13,227 shares in the company, valued at $3,987,279.15. The trade was a 78.25% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, Director Frances Arnold sold 112 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $302.99, for a total value of $33,934.88. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 18,418 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,580,469.82. This represents a 0.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 2,110,165 shares of company stock valued at $118,134,117 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 11.64% of the company’s stock.

Alphabet Stock Down 3.5%

Shares of NASDAQ GOOGL opened at $280.86 on Friday. Alphabet Inc. has a 52-week low of $140.53 and a 52-week high of $349.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a quick ratio of 2.01 and a current ratio of 2.01. The stock has a market cap of $3.40 trillion, a P/E ratio of 25.98, a P/E/G ratio of 1.70 and a beta of 1.10. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $314.18 and a 200 day moving average price of $294.34.

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

Alphabet Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 16th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 9th were issued a $0.21 dividend. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 9th. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio is 7.77%.

Trending Headlines about Alphabet

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Alphabet’s AI efficiency gains are market-moving — Google’s “TurboQuant”/model-compression work and Gemini upgrades are being credited with lowering compute/memory needs, improving AI gross margins and product differentiation versus rivals. That dynamic is pressuring memory-chip suppliers but supports Alphabet’s long-term AI cost advantage. CNBC: Google AI TurboQuant & memory chips
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst sentiment is bullish: MarketBeat and other houses have repeatedly upgraded GOOGL this year and Erste Group nudged up FY2026–FY2027 EPS forecasts, keeping price targets well above current levels — a tailwind for longer-term investor confidence. MarketBeat: Analyst upgrades
• Positive Sentiment: Fundamentals remain strong: recent quarterly beats, robust Google Cloud growth, accelerating Gemini adoption and large cloud backlog provide revenue visibility that many analysts cite as justification for buying the pullback. MarketBeat: Fundamentals & Gemini adoption
• Neutral Sentiment: ETF and trading-flow noise: new ETFs and covered‑call products tied to AI/mega-cap names (including GOOGL) are shifting short‑term flows; this can amplify volatility but isn’t a company-specific fundamental change. Benzinga: JUDO ETF
• Neutral Sentiment: Short-term ETF winners/losers commentary around Google’s AI news is driving rotation between AI and memory-linked funds; this is market structure-driven rather than a direct change to Alphabet’s revenue trajectory. Zacks: ETF winners & losers
• Negative Sentiment: Landmark jury verdicts found YouTube (Google) liable in a social‑media addiction trial and ordered compensatory damages, creating legal and reputational overhang. Markets view this as precedent-setting risk that could lead to more suits, settlements or regulation — a material sentiment drag even if the immediate dollar amount is immaterial to Alphabet’s balance sheet. Reuters: Jury verdicts against Meta & Google
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory and execution friction in key markets — including a high-profile resignation of Google’s top India counsel amid regulatory tensions — adds uncertainty to growth and compliance costs overseas. Reuters: India counsel resignation

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of analysts recently commented on GOOGL shares. President Capital lifted their price objective on Alphabet from $323.00 to $375.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 10th. Wedbush raised their target price on shares of Alphabet from $360.00 to $370.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Arete Research boosted their price target on shares of Alphabet from $380.00 to $405.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, February 11th. Truist Financial set a $385.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, UBS Group set a $348.00 price target on Alphabet and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-three have given a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Alphabet has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $367.18.

Alphabet Profile

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.