Mill Capital Management LLC decreased its holdings in shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG – Free Report) by 3.0% in the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund owned 331,724 shares of the information services provider’s stock after selling 10,112 shares during the quarter. Alphabet makes up about 7.2% of Mill Capital Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 3rd biggest holding. Mill Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $95,158,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in GOOG. Nvest Wealth Strategies Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the 4th quarter worth about $38,000. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. purchased a new position in Alphabet during the fourth quarter worth about $38,000. Imprint Wealth LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the third quarter valued at about $31,000. Bard Associates Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the fourth quarter valued at about $41,000. Finally, Towne Trust Company N.A raised its stake in shares of Alphabet by 34.0% in the 4th quarter. Towne Trust Company N.A now owns 134 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $42,000 after acquiring an additional 34 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 27.26% of the company’s stock.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other news, major shareholder 2019 Gp L.L.C. Gv sold 87,475 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $23.75, for a total transaction of $2,077,531.25. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, insider John Kent Walker sold 8,998 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $349.29, for a total transaction of $3,142,911.42. Following the sale, the insider owned 75,290 shares in the company, valued at $26,298,044.10. The trade was a 10.68% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 159,415 shares of company stock worth $7,672,279 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 12.99% of the company’s stock.
Trending Headlines about Alphabet
- Positive Sentiment: Bank of America and Wedbush remain bullish, with both highlighting strong cloud growth, AI monetization potential, and upside to the stock ahead of earnings. Alphabet could crush estimates on Cloud strength, Anthropic windfall: BofA
- Positive Sentiment: Analysts and investors are still pointing to accelerating Google Search and Google Cloud growth, while retail interest and institutional ownership remain strong ahead of the July 22 report.
- Positive Sentiment: Alphabet’s AI and cloud businesses remain central to the bullish thesis, with multiple articles noting that the company could benefit from rising AI infrastructure spend and strong earnings expectations.
Alphabet Stock Performance
NASDAQ:GOOG opened at $346.12 on Friday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $366.29 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $336.65. The company has a market cap of $4.19 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 26.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.45 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a quick ratio of 1.92, a current ratio of 1.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. Alphabet Inc. has a 52 week low of $184.73 and a 52 week high of $404.47.
Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 30th. The information services provider reported $5.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.68 by $2.43. The business had revenue of $109.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $106.96 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 38.99% and a net margin of 37.92%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.81 earnings per share. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Alphabet Inc. will post 14.33 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Alphabet Increases Dividend
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 8th were issued a dividend of $0.22 per share. This is a positive change from Alphabet’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. The ex-dividend date was Monday, June 8th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.3%. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 6.71%.
Analyst Ratings Changes
GOOG has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. Truist Financial set a $430.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet in a report on Monday, June 1st. Raymond James Financial reissued a “strong-buy” rating and issued a $425.00 target price on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $420.00 price target on Alphabet in a research note on Wednesday, May 20th. UBS Group set a $430.00 price target on Alphabet in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Zacks Research raised Alphabet from a “hold” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 7th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-seven have given a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $383.44.
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About Alphabet
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.
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