Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL Shares Sold by Focus Financial Network Inc.

Focus Financial Network Inc. decreased its position in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) by 2.1% during the 3rd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 88,182 shares of the information services provider’s stock after selling 1,893 shares during the quarter. Alphabet comprises 0.9% of Focus Financial Network Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 20th largest holding. Focus Financial Network Inc.’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $30,342,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Roberts Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Alphabet by 1.1% in the 3rd quarter. Roberts Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 11,474 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $3,948,000 after acquiring an additional 121 shares during the last quarter. ASK Capital Investment Managers LLC bought a new stake in shares of Alphabet in the 3rd quarter valued at $5,667,000. Q Fund Management Hong Kong Ltd raised its stake in Alphabet by 13,435.0% during the 3rd quarter. Q Fund Management Hong Kong Ltd now owns 27,070 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $9,314,000 after buying an additional 26,870 shares during the period. Citrine Capital LLC lifted its holdings in Alphabet by 3.0% during the third quarter. Citrine Capital LLC now owns 1,997 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $687,000 after acquiring an additional 59 shares in the last quarter. Finally, My Personal CFO LLC increased its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 13.5% in the third quarter. My Personal CFO LLC now owns 1,334 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $459,000 after acquiring an additional 159 shares in the last quarter. 40.03% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Activity at Alphabet

In other Alphabet news, CAO Marsida Saraci sold 449 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, July 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $333.20, for a total transaction of $149,606.80. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 27,386 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,125,015.20. The trade was a 1.61% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, 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 sale, the director owned 19,076 shares in the company, valued at $6,494,424.20. This represents a 0.43% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold a total of 441,399 shares of company stock valued at $8,677,053 in the last quarter. Insiders own 11.61% of the company’s stock.

Trending Headlines about Alphabet

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Google launched Gemini 4 Argon, a new frontier AI model for developers, businesses and paid users. The model includes expanded coding and knowledge-work capabilities, potentially strengthening Alphabet’s competitive position and supporting future Cloud and subscription revenue. Google launches flagship AI model Gemini 4 Argon for developers and businesses
• Positive Sentiment: UBS raised its Alphabet price target, while BNP Paribas reportedly lifted its target to $450 based partly on the outlook for Alphabet’s in-house Tensor Processing Units. Analysts see potential for the chip business to become a significant revenue opportunity. Alphabet target bumped to $450 at BNP Paribas on TPU outlook
• Positive Sentiment: American Electric Power plans to invest approximately $4 billion in Wyoming fuel-cell generation to serve Google’s growing electricity demand. The project supports Alphabet’s expanding data-center and AI infrastructure capacity, although it also highlights the significant cost of scaling AI. American Electric Power to invest $4 billion fuel-cell project to power Google
• Neutral Sentiment: Alphabet’s Google DeepMind and Google Cloud will give European researchers access to frontier AI models, potentially improving research adoption and ecosystem influence. Meanwhile, the European Commission said it remains in dialogue with Google, leaving regulatory implications unclear.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms publicized a securities class action covering investors who purchased Alphabet shares between May 19 and July 16, 2026. The lawsuit alleges Alphabet misrepresented delays and training problems involving the Gemini 3.5 Pro launch after a subsequent stock decline. The repeated notices increase headline, litigation and reputational risk, although they do not represent new findings of liability. Alphabet AI issues and subsequent stock drop trigger securities-fraud class action
• Negative Sentiment: Investor commentary also flagged heavy AI capital spending and the gap between operating cash flow and free cash flow, reinforcing concerns that data-center expansion could pressure near-term cash generation despite strong reported earnings.

Alphabet Trading Down 1.7%

GOOGL stock opened at $347.64 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a quick ratio of 2.64 and a current ratio of 2.72. The company has a market capitalization of $4.25 trillion, a PE ratio of 17.46, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.02 and a beta of 1.21. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $344.71 and its 200 day simple moving average is $350.87. Alphabet Inc. has a 52 week low of $244.15 and a 52 week high of $408.61.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 22nd. The information services provider reported $9.11 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.89 by $6.22. The firm had revenue of $119.80 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $117.07 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 51.32% and a net margin of 54.77%. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Alphabet Inc. will post 20.54 earnings per share for the current year.

Alphabet Dividend Announcement

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

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently issued reports on GOOGL. DA Davidson set a $350.00 target price on Alphabet and gave the stock a “neutral” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Barclays reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $425.00 price target (up from $405.00) on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $420.00 target price on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Monday. Piper Sandler lifted their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $395.00 to $400.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Monday, September 28th. Finally, Freedom Capital raised shares of Alphabet from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have issued a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Alphabet currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $425.74.

Alphabet Company 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.