Integrated Investment Consultants LLC Reduces Holdings in Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL

Integrated Investment Consultants LLC decreased its position in shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) by 12.8% during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 25,875 shares of the information services provider’s stock after selling 3,812 shares during the period. Alphabet makes up about 1.0% of Integrated Investment Consultants LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 26th largest position. Integrated Investment Consultants LLC’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $6,290,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Tcfg Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Alphabet by 620.9% during the third quarter. Tcfg Wealth Management LLC now owns 73,596 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $17,891,000 after buying an additional 63,387 shares during the period. Vertex Planning Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Alphabet by 5.7% during the third quarter. Vertex Planning Partners LLC now owns 4,055 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $986,000 after buying an additional 220 shares during the last quarter. Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt raised its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 2.3% in the third quarter. Livforsakringsbolaget Skandia Omsesidigt now owns 558,275 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $135,694,000 after buying an additional 12,800 shares during the period. Corus Family Wealth Advisors lifted its stake in shares of Alphabet by 13.2% during the 3rd quarter. Corus Family Wealth Advisors now owns 1,889 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $459,000 after acquiring an additional 221 shares during the last quarter. Finally, U S Wealth Group LLC. lifted its stake in shares of Alphabet by 43.4% during the 3rd quarter. U S Wealth Group LLC. now owns 39,241 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $9,539,000 after acquiring an additional 11,873 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 40.03% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Alphabet

In other news, Director Frances Arnold sold 112 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $302.99, for a total transaction of $33,934.88. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 18,418 shares in the company, valued at approximately $5,580,469.82. This trade represents a 0.60% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, Director John L. Hennessy sold 600 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, February 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of $306.73, for a total transaction of $184,038.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 20,624 shares in the company, valued at approximately $6,325,999.52. This represents a 2.83% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last three months, insiders have sold 2,076,615 shares of company stock worth $107,809,111. Insiders own 11.55% of the company’s stock.

Key Alphabet News

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Wells Fargo and other analysts have moved upbeat on Alphabet, citing stronger AI and cloud positioning and raising price targets, supporting investor optimism about future revenue and compute advantage. Alphabet (GOOGL) Sees Optimistic Coverage From Analysts
• Positive Sentiment: Alphabet paid its first 2026 dividend of $0.21 per share on March 16, a concrete cash return that can support demand from income-oriented investors. Google stock just paid dividends; here’s how much investors received
• Positive Sentiment: Research houses continue to reiterate buy/overweight ratings (Needham reiterated a buy), reinforcing buy-side conviction and supporting price momentum. Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Buy Rating Reiterated at Needham & Company LLC
• Positive Sentiment: Google procurement teams reportedly visited China to discuss buying liquid cooling gear from local suppliers — a sign of continued data‑center expansion and potential cost/efficiency gains for its cloud and AI compute footprint. Google in talks with China’s Envicool, others to buy data centre cooling systems, sources say
• Neutral Sentiment: Multiple market write-ups (Zacks, Yahoo, Motley Fool summaries) note Alphabet as a trending/overperforming stock due to AI and cloud tailwinds, keeping the name in retail and institutional screens but not providing new catalysts. Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) Outperforms Broader Market: What You Need to Know
• Negative Sentiment: European publishers and tech firms are pressing the EU to accelerate a probe and impose a fine over alleged search favoritism, creating regulatory uncertainty that could pressure margins or fines down the road. Exclusive: European publishers, tech firms urge EU to speed up fine on Google over search
• Negative Sentiment: Some analysts flag valuation and near‑term margin pressure as capex for AI compute ramps and higher operating costs could limit upside despite growth, a narrative that may cap multiple expansion. Is Alphabet Stock’s 25.55X PE Still Worth it? Buy, Sell, or Hold?

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have commented on GOOGL. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their price objective on Alphabet from $370.00 to $390.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Bank of America lifted their target price on Alphabet from $335.00 to $370.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Tuesday, January 13th. Loop Capital boosted their target price on shares of Alphabet from $320.00 to $355.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, February 23rd. Cantor Fitzgerald restated an “overweight” rating and issued a $370.00 price target on shares of Alphabet in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group raised their price target on shares of Alphabet from $365.00 to $400.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-three have assigned a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $367.18.

Alphabet Price Performance

GOOGL opened at $310.92 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $3.76 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.76, a PEG ratio of 1.79 and a beta of 1.10. The company has a current ratio of 2.01, a quick ratio of 2.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11. Alphabet Inc. has a 12-month low of $140.53 and a 12-month high of $349.00. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $318.83 and its 200-day simple moving average is $291.74.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last released 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 firm had revenue of $113.83 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $111.24 billion. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Alphabet Inc. will post 8.9 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Alphabet Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 9th were issued a $0.21 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 9th. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.3%. Alphabet’s payout ratio is currently 7.77%.

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.