Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL Shares Sold by LS Investment Advisors LLC

LS Investment Advisors LLC trimmed its holdings in shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) by 6.6% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 63,793 shares of the information services provider’s stock after selling 4,513 shares during the period. Alphabet comprises 2.2% of LS Investment Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 14th biggest holding. LS Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $15,508,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of GOOGL. Sage Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Alphabet by 57.8% during the third quarter. Sage Advisors LLC now owns 2,394 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $582,000 after acquiring an additional 877 shares during the period. River Street Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in Alphabet by 1.8% in the third quarter. River Street Advisors LLC now owns 19,600 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $4,765,000 after acquiring an additional 353 shares during the period. O ROURKE & COMPANY Inc boosted its position in shares of Alphabet by 5.5% during the 3rd quarter. O ROURKE & COMPANY Inc now owns 17,947 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $4,363,000 after purchasing an additional 935 shares in the last quarter. Summit Financial Strategies Inc. grew its stake in shares of Alphabet by 0.8% during the 3rd quarter. Summit Financial Strategies Inc. now owns 6,978 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $1,696,000 after purchasing an additional 54 shares during the period. Finally, Investment Research & Advisory Group Inc. grew its stake in shares of Alphabet by 0.4% during the 3rd quarter. Investment Research & Advisory Group Inc. now owns 42,917 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $10,478,000 after purchasing an additional 179 shares during the period. 40.03% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity at Alphabet

In other Alphabet news, CAO Amie Thuener O’toole sold 2,778 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, December 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $312.30, for a total value of $867,569.40. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 8,962 shares in the company, valued at approximately $2,798,832.60. This represents a 23.66% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, November 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $283.48, for a total transaction of $9,213,100.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,337,119 shares in the company, valued at $662,526,494.12. This represents a 1.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders sold 189,309 shares of company stock valued at $57,724,770. 11.64% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts recently commented on the stock. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft raised their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $260.00 to $340.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Mizuho set a $365.00 target price on shares of Alphabet and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, January 9th. Citic Securities lifted their price target on shares of Alphabet from $230.00 to $310.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, November 3rd. Evercore ISI upped their price target on Alphabet from $300.00 to $325.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $365.00 price objective (up from $330.00) on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Thursday, December 11th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-five have assigned a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $326.31.

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Alphabet Trading Down 0.0%

Shares of GOOGL opened at $335.84 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a current ratio of 1.75 and a quick ratio of 1.75. Alphabet Inc. has a 1-year low of $140.53 and a 1-year high of $340.49. The stock has a market cap of $4.05 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 33.12, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 1.08. The firm has a 50 day simple moving average of $309.35 and a 200-day simple moving average of $252.67.

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

Alphabet Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 15th. Investors of record on Monday, December 8th were given a dividend of $0.21 per share. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, December 8th. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) 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.