Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL Stock: Koa Wealth Management LLC Increases Position

Koa Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) by 5.5% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 33,482 shares of the information services provider’s stock after buying an additional 1,741 shares during the period. Alphabet accounts for about 7.8% of Koa Wealth Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 3rd biggest holding. Koa Wealth Management LLC’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $11,520,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in GOOGL. First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. lifted its stake in Alphabet by 86.7% in the 3rd quarter. First Citizens Bank & Trust Co. now owns 227,361 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $78,230,000 after purchasing an additional 105,563 shares in the last quarter. Roberts Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its position in shares of Alphabet by 1.1% during the third quarter. Roberts Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 11,474 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $3,948,000 after buying an additional 121 shares during the period. ASK Capital Investment Managers LLC acquired a new stake in Alphabet during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $5,667,000. Q Fund Management Hong Kong Ltd boosted its stake in shares of Alphabet by 13,435.0% in the 3rd quarter. Q Fund Management Hong Kong Ltd now owns 27,070 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $9,314,000 after buying an additional 26,870 shares during the period. Finally, Citrine Capital LLC grew its holdings in Alphabet by 3.0% during the 3rd 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. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 40.03% 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.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have weighed in on GOOGL. Wedbush reissued an “outperform” rating and set a $445.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Tigress Financial reaffirmed a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $485.00 target price (up from $415.00) on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Thursday, September 17th. Zacks Research lowered shares of Alphabet from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday, August 11th. Freedom Capital raised shares of Alphabet from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Finally, Piper Sandler upped their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $395.00 to $400.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research note on Monday, September 28th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have given a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $425.74.

Insider Activity

In related news, CAO Marsida Saraci sold 449 shares of Alphabet stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $333.20, for a total value of $149,606.80. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer directly owned 27,386 shares in the company, valued at $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 Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, major shareholder 2019 Gp L.L.C. Gv sold 118,138 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 28th. The shares were sold at an average price of $18.90, for a total transaction of $2,232,808.20. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold 441,399 shares of company stock valued at $8,677,053 in the last three months. 11.61% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Alphabet Stock Performance

NASDAQ GOOGL opened at $347.64 on Thursday. The firm has a market cap of $4.25 trillion, a P/E ratio of 17.46, a P/E/G ratio of 1.02 and a beta of 1.21. Alphabet Inc. has a 52-week low of $244.15 and a 52-week high of $408.61. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $344.71 and its 200 day moving average price is $350.87. The company has a quick ratio of 2.64, a current ratio of 2.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 22nd. The information services provider reported $9.11 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.89 by $6.22. Alphabet had a return on equity of 51.32% and a net margin of 54.77%. The firm had revenue of $119.80 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $117.07 billion. On average, equities research analysts expect that Alphabet Inc. will post 20.54 earnings per share for the current year.

Alphabet Announces Dividend

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

About Alphabet

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.