Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL Holdings Increased by Northstar Advisory Group LLC

Northstar Advisory Group LLC grew its holdings in shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) by 170.1% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 26,480 shares of the information services provider’s stock after buying an additional 16,678 shares during the quarter. Alphabet accounts for approximately 2.9% of Northstar Advisory Group LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 7th biggest holding. Northstar Advisory Group LLC’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $8,288,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. PMV Capital Advisers LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the 4th quarter valued at about $38,000. Pilgrim Partners Asia Pte Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the 3rd quarter valued at about $53,000. iSAM Funds UK Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the 3rd quarter valued at about $53,000. Corsicana & Co. purchased a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the 3rd quarter valued at about $54,000. Finally, Vermillion & White Wealth Management Group LLC raised its position in shares of Alphabet by 37.9% during the 2nd quarter. Vermillion & White Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 324 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $57,000 after buying an additional 89 shares in the last quarter. 40.03% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Alphabet Price Performance

Shares of GOOGL stock opened at $299.99 on Tuesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a current ratio of 2.01 and a quick ratio of 2.01. The company has a market capitalization of $3.63 trillion, a P/E ratio of 27.75, a P/E/G ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 1.12. The company’s 50-day simple moving average is $308.62 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $297.26. Alphabet Inc. has a one year low of $140.53 and a one year high of $349.00.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, February 4th. The information services provider reported $2.82 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.57 by $0.25. The business had revenue of $113.83 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $111.24 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 32.81% and a return on equity of 35.01%. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Alphabet Inc. will post 8.9 EPS for the current year.

Alphabet Dividend Announcement

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

Key Headlines Impacting Alphabet

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Long-term Broadcom deal to build and supply custom AI chips through 2031 secures a multi-year supply path for Google’s next‑generation AI racks, lowering hardware risk for Google Cloud/AI scaling and supporting product rollout plans. Broadcom signs long-term deal to develop Google’s custom AI chips
• Positive Sentiment: A Wall Street analyst reaffirmed a constructive outlook on Alphabet, helping investor sentiment despite unit‑level challenges (notably in autonomous driving), which supports near‑term buying interest. Wall Street analyst updates Google stock price target
• Positive Sentiment: Alphabet stands to realize a sizeable paper gain from its early SpaceX stake if the IPO proceeds at reported valuations, an upside that can underpin long‑term investor thesis. 2 Stocks About To Make a Killing on the SpaceX IPO
• Neutral Sentiment: Broadcom’s expanded arrangement also includes providing computing capacity to Anthropic using Google’s AI processors — this could generate cloud‑revenue or cost recovery opportunities but also helps a competing AI vendor scale. Broadcom agrees to expanded chip deals with Google, Anthropic
• Neutral Sentiment: Intel’s push into advanced chip packaging and talks with cloud providers could reshape the supply chain and introduce new competition/partners for AI infrastructure; this is a sector development to monitor. Intel Targets Amazon, Google on AI Chip Packaging
• Neutral Sentiment: Analyst/opinion pieces highlighting Alphabet’s ~27x P/E and earnings outlook provide supportive narrative for value‑oriented investors but are commentary rather than new fundamentals. Alphabet: Why Strong Money Likes It At 27x P/E
• Negative Sentiment: Wells Fargo trimmed its price target on Alphabet, signaling some analyst caution that can weigh on sentiment even if the new target remains above current levels. Wells Fargo & Company Cuts Alphabet Price Target
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling by Alphabet’s CAO was reported, a small but negative signal investors watch for timing and magnitude. Insider Selling: Alphabet CAO Sells Stock
• Negative Sentiment: Shareholder pressure and community opposition over water and power use have already led to abandoned data‑center projects; environmental and permitting risks could raise costs or delay capacity expansion. Investors press Amazon, Microsoft and Google on water, power use

Insider Activity at Alphabet

In other news, Director John L. Hennessy sold 1,050 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $303.41, for a total transaction of $318,580.50. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 4,631 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,405,091.71. This trade represents a 18.48% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider John Kent Walker sold 47,574 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, February 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $301.45, for a total transaction of $14,341,182.30. Following the transaction, the insider owned 13,227 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,987,279.15. This represents a 78.25% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 2,101,844 shares of company stock valued at $115,147,751 over the last 90 days. 11.64% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several analysts have recently issued reports on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus restated a “buy” rating and set a $395.00 target price (up from $346.00) on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Raymond James Financial upgraded shares of Alphabet from a “moderate buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Thursday, January 22nd. Daiwa Securities Group upped their price target on shares of Alphabet from $333.00 to $380.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. Moffett Nathanson upped their price target on shares of Alphabet from $305.00 to $350.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Barclays reiterated an “overweight” rating and set a $360.00 price target (up from $315.00) on shares of Alphabet in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-four have assigned a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $367.33.

About Alphabet

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.