Alphabet Inc. $GOOG Holdings Trimmed by M. Kraus & Co

M. Kraus & Co trimmed its holdings in shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) by 1.7% during the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 102,233 shares of the information services provider’s stock after selling 1,780 shares during the period. Alphabet makes up about 6.9% of M. Kraus & Co’s holdings, making the stock its 2nd biggest position. M. Kraus & Co’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $24,899,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. IFS Advisors LLC increased its position in Alphabet by 400.0% in the 2nd quarter. IFS Advisors LLC now owns 150 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 120 shares during the last quarter. Robbins Farley grew its position in shares of Alphabet by 60.0% in the second quarter. Robbins Farley now owns 160 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $28,000 after purchasing an additional 60 shares during the last quarter. WestEnd Advisors LLC raised its stake in Alphabet by 58.7% during the 2nd quarter. WestEnd Advisors LLC now owns 165 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $29,000 after purchasing an additional 61 shares during the last quarter. Fairman Group LLC raised its position in shares of Alphabet by 121.3% during the second quarter. Fairman Group LLC now owns 177 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $31,000 after buying an additional 97 shares during the last quarter. Finally, University of Illinois Foundation acquired a new position in Alphabet in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 27.26% of the company’s stock.

Alphabet Trading Down 0.1%

GOOG stock opened at $315.47 on Thursday. Alphabet Inc. has a 52 week low of $142.66 and a 52 week high of $328.67. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $293.83 and its 200 day simple moving average is $238.02. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 1.75 and a current ratio of 1.75. The company has a market capitalization of $3.81 trillion, a PE ratio of 31.11, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.82 and a beta of 1.07.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, October 30th. The information services provider reported $2.87 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.29 by $0.58. The firm had revenue of $102.35 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $99.90 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 32.23% and a return on equity of 35.00%. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 15.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $2.12 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Alphabet Inc. will post 8.89 earnings per share for the current year.

Alphabet Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 15th. Investors of record on Monday, December 8th were paid a dividend of $0.21 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 8th. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.3%. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 8.28%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CAO Amie Thuener O’toole sold 2,778 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, October 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $250.05, for a total value of $694,638.90. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 14,516 shares in the company, valued at $3,629,725.80. This represents a 16.06% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, October 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $250.15, for a total value of $8,129,875.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,369,619 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $592,760,192.85. This trade represents a 1.35% decrease in their position. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last three months, insiders have sold 228,906 shares of company stock worth $63,984,117. Corporate insiders own 12.99% of the company’s stock.

Key Stores Impacting Alphabet

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Alphabet agreed to buy Intersect Power for roughly $4.75B to secure clean energy and data‑center build capacity — a strategic, near‑term solution to power constraints for AI workloads that supports faster cloud/AI deployments and reduces execution risk on capacity. Intersect acquisition
• Positive Sentiment: Google Cloud momentum: analysts and reports point to strong enterprise AI demand, a large backlog (~$155B reported) and major security deals (multi‑year Palo Alto tie‑ups) that underpin durable revenue and margin upside for the cloud business. Google Cloud outlook
• Neutral Sentiment: Market/analyst positioning: several firms reiterated or raised targets and ratings (BMO, Citi, others), and MarketBeat frames the recent pullback as consolidation not trend breakdown — supports longer‑term investor conviction but is less likely to trigger sharp moves absent new fundamentals. Analyst sentiment & pullback
• Neutral Sentiment: Nvidia licensed Groq tech and hired Groq engineers — important for AI chip competition and infra dynamics but only an indirect/medium‑term factor for Alphabet (affects cloud GPU/TPU competitive landscape). Nvidia-Groq deal
• Negative Sentiment: Waymo operational issue: a San Francisco power outage stalled robotaxis, prompting fleetwide software updates and a regulator review — a reputational and regulatory risk that could slow commercialization timelines or invite oversight. Waymo outage & response
• Negative Sentiment: Short interest has risen materially in December (roughly +34.8% from late November to ~56.15M shares as of Dec. 15), which increases downside pressure and could amplify volatility on negative headlines or weak tape days.
• Negative Sentiment: Legal risk: a high‑profile suit alleges unlawful use of copyrighted material to train AI models (plaintiff includes NYT reporter John Carreyrou) — a sector‑wide legal exposure that could produce litigation costs or constraints on model training practices. NYT reporter lawsuit

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of brokerages have commented on GOOG. Guggenheim restated a “buy” rating and set a $375.00 price target on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Monday, December 1st. Sanford C. Bernstein increased their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $260.00 to $305.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 30th. DA Davidson set a $300.00 target price on Alphabet in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. Scotiabank set a $336.00 target price on shares of Alphabet and gave the stock a “sector outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a $330.00 price target on shares of Alphabet in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have assigned a Buy rating, three have issued a Hold rating and two have issued a Sell rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $313.04.

Alphabet 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.