Bravias Capital Group LLC Takes $617,000 Position in Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL

Bravias Capital Group LLC bought a new position in shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 2,536 shares of the information services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $617,000.

Several other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of GOOGL. Truist Financial Corp raised its stake in shares of Alphabet by 2.3% in the 2nd quarter. Truist Financial Corp now owns 2,546,012 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $448,684,000 after purchasing an additional 56,295 shares during the period. Alaethes Wealth LLC grew its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 1.1% during the first quarter. Alaethes Wealth LLC now owns 7,646 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $1,182,000 after buying an additional 84 shares in the last quarter. Moment Partners LLC raised its position in Alphabet by 9.3% in the 2nd quarter. Moment Partners LLC now owns 5,896 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $1,039,000 after buying an additional 504 shares during the last quarter. Welch Group LLC lifted its stake in Alphabet by 4.0% in the 2nd quarter. Welch Group LLC now owns 64,262 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $11,325,000 after acquiring an additional 2,467 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Brooktree Capital Management bought a new stake in Alphabet in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $352,000. 40.03% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

More Alphabet News

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strong AI hardware strategy and sentiment shift — Coverage argues Alphabet’s custom AI chip/TPU roadmap and clearer monetization plans are reshaping investor expectations and could drive a breakout toward new highs as AI spending accelerates. Alphabet Stock Eyes Breakout Above All-Time High
• Positive Sentiment: Cloud + Gemini monetization pickup — Analysts and commentators highlight that Google Cloud’s AI product rollout (Gemini integration, Overviews, enterprise AI services) is reaching an inflection point, improving revenue mix and margins for 2026. Alphabet’s AI Cloud Moment May Finally Be Here
• Positive Sentiment: Distribution scale via partners — Samsung plans to double the number of devices running Google’s Gemini features to ~800M units this year, a large-scale distribution win that supports mobile AI adoption and ad/Cloud engagement. Samsung to double mobile devices powered by Google’s Gemini
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst upgrades and price‑target lifts — Argus raised its price target to $365 (buy), and MarketBeat/other outlets show broad bullish analyst revisions heading into 2026, supporting upside expectations and institutional inflows. Argus adjusts price target on Alphabet to $365
• Positive Sentiment: Broader bullish repositioning into AI leaders — MarketBeat pieces highlight Alphabet among the most‑upgraded/rewired tech names for 2026, reflecting momentum in analyst sentiment and flows that favor AI/cloud leaders. 5 Stocks Wall Street Repriced Higher Heading Into 2026
• Neutral Sentiment: Defense and energy partnerships alter investment profile — Coverage notes Alphabet’s Pentagon‑backed AI work and an Intersect Power deal, which can broaden revenue sources but also adds defense exposure and ESG/government contracting complexity. Impact is mixed for multiples and investor cohorts. How Alphabet’s Pentagon‑Backed AI Push and Intersect Power Deal Has Changed Its Investment Story
• Negative Sentiment: Local legal/regulatory noise — Indonesian prosecutors filed graft charges linked to laptop procurement tied to Google; while not a company‑level financial shock, such cases add regional legal risk and headline volatility that can sap risk appetite short‑term. Ex-Indonesian minister faces graft charges over Google laptop

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

GOOGL has been the topic of a number of recent research reports. President Capital lifted their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $258.00 to $323.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, November 6th. CIBC raised their target price on shares of Alphabet to $315.00 in a research report on Monday, October 20th. Loop Capital raised shares of Alphabet from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $260.00 to $320.00 in a research report on Tuesday, November 18th. Sanford C. Bernstein raised their price objective on Alphabet from $260.00 to $305.00 and gave the company a “market perform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Wedbush reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $350.00 target price (up previously from $320.00) on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Friday, December 19th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-two have assigned a Buy rating and six have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $320.12.

Insider Activity

In other Alphabet news, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $283.48, for a total value of $9,213,100.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,337,119 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $662,526,494.12. This represents a 1.37% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CAO Amie Thuener O’toole sold 2,778 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $288.26, for a total value of $800,786.28. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 11,739 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,383,884.14. This represents a 19.14% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 192,687 shares of company stock valued at $56,255,711 over the last ninety days. 11.55% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Alphabet Trading Down 0.7%

Alphabet stock opened at $314.43 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $303.41 and a 200 day simple moving average of $246.53. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.79 trillion, a P/E ratio of 31.01, a PEG ratio of 1.75 and a beta of 1.08. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 1.75 and a current ratio of 1.75. Alphabet Inc. has a 52 week low of $140.53 and a 52 week high of $328.83.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 29th. The information services provider reported $2.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.29 by $0.58. Alphabet had a return on equity of 35.00% and a net margin of 32.23%.The company had revenue of $102.35 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $99.90 billion. Analysts expect that Alphabet Inc. will post 8.9 earnings per share for the current year.

Alphabet Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 8th were issued a $0.21 dividend. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 8th. Alphabet’s payout ratio is currently 8.28%.

Alphabet Company Profile

Alphabet Inc is the holding company created in 2015 to organize Google and a portfolio of businesses developing technologies beyond Google’s core internet services. Its principal operations are led by Google, which builds and operates consumer-facing products such as Google Search, YouTube, Android, Chrome, Gmail, Google Maps and Google Workspace, as well as advertising platforms (Google Ads and AdSense) that historically generate the majority of its revenue. Google also develops consumer hardware (Pixel phones, Nest smart-home devices, Chromecast) and developer and distribution platforms such as Google Play.

Beyond Google’s consumer and advertising businesses, Alphabet invests in enterprise and infrastructure offerings through Google Cloud, which provides cloud computing, data analytics and productivity services to businesses and institutions.