3,851 Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL Shares Purchased by Investment Partners LTD.

Investment Partners LTD. lifted its holdings in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) by 57.7% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 10,529 shares of the information services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 3,851 shares during the quarter. Investment Partners LTD.’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $3,622,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in GOOGL. State Street Corp raised its position in Alphabet by 5.6% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 238,977,259 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $85,403,303,000 after purchasing an additional 12,718,127 shares during the period. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership lifted its stake in Alphabet by 90.9% in the first quarter. Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership now owns 17,040,373 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $4,900,078,000 after purchasing an additional 8,112,680 shares during the last quarter. Amundi lifted its stake in Alphabet by 12.7% in the first quarter. Amundi now owns 31,745,979 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $9,128,850,000 after purchasing an additional 3,574,810 shares during the last quarter. Jupiter Topco LLC purchased a new stake in Alphabet during the second quarter valued at about $1,058,385,000. Finally, Nykredit A S purchased a new stake in Alphabet during the second quarter valued at about $1,004,749,000. 40.03% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In related news, Director Frances Arnold sold 83 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $340.45, for a total value of $28,257.35. Following the sale, the director directly owned 19,076 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $6,494,424.20. This trade represents a 0.43% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Insiders sold 247 shares of company stock valued at $79,238 over the last quarter. 11.61% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Alphabet Stock Performance

Shares of GOOGL opened at $284.78 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.50 trillion, a P/E ratio of 14.86, a PEG ratio of 0.86 and a beta of 1.23. Alphabet Inc. has a twelve month low of $270.70 and a twelve month high of $408.61. The company has a quick ratio of 2.69, a current ratio of 2.79 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $332.93 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $338.97.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 28th. The information services provider reported $2.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.02 by ($0.90). The firm had revenue of $127.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $127.96 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 50.03% and a return on equity of 43.33%. On average, research analysts anticipate that Alphabet Inc. will post 19.86 EPS for the current year.

Alphabet Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 14th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 7th will be issued a dividend of $0.22 per share. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 7th. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio is currently 4.59%.

More Alphabet News

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Google is acquiring a Wyoming data-center site from Crusoe as it expands capacity for AI workloads. The purchase supports Alphabet’s push to secure infrastructure it might otherwise lease; a broader Wyoming project has been reported at about $17 billion, with Google saying it will cover the facility’s power costs. Reuters article
• Positive Sentiment: Alphabet’s Wing plans to invest up to $125 million over two years in a Fort Worth manufacturing facility capable of producing tens of thousands of delivery drones annually. The investment could help scale Wing’s commercial operations, though it requires substantial upfront spending. Wall Street Journal article
• Neutral Sentiment: Google plans to double prices for paid input, output and context-caching on its Gemini 3.8 and 3.6 Flash APIs starting January 1, 2027. Higher pricing could improve monetization, but its effect on customer demand is uncertain. Yahoo Finance article
• Negative Sentiment: Alphabet faces renewed investor scrutiny over a securities class action alleging misleading statements during May–July 2026. The claims are allegations, not findings, but could add legal and reputational risk; multiple law-firm notices largely repeat the same case. PR Newswire article
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned about uncertainty around data-center regulation and the scale of AI capital spending. A separate lawsuit also alleges safety harms involving Google’s AI on a school Chromebook, adding potential reputational and legal exposure. Reuters article

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Citigroup reduced their price objective on Alphabet from $447.00 to $375.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Friday, October 30th. Yorkville Ives began coverage on Alphabet in a research note on Monday, October 5th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $400.00 target price for the company. Wall Street Zen cut Alphabet from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Saturday, August 1st. Piper Sandler set a $345.00 target price on Alphabet and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, October 29th. Finally, Evercore restated an “outperform” rating and set a $450.00 price target on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Wednesday, September 16th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-five have given a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Alphabet has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of $412.51.

Alphabet Company Profile

Alphabet Inc is a technology holding company whose largest business is Google. Founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google became part of Alphabet when the company reorganized its businesses under the holding-company structure in 2015.

Google’s products and services include Search, YouTube, Android, Chrome, Google Maps, Google Play and Google Cloud. The company also generates revenue from digital advertising and offers devices, subscriptions and artificial intelligence products and services.

Alphabet serves consumers, businesses and organizations around the world.