Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL Stock Position Lessened by Moss Adams Wealth Advisors LLC

Moss Adams Wealth Advisors LLC decreased its position in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) by 9.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 38,977 shares of the information services provider’s stock after selling 4,036 shares during the period. Alphabet comprises approximately 0.9% of Moss Adams Wealth Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 16th biggest holding. Moss Adams Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $13,411,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Strategic Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Alphabet by 6.0% in the 1st quarter. Strategic Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 477 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $137,000 after acquiring an additional 27 shares during the last quarter. Rockbridge Investment Management LCC increased its position in shares of Alphabet by 0.5% in the first quarter. Rockbridge Investment Management LCC now owns 5,460 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $1,570,000 after acquiring an additional 27 shares during the period. Ruggaard & Associates LLC increased its position in shares of Alphabet by 0.9% in the first quarter. Ruggaard & Associates LLC now owns 2,921 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $840,000 after acquiring an additional 27 shares during the period. Cadia Private Client LLC increased its position in shares of Alphabet by 1.1% in the first quarter. Cadia Private Client LLC now owns 2,589 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $744,000 after acquiring an additional 28 shares during the period. Finally, Evansbrook LLC raised its stake in shares of Alphabet by 0.3% during the first quarter. Evansbrook LLC now owns 9,522 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $2,738,000 after acquiring an additional 28 shares during the last quarter. 40.03% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Alphabet

In related news, Director Frances Arnold sold 83 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $340.45, for a total value of $28,257.35. Following the completion of the transaction, the director directly owned 19,076 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,494,424.20. This represents a 0.43% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Insiders have sold 247 shares of company stock valued at $79,238 over the last ninety days. 11.61% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

More Alphabet News

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Google is acquiring a Wyoming data-center site from Crusoe as it expands capacity for AI workloads. The purchase supports Alphabet’s push to secure infrastructure it might otherwise lease; a broader Wyoming project has been reported at about $17 billion, with Google saying it will cover the facility’s power costs. Reuters article
• Positive Sentiment: Alphabet’s Wing plans to invest up to $125 million over two years in a Fort Worth manufacturing facility capable of producing tens of thousands of delivery drones annually. The investment could help scale Wing’s commercial operations, though it requires substantial upfront spending. Wall Street Journal article
• Neutral Sentiment: Google plans to double prices for paid input, output and context-caching on its Gemini 3.8 and 3.6 Flash APIs starting January 1, 2027. Higher pricing could improve monetization, but its effect on customer demand is uncertain. Yahoo Finance article
• Negative Sentiment: Alphabet faces renewed investor scrutiny over a securities class action alleging misleading statements during May–July 2026. The claims are allegations, not findings, but could add legal and reputational risk; multiple law-firm notices largely repeat the same case. PR Newswire article
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned about uncertainty around data-center regulation and the scale of AI capital spending. A separate lawsuit also alleges safety harms involving Google’s AI on a school Chromebook, adding potential reputational and legal exposure. Reuters article

Alphabet Price Performance

Shares of Alphabet stock opened at $284.78 on Monday. The company has a current ratio of 2.79, a quick ratio of 2.69 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19. The company’s fifty day simple moving average is $332.93 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $338.97. The company has a market cap of $3.50 trillion, a P/E ratio of 14.86, a PEG ratio of 0.86 and a beta of 1.23. Alphabet Inc. has a 12-month low of $270.70 and a 12-month high of $408.61.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October 28th. The information services provider reported $2.12 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $3.02 by ($0.90). Alphabet had a return on equity of 43.33% and a net margin of 50.03%. The company had revenue of $127.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $127.96 billion. Research analysts anticipate that Alphabet Inc. will post 19.86 EPS for the current year.

Alphabet Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 14th. Investors of record on Monday, December 7th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 7th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.3%. Alphabet’s payout ratio is currently 4.59%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on GOOGL. Royal Bank Of Canada dropped their target price on shares of Alphabet from $425.00 to $400.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, October 29th. Tigress Financial reissued a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $485.00 target price (up from $415.00) on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Thursday, September 17th. Wall Street Zen downgraded Alphabet from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, August 1st. Moffett Nathanson set a $345.00 price target on Alphabet in a research report on Thursday, October 29th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on Alphabet from $420.00 to $425.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, October 15th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-five have assigned a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Alphabet has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $412.51.

Alphabet Company Profile

Alphabet Inc is a technology holding company whose largest business is Google. Founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google became part of Alphabet when the company reorganized its businesses under the holding-company structure in 2015.

Google’s products and services include Search, YouTube, Android, Chrome, Google Maps, Google Play and Google Cloud. The company also generates revenue from digital advertising and offers devices, subscriptions and artificial intelligence products and services.

Alphabet serves consumers, businesses and organizations around the world.