Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) Stock Price Up 1.4% – Here’s What Happened

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG)’s share price shot up 1.4% during trading on Tuesday . The company traded as high as $385.39 and last traded at $384.84. 15,984,043 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 22% from the average session volume of 20,542,846 shares. The stock had previously closed at $379.38.

More Alphabet News

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Alphabet is pushing deeper into AI search monetization, with reports that Google’s new AI Mode and conversational search could open fresh ad inventory and improve discovery across B2B and consumer queries. What Google Search’s New AI Mode Means for B2B Discovery
• Positive Sentiment: Google is rolling out AI-powered ad formats tied to Gemini, including conversational discovery ads and AI-enhanced shopping tools, which could lift ad pricing and help defend Alphabet’s core search revenue. Google Wants Ads to Talk Back in AI Search
• Positive Sentiment: Google Cloud’s new $5 billion joint venture with Blackstone to offer AI compute services, plus plans to supply TPUs externally, reinforces Alphabet’s positioning as a major AI infrastructure provider beyond search. Alphabet Ties AI Hardware Cloud And Ads As EU Scrutiny Rises
• Positive Sentiment: Recent commentary remains broadly constructive, with analysts and market watchers highlighting Alphabet’s strong earnings, accelerating revenue growth, and above-consensus price targets. Alphabet Stock (GOOG) Opinions on Recent Price Forecasts and Market Performance
• Neutral Sentiment: Some investors are also viewing Alphabet as a leading long-term AI beneficiary, with bullish forecasts tied to search, cloud, and Gemini adoption, though much of this is already reflected in the shares. GOOGL Stock Price Forecast 2026 — What Financial Analysts Expect Right Now
• Negative Sentiment: EU antitrust scrutiny is intensifying, with reports that Alphabet could face a record Digital Markets Act fine over alleged self-preferencing in search results, which could pressure sentiment and create legal uncertainty. Market Chatter: Alphabet’s Google Nears Record European Union Fine Over Alleged Search Monopoly
• Negative Sentiment: Separately, reports that some prominent investors have reduced or exited Alphabet positions add to the near-term caution, even if those moves appear portfolio-specific rather than company-specific. Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller Just Dumped Alphabet (Google) and Picked Up 2 Stocks That Are Direct Bets on Agentic AI

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages recently issued reports on GOOG. Wells Fargo & Company raised Alphabet from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. Needham & Company LLC set a $400.00 price target on shares of Alphabet and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, March 13th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Alphabet in a report on Monday, April 20th. Raymond James Financial reissued a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $425.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Scotiabank restated an “outperform” rating and set a $450.00 target price (up from $400.00) on shares of Alphabet in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Alphabet currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $372.65.

Alphabet Stock Up 1.4%

The firm has a fifty day moving average of $337.06 and a 200-day moving average of $321.78. The company has a quick ratio of 1.92, a current ratio of 1.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The firm has a market cap of $4.66 trillion, a P/E ratio of 29.35, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.62 and a beta of 1.25.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April 30th. The information services provider reported $5.11 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.68 by $2.43. Alphabet had a return on equity of 38.99% and a net margin of 37.92%.The firm had revenue of $109.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $106.96 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $2.81 EPS. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 21.8% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Alphabet Inc. will post 14.29 earnings per share for the current year.

Alphabet Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 15th. Investors of record on Monday, June 8th will be paid a $0.22 dividend. This is a boost from Alphabet’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 8th. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 6.41%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Alphabet

In other Alphabet news, major shareholder 2019 Gp L.L.C. Gv sold 87,475 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, May 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $23.75, for a total transaction of $2,077,531.25. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider John Kent Walker sold 8,993 shares of the stock in a transaction 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 owned 51,808 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $14,293,309.12. This represents a 14.79% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 226,481 shares of company stock valued at $27,422,061 in the last 90 days. Company insiders own 12.99% of the company’s stock.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Alphabet

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Tradewinds LLC. boosted its stake in shares of Alphabet by 2,134.8% in the third quarter. Tradewinds LLC. now owns 45,098 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $10,984,000 after buying an additional 43,080 shares during the period. Kathmere Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Alphabet by 8.5% during the 4th quarter. Kathmere Capital Management LLC now owns 29,896 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $9,381,000 after acquiring an additional 2,341 shares during the period. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp increased its stake in Alphabet by 31.3% during the 3rd quarter. Atlantic Union Bankshares Corp now owns 354,529 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $86,345,000 after acquiring an additional 84,553 shares during the period. Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc. raised its holdings in Alphabet by 0.9% in the 3rd quarter. Baltimore Washington Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 221,391 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $53,920,000 after acquiring an additional 2,009 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. raised its holdings in Alphabet by 7.5% in the 4th quarter. Newbridge Financial Services Group Inc. now owns 60,739 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $19,060,000 after acquiring an additional 4,239 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 27.26% of the company’s stock.

Alphabet Company 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.