Embree Financial Group Has $3.49 Million Holdings in Alphabet Inc. $GOOG

Embree Financial Group lessened its position in shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) by 16.3% in the fourth quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 11,117 shares of the information services provider’s stock after selling 2,166 shares during the period. Embree Financial Group’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $3,488,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. State Street Corp grew its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 1.3% during the second quarter. State Street Corp now owns 188,914,125 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $33,511,477,000 after buying an additional 2,428,266 shares in the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted its stake in Alphabet by 8.6% in the 3rd quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 99,529,742 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $24,240,469,000 after acquiring an additional 7,904,434 shares in the last quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. lifted its stake in Alphabet by 5.8% in the 3rd quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 40,032,291 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $9,749,864,000 after acquiring an additional 2,209,203 shares in the last quarter. Legal & General Group Plc boosted its position in Alphabet by 0.7% during the 3rd quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 32,583,332 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $7,935,671,000 after acquiring an additional 223,743 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Capital World Investors grew its stake in shares of Alphabet by 1.9% during the 3rd quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 28,625,464 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $6,971,769,000 after acquiring an additional 539,679 shares in the last quarter. 27.26% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Key Stories Impacting Alphabet

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Google rolled out Gemma 4, a new open-source AI model family that reinforces Google’s AI leadership and developer ecosystem—positive for long‑term cloud and AI monetization. Google Introduces Gemma 4
• Positive Sentiment: Market commentary highlights Google’s TurboQuant memory/compression advances as a potential efficiency and performance edge for large models — this can improve margins on AI workloads over time. Google’s TurboQuant Breakthrough
• Positive Sentiment: Needham and other firms continue to voice bullishness (Needham reiterated a Buy with a high price target), keeping analyst sentiment supportive for upside once market focus returns to fundamentals. Needham Reiterates Buy
• Neutral Sentiment: Wells Fargo kept an Overweight stance on Alphabet but trimmed price targets — signals confidence in the story but slightly cooler near‑term expectations. Wells Fargo Keeps Overweight, Cuts PTs
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader market flows and ETF activity (SPY/QQQ/VTI moves) have amplified Alphabet’s intraday swings — i.e., macro risk‑on/off and large‑cap index moves remain an execution risk for short‑term price action. SPY/ETF Context
• Negative Sentiment: Amie Thuener O’Toole, Alphabet’s principal accounting officer, is leaving to become Broadcom’s CFO — the loss of a senior finance leader creates short‑term execution and transition risk. Broadcom Taps Alphabet Executive as CFO (Reuters)
• Negative Sentiment: Semianalysis’ CEO warned that Google’s free cash flow could be driven to near zero next year by heavy AI capex — a reminder that aggressive infrastructure spending may pressure near‑term cash flow and valuation multiples. Semianalysis CEO: FCF Hit by AI CapEx
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling by senior executives (recent sales reported for John Kent Walker and others) can weigh on sentiment, especially with elevated market sensitivity to insider activity. Insider Sale: John Kent Walker

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, Director Frances Arnold sold 112 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $302.99, for a total value of $33,934.88. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 18,418 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,580,469.82. This trade represents a 0.60% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of Alphabet stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 18th. The stock was sold at an average price of $307.89, for a total value of $10,006,425.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 1,642,060 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $505,573,853.40. The trade was a 1.94% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold 2,101,227 shares of company stock worth $114,969,050 in the last 90 days. 12.99% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Scotiabank reiterated an “outperform” rating and issued a $400.00 price objective (up from $375.00) on shares of Alphabet in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and issued a $365.00 target price on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Monday, January 5th. DZ Bank upgraded shares of Alphabet to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, February 16th. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued a “market perform” rating and set a $345.00 price target on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Oppenheimer restated an “outperform” rating and set a $360.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have assigned a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $345.71.

Alphabet Price Performance

NASDAQ:GOOG opened at $294.46 on Friday. Alphabet Inc. has a 1-year low of $142.66 and a 1-year high of $350.15. The company has a current ratio of 2.01, a quick ratio of 2.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $309.68 and a 200 day simple moving average of $296.30. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.56 trillion, a PE ratio of 27.24, a P/E/G ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 1.13.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The information services provider reported $2.82 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.59 by $0.23. The firm had revenue of $113.83 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $111.24 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 32.81% and a return on equity of 35.01%. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 18.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $2.15 earnings per share. On average, research analysts expect that Alphabet Inc. will post 8.89 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Alphabet Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 9th were paid a dividend of $0.21 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 9th. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.3%. Alphabet’s payout ratio is currently 7.77%.

Alphabet Company Profile

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) is a multinational technology holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California. Formed in 2015 through a corporate restructuring of Google, Alphabet serves as the parent to Google LLC and a portfolio of businesses collectively known as “Other Bets.” Google was originally founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin; Alphabet is led by CEO Sundar Pichai, who oversees Google and the broader company while the founders remain prominent shareholders and influential figures in the company’s history.

Alphabet’s core business centers on internet search and advertising, with Google Search and the company’s ad platforms (including Google Ads and AdSense) generating the majority of revenue by connecting advertisers with consumers worldwide.