Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL Shares Purchased by Capital Analysts LLC

Posted by Geri Gentry on Aug 27th, 2026

Capital Analysts LLC grew its stake in shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL – Free Report) by 20.4% in the second quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The fund owned 102,987 shares of the information services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 17,481 shares during the period. Alphabet comprises about 0.8% of Capital Analysts LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 22nd largest holding. Capital Analysts LLC’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $36,804,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Several other large investors have also modified their holdings of the stock. Brighton Jones LLC boosted its position in shares of Alphabet by 3.9% in the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 110,330 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $20,886,000 after purchasing an additional 4,110 shares during the period. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC raised its holdings in Alphabet by 3.5% during the 4th quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 14,930 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $2,826,000 after buying an additional 506 shares during the period. Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY lifted its stake in Alphabet by 17.6% during the second quarter. Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY now owns 3,888 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $685,000 after buying an additional 581 shares in the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Alphabet by 11.2% during the second quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 485,486 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $85,557,000 after buying an additional 48,805 shares in the last quarter. Finally, United Bank boosted its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 6.9% in the second quarter. United Bank now owns 48,204 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $8,495,000 after buying an additional 3,120 shares during the period. 40.03% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Transactions at Alphabet

In related news, Director John L. Hennessy sold 1,050 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $368.63, for a total transaction of $387,061.50. Following the transaction, the director owned 1,481 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $545,941.03. This trade represents a 41.49% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, major shareholder 2019 Gp L.L.C. Gv sold 196,931 shares of Alphabet stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, July 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $19.46, for a total transaction of $3,832,277.26. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 451,945 shares of company stock worth $12,382,714. Corporate insiders own 11.61% of the company’s stock.

Alphabet News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

Positive Sentiment: Berkshire Hathaway increased its Alphabet stake by 83% to approximately $37.8 billion, providing a significant endorsement from a major long-term investor and reinforcing confidence in Alphabet’s search, cloud and AI businesses. Berkshire Boosts Its Bet: This AI Hyperscaler Is Now a Top-3 Holding
Positive Sentiment: Google is expanding Gemini Enterprise into regulated industries, including legal and financial services, creating potential for higher-value recurring cloud and AI revenue as enterprises adopt specialized agents. What Alphabet’s Gemini Enterprise Push Into Regulated Industries Means For Shareholders
Positive Sentiment: Alphabet-owned Waymo plans to enter Germany with driverless rides in 2027, offering a potential long-term growth avenue and demonstrating progress toward international commercialization. Waymo to launch driverless rides in Germany in 2027
Neutral Sentiment: Google introduced new Gemini Live voice capabilities intended to let users complete multiple tasks without choosing among separate AI tools. The feature may improve engagement, although its near-term financial impact is unclear. Google’s Gemini has a branding problem
Negative Sentiment: A settlement involving Meta and U.S. state attorneys general has renewed scrutiny of how YouTube protects children and teenagers. Investors are concerned that similar requirements could impose substantial compliance costs or financial obligations on Alphabet. Why is Alphabet stock down today?
Negative Sentiment: Alphabet moved its AI-responsibility team out of DeepMind, prompting concerns among researchers about independence and the team’s ability to identify risks in new models. The development adds governance and reputational uncertainty to the company’s aggressive AI rollout. Google Moves AI-Responsibility Team Out of DeepMind Lab
Negative Sentiment: Reports that Nvidia-based AI server prices may rise by more than 15% could increase Alphabet’s infrastructure costs, adding pressure to margins as the company continues heavy AI capital spending. Alphabet Spends About 60 Cents of Every Technical Infrastructure Dollar on Servers

Alphabet Price Performance

GOOGL opened at $342.00 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $350.61 and a 200 day moving average price of $341.58. The company has a current ratio of 2.72, a quick ratio of 2.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. Alphabet Inc. has a 1 year low of $205.65 and a 1 year high of $408.61. The stock has a market cap of $4.18 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.18, a PEG ratio of 0.97 and a beta of 1.24.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 22nd. The information services provider reported $9.11 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.89 by $6.22. Alphabet had a return on equity of 51.32% and a net margin of 54.77%.The company had revenue of $119.80 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $117.07 billion. Analysts forecast that Alphabet Inc. will post 20.51 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Alphabet Dividend Announcement

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, September 14th. Investors of record on Monday, September 7th will be paid a $0.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, September 4th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.3%. Alphabet’s payout ratio is presently 4.42%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

GOOGL has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Evercore boosted their price target on shares of Alphabet from $400.00 to $420.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. New Street Research lifted their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $450.00 to $455.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Friday, June 5th. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $395.00 target price (down from $445.00) on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Canaccord Genuity Group lifted their price target on Alphabet from $415.00 to $450.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Weiss Ratings reissued a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Friday, July 17th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-four have assigned a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $420.19.

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Alphabet Profile

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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.