Maia Wealth LLC Acquires 1,740 Shares of Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL

Maia Wealth LLC increased its holdings in shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) by 5.7% in the 3rd quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 32,526 shares of the information services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,740 shares during the period. Alphabet makes up approximately 1.5% of Maia Wealth LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 7th largest holding. Maia Wealth LLC’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $11,192,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in GOOGL. Strategic Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of Alphabet by 6.0% during the 1st quarter. Strategic Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 477 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $137,000 after buying an additional 27 shares during the period. Rockbridge Investment Management LCC boosted its position in shares of Alphabet by 0.5% during the 1st quarter. Rockbridge Investment Management LCC now owns 5,460 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $1,570,000 after purchasing an additional 27 shares in the last quarter. Ruggaard & Associates LLC boosted its position in shares of Alphabet by 0.9% during the 1st quarter. Ruggaard & Associates LLC now owns 2,921 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $840,000 after purchasing an additional 27 shares in the last quarter. Cadia Private Client LLC grew its stake in shares of Alphabet by 1.1% in the 1st quarter. Cadia Private Client LLC now owns 2,589 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $744,000 after buying an additional 28 shares during the period. Finally, Evansbrook LLC grew its stake in shares of Alphabet by 0.3% in the 1st quarter. Evansbrook LLC now owns 9,522 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $2,738,000 after buying an additional 28 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 40.03% of the company’s stock.

Key Alphabet News

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Alphabet’s AI investment story remains a potential long-term support. Analysts and investors point to rising demand for Google Cloud, internally developed TPU chips, advertising resilience, and the potential for Gemini and other AI products to drive future growth. Alphabet Investing Behind AI Demand and TPU Growth
• Positive Sentiment: Pre-earnings coverage remains constructive on Alphabet’s third-quarter outlook, citing AI adoption, cloud growth, and advertising strength. Erste Group also modestly raised its fiscal 2027 EPS forecast, while Citizens JMP maintained a “market outperform” rating despite lowering its price target. Pre-Q3 Earnings Alphabet Stock Outlook
• Neutral Sentiment: Alphabet’s quarterly preferred-stock dividend announcement is unlikely to materially affect GOOGL common shares. Investors are instead focused on operating results, capital expenditures, margins, and management’s AI spending guidance.
• Neutral Sentiment: The upcoming earnings report is the key near-term catalyst. Strong cloud and advertising metrics could help stabilize the stock, but investors may react negatively if capital spending rises faster than AI-related revenue and cash flow.
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms announced or promoted securities-fraud class actions against Alphabet concerning the May 19–July 16 trading period. The complaints allege that Alphabet failed to disclose important information about Gemini 3.5 Pro’s development and launch readiness; the allegations have not been proven. Lead-plaintiff deadlines are generally December 1, with one notice citing November 30. Kaplan Fox Alphabet Class Action Notice
• Negative Sentiment: A reported Google Cloud outage in London disrupted financial and public-sector services and prompted scrutiny from UK regulators and lawmakers, raising operational, reputational, and regulatory concerns. Alphabet Cloud Outage and Regulation
• Negative Sentiment: The broader AI sell-off is weighing on Alphabet as investors question whether enormous data-center, chip, power, and compute expenditures will generate adequate returns. Heavy spending is also contributing to concerns about future margins and valuation.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Alphabet news, Director Frances Arnold sold 83 shares of Alphabet stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $340.45, for a total transaction of $28,257.35. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 19,076 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,494,424.20. The trade was a 0.43% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CAO Marsida Saraci sold 449 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $333.20, for a total value of $149,606.80. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer directly owned 27,386 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $9,125,015.20. This trade represents a 1.61% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold 315,765 shares of company stock worth $6,297,980 in the last quarter. Insiders own 11.61% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of analysts recently commented on GOOGL shares. DZ Bank raised Alphabet to a “strong-buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Evercore reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and set a $450.00 price target on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Wednesday, September 16th. Morgan Stanley set a $400.00 price target on Alphabet and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Phillip Securities raised Alphabet from a “moderate buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 27th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Alphabet in a report on Thursday, October 15th. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Alphabet presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of $425.04.

Alphabet Stock Down 1.2%

Alphabet stock opened at $320.21 on Friday. Alphabet Inc. has a 1-year low of $255.32 and a 1-year high of $408.61. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.92 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 16.08, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.94 and a beta of 1.21. The firm’s fifty day moving average price is $342.79 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $352.81. 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 (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 22nd. The information services provider reported $9.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.89 by $6.22. The firm had revenue of $119.80 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $117.07 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 54.77% and a return on equity of 51.32%. On average, equities research analysts predict that Alphabet Inc. will post 20.60 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

About Alphabet

Alphabet Inc is a technology holding company best known for its Google subsidiary. Google operates a global internet-services business centered on online search, digital advertising, YouTube, Android, Chrome, Google Maps, Google Play, and a broad range of cloud-based productivity and collaboration tools.

Google Cloud provides infrastructure, data analytics, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and enterprise software services to businesses, governments, and other organizations. Alphabet also develops consumer hardware, including Pixel devices and products for connected homes, while investing in emerging businesses through its “Other Bets” segment, including autonomous transportation and life sciences initiatives.

Alphabet was established in 2015 as part of a corporate restructuring that made Google a subsidiary and provided a separate structure for its expanding portfolio of businesses.