Vilga Financial Planning LLC Purchases 2,109 Shares of Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL

Vilga Financial Planning LLC boosted its position in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) by 36.0% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 7,963 shares of the information services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,109 shares during the period. Alphabet accounts for about 1.7% of Vilga Financial Planning LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 17th biggest holding. Vilga Financial Planning LLC’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $2,740,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of GOOGL. State Street Corp grew its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 5.6% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 238,977,259 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $85,403,303,000 after purchasing an additional 12,718,127 shares during the last quarter. Diamant Asset Management Inc. raised its holdings in Alphabet by 28,950.0% in the 1st quarter. Diamant Asset Management Inc. now owns 9,291,926 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $2,671,986,000 after buying an additional 9,259,940 shares during the last quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership raised its holdings in Alphabet by 90.9% in the 1st quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 17,040,373 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $4,900,078,000 after buying an additional 8,112,680 shares during the last quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC boosted its position in Alphabet by 127.9% during the 4th quarter. Corient Private Wealth LLC now owns 11,677,886 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $3,655,178,000 after buying an additional 6,554,842 shares during the period. Finally, T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. boosted its position in Alphabet by 45.8% during the 4th quarter. T. Rowe Price Investment Management Inc. now owns 13,737,125 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $4,299,721,000 after buying an additional 4,313,745 shares during the period. 40.03% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

GOOGL has been the subject of several recent research reports. Piper Sandler upped their price target on shares of Alphabet from $395.00 to $400.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Monday, September 28th. Evercore reiterated an “outperform” rating and set a $450.00 price target on shares of Alphabet in a report on Wednesday, September 16th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Monday, June 22nd. Wall Street Zen downgraded Alphabet from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, August 1st. Finally, Pivotal Research reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $475.00 target price (up from $470.00) on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have given a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Alphabet currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $425.72.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, major shareholder 2019 Gp L.L.C. Gv sold 118,138 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $18.90, for a total value of $2,232,808.20. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CAO Marsida Saraci sold 449 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, July 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $333.20, for a total value of $149,606.80. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 27,386 shares in the company, valued at approximately $9,125,015.20. The trade was a 1.61% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 441,399 shares of company stock worth $8,677,053. Company insiders own 11.61% of the company’s stock.

Alphabet News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Alphabet unveiled Gemini Agent, an AI system designed to complete multistep tasks across Gmail, Docs, Sheets, Calendar and third-party platforms such as Microsoft 365, Salesforce Slack, Jira and Snowflake. The enterprise focus could support Google Cloud growth and create new Workspace monetization opportunities. Alphabet Introduces Gemini Agent—Can It Trigger a Breakout?
• Positive Sentiment: TD Cowen raised its Alphabet price target to $485 while maintaining a Buy rating after the Gemini Agent announcement. Other coverage continues to be broadly bullish, with analysts citing Alphabet’s valuation, advertising business, cloud expansion and AI potential. Alphabet Introduces Gemini Agent—Can It Trigger a Breakout?
• Positive Sentiment: Employees are reportedly testing Gemini 4 Carbon, a newer internal model that could improve Alphabet’s competitiveness against OpenAI and Anthropic if it delivers better performance. The report is speculative, but it reinforces expectations for continued AI investment. Google is about to roll out a new AI model
• Positive Sentiment: Alphabet’s reported roughly $13 billion Nordic AI data-center investment highlights access to reliable, lower-cost power and could help address U.S. permitting and grid constraints, though the spending also raises capital-intensity concerns. Google’s $13 Billion Nordic Bet

Alphabet Stock Up 1.0%

Shares of NASDAQ GOOGL opened at $351.66 on Friday. The company’s 50 day moving average price is $345.90 and its 200-day moving average price is $349.18. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a quick ratio of 2.64 and a current ratio of 2.72. Alphabet Inc. has a 52-week low of $235.84 and a 52-week high of $408.61. The company has a market capitalization of $4.30 trillion, a P/E ratio of 17.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.01 and a beta of 1.21.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 22nd. The information services provider reported $9.11 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.89 by $6.22. Alphabet had a net margin of 54.77% and a return on equity of 51.32%. The company had revenue of $119.80 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $117.07 billion. Equities analysts forecast that Alphabet Inc. will post 20.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Alphabet Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 14th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 7th were issued a dividend of $0.22 per share. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 4th. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 4.42%.

Alphabet Profile

Alphabet Inc is a technology and internet services company best known as the parent company of Google. Its primary business, Google Services, includes online search, digital advertising, YouTube, Android, Chrome, Google Maps, Google Play, and a range of hardware and subscription products.

Alphabet also operates Google Cloud, which provides infrastructure, data analytics, cybersecurity, productivity software, and artificial intelligence services to businesses, governments, and other organizations.