SHEPHERD WEALTH MANAGEMENT Ltd LIABILITY Co Has $7.26 Million Stock Position in Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL

SHEPHERD WEALTH MANAGEMENT Ltd LIABILITY Co lifted its stake in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) by 9.2% during the third quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 29,854 shares of the information services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,504 shares during the period. Alphabet accounts for about 5.2% of SHEPHERD WEALTH MANAGEMENT Ltd LIABILITY Co’s holdings, making the stock its 8th largest position. SHEPHERD WEALTH MANAGEMENT Ltd LIABILITY Co’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $7,258,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in GOOGL. Brighton Jones LLC grew its stake in Alphabet by 3.9% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 110,330 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $20,886,000 after purchasing an additional 4,110 shares in the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC raised its position 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 valued at $2,826,000 after purchasing an additional 506 shares in the last quarter. Hutchens & Kramer Investment Management Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 9.6% in the 2nd quarter. Hutchens & Kramer Investment Management Group LLC now owns 4,900 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $862,000 after buying an additional 431 shares during the period. Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY grew its position in shares of Alphabet by 17.6% during the 2nd quarter. Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY now owns 3,888 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $685,000 after buying an additional 581 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Alphabet by 11.2% during the 2nd quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 485,486 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $85,557,000 after buying an additional 48,805 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 40.03% of the company’s stock.

Alphabet Trading Down 1.1%

NASDAQ GOOGL opened at $311.49 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 $3.77 trillion, a PE ratio of 28.82, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 1.09. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $320.38 and a 200 day moving average price of $280.27. Alphabet Inc. has a 52 week low of $140.53 and a 52 week high of $349.00.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last announced its earnings results 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. The company had revenue of $113.83 billion during 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, sell-side analysts forecast that Alphabet Inc. will post 8.9 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Alphabet Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, March 16th. Investors of record on Monday, March 9th will be paid a dividend of $0.21 per share. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, March 9th. Alphabet’s payout ratio is 7.77%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Alphabet news, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, January 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $327.30, for a total value of $10,637,250.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,211,872 shares in the company, valued at approximately $723,945,705.60. This trade represents a 1.45% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, major shareholder 2017 Gp L.L.C. Gv sold 1,845,308 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $19.00, for a total value of $35,060,852.00. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders sold 2,112,482 shares of company stock valued at $119,145,289. 11.64% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts recently weighed in on the company. New Street Research lifted their price objective on Alphabet from $330.00 to $380.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, February 10th. Phillip Securities raised shares of Alphabet from a “moderate buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Friday, November 7th. Piper Sandler restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $395.00 price target (up previously from $365.00) on shares of Alphabet in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Wedbush upped their price target on shares of Alphabet from $360.00 to $370.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Susquehanna increased their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $225.00 to $350.00 and gave the company a “positive” rating in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. 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’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Alphabet presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $366.57.

Key Stories Impacting Alphabet

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wells Fargo upgraded Alphabet to a positive rating, citing three traits it believes make Alphabet an AI winner — a catalyst for sentiment and buy-side interest. Wells Fargo upgrade
• Positive Sentiment: Loop Capital raised its price target to $355 and maintained a Buy — a notable upward revision that supports upside in analyst-driven flows. Loop Capital PT raise
• Positive Sentiment: Product and partnerships update: Google launched Lyria 3 (music-generation) and reports say Apple may use Alphabet’s Gemini in the next Siri — both reinforce Alphabet’s AI product leadership and potential monetization avenues. Lyria 3 / AI reach Gemini / Waymo
• Positive Sentiment: MarketBeat highlights Alphabet’s strategic upside from stakes in Anthropic and SpaceX plus massive device distribution — these hidden assets add optionality beyond core Search/Cloud. Hidden Edge: Anthropic/SpaceX
• Neutral Sentiment: Bridgewater projects Big Tech will spend roughly $650B on AI infrastructure in 2026 — supports long-term TAM for Google Cloud but also signals higher industry capex. Bridgewater AI capex
• Neutral Sentiment: Smaller: AirJoule coverage notes Google as a partner for data-center cooling — a tangential positive for cloud ops but likely immaterial to GOOGL’s near-term stock moves. AirJoule partnership
• Negative Sentiment: Renaissance reported selling roughly $700M in dividend stock exposure tied to Alphabet — large institutional selling can pressure the tape even if strategic. Renaissance sale
• Negative Sentiment: High-profile portfolio moves: value investors (e.g., Seth Klarman) trimmed Alphabet exposure materially — a signal some allocators are taking profits and rotating away. Klarman sale
• Negative Sentiment: Industry-level risk: coverage on hyperscalers’ AI “debt binge” and higher capex funded by bonds raises concerns about margin/financing risk across tech leaders. That macro narrative can weigh on near-term sentiment. AI debt binge

Alphabet Company 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.