Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ Reduces Holdings in Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ reduced its holdings in shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) by 2.2% in the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 2,611,769 shares of the information services provider’s stock after selling 57,740 shares during the quarter. Alphabet accounts for about 2.6% of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ’s holdings, making the stock its 7th biggest position. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $634,921,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently made changes to their positions in GOOGL. Delta Asset Management LLC TN increased its holdings in Alphabet by 0.6% during the 3rd quarter. Delta Asset Management LLC TN now owns 6,153 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $1,496,000 after purchasing an additional 37 shares in the last quarter. Matisse Capital boosted its position in shares of Alphabet by 0.3% during the third quarter. Matisse Capital now owns 14,814 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $3,601,000 after buying an additional 38 shares during the last quarter. Rialto Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in Alphabet by 1.7% during the third quarter. Rialto Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,226 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $541,000 after buying an additional 38 shares in the last quarter. Avid Wealth Partners LLC raised its position in Alphabet by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Avid Wealth Partners LLC now owns 2,714 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $660,000 after buying an additional 40 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Breakwater Investment Management lifted its stake in Alphabet by 1.0% during the 3rd quarter. Breakwater Investment Management now owns 4,228 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $1,028,000 after acquiring an additional 41 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 40.03% of the company’s stock.

Alphabet Trading Down 1.7%

Shares of GOOGL stock opened at $306.52 on Tuesday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.01, a current ratio of 2.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11. The firm has a market cap of $3.71 trillion, a P/E ratio of 28.36, a PEG ratio of 1.83 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a 50 day moving average of $320.92 and a 200-day moving average of $284.07. Alphabet Inc. has a 12-month low of $140.53 and a 12-month high of $349.00.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, February 4th. The information services provider reported $2.82 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.57 by $0.25. Alphabet had a return on equity of 35.01% and a net margin of 32.81%.The business had revenue of $113.83 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $111.24 billion. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Alphabet Inc. will post 8.9 earnings per share for the current year.

Alphabet Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 16th. Shareholders of record on Monday, March 9th will be 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 is Monday, March 9th. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 7.77%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

GOOGL has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Alphabet in a report on Wednesday, January 21st. Daiwa Securities Group raised their price target on shares of Alphabet from $333.00 to $380.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 10th. Tigress Financial set a $415.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet and gave the stock a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 19th. Loop Capital lifted their target price on shares of Alphabet from $320.00 to $355.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, February 23rd. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane assumed coverage on Alphabet in a research note on Monday, November 24th. They issued an “outperform” rating and a $355.00 target price on the stock. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-three have issued a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $366.57.

Insider Buying and Selling at Alphabet

In other Alphabet news, insider John Kent Walker sold 47,574 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $301.45, for a total transaction of $14,341,182.30. Following the sale, the insider owned 13,227 shares in the company, valued at $3,987,279.15. This represents a 78.25% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CAO Amie Thuener O’toole sold 2,778 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, December 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $312.30, for a total value of $867,569.40. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 8,962 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $2,798,832.60. The trade was a 23.66% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 2,111,426 shares of company stock worth $118,810,470 over the last three months. Company insiders own 11.55% of the company’s stock.

More Alphabet News

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Google Cloud remains a major growth engine — Q4 cloud revenue grew ~48%, underscoring ongoing monetization of AI/services and supporting long-term revenue expectations. Is Alphabet Stock a Buy?
• Positive Sentiment: Strategic partner deal: Rakuten’s cloud-native storage is now pre-integrated with Google Distributed Cloud Connected Servers — a win for GCP’s hybrid/cloud stack and channel adoption. MWC 2026: Rakuten Cloud-Native Storage Now Built into Google Distributed Cloud Connected Servers
• Positive Sentiment: Regulatory and sustainability progress: South Korea granted conditional approval to export high?precision map data (removing a long-standing barrier for Google Maps there) and Alphabet announced new clean?powered data centers with very large long?duration batteries — supporting geographic expansion and energy cost/ESG positioning. Alphabet’s Mapping Breakthrough And Clean Energy Push Reshape Growth Prospects
• Neutral Sentiment: Meta’s AI chip deals include large leases for Google TPUs — this can be incremental revenue for Google Cloud but also reflects shifting competitive dynamics in AI infrastructure. Meta AI Chip Deals Reshape Costs As Shares Trade Below Targets
• Neutral Sentiment: Short?interest data in recent filings are noisy/insignificant (report shows zero/NaN), so there’s no clear short?squeeze pressure driving today’s move. (Data appears unreliable.)
• Negative Sentiment: Rising investor caution on AI names: several pieces note that Wall Street’s sentiment toward AI stocks cooled in early March, contributing to portfolio trimming and share weakness in high?multiple tech names including Alphabet. 2 Top Artificial Intelligence Stocks to Buy Right Now
• Negative Sentiment: Capital spending outlook: coverage flagged Alphabet’s potential for materially higher capex (estimates pointing toward a sharp rise, cited as approaching ~$200B in 2025), which could pressure near?term margins and investor sentiment around free cash flow. Is Alphabet Stock a Buy?

Alphabet 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.