Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd reduced its position in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Free Report) by 16.8% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 980,688 shares of the information services provider's stock after selling 198,274 shares during the quarter. Alphabet comprises about 5.4% of Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd's investment portfolio, making the stock its 5th biggest position. Border to Coast Pensions Partnership Ltd's holdings in Alphabet were worth $307,514,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Members Trust Co grew its holdings in Alphabet by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. Members Trust Co now owns 6,434 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $2,014,000 after buying an additional 31 shares during the last quarter. Altfest L J & Co. Inc. grew its holdings in Alphabet by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Altfest L J & Co. Inc. now owns 7,952 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $2,489,000 after buying an additional 31 shares during the last quarter. Lifelong Wealth Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in Alphabet by 1.9% in the 4th quarter. Lifelong Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 1,728 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $541,000 after buying an additional 33 shares during the last quarter. White Wing Wealth Management grew its holdings in Alphabet by 2.9% in the 4th quarter. White Wing Wealth Management now owns 1,155 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $362,000 after buying an additional 33 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Quantum Financial Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Alphabet by 0.3% in the 4th quarter. Quantum Financial Advisors LLC now owns 11,799 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $3,693,000 after buying an additional 34 shares during the last quarter. 40.03% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Key Alphabet News
Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:
- Positive Sentiment: Q1 earnings beat and strong top-line — Alphabet reported $5.11 EPS vs. consensus ~ $2.62 and revenue ~ $109.9B, topping estimates; investors treated the print as confirmation that heavy AI/cloud spending is translating to growth. Read More.
- Positive Sentiment: Google Cloud acceleration — Cloud revenue grew ~63% and surpassed $20B, signaling strong enterprise AI demand that materially boosted the quarter. This is a primary driver of the stock strength. Read More.
- Positive Sentiment: Subscription and YouTube momentum — Alphabet added ~25M paid subscriptions (now ~350M) and YouTube ad revenue rose ~11%, showing diversified, recurring revenue beyond search ads. Read More.
- Positive Sentiment: New monetization paths in AI — Management signaled openness to placing ads in Gemini/AI Mode and is enabling commerce inside AI apps via partners (e.g., Stripe), which creates additional long-term ad and transactions revenue streams. Read More. Read More.
- Neutral Sentiment: Defense contracts could open new TAM — Alphabet signed classified-access arrangements with the U.S. DoD for Gemini models, creating a potential high-margin revenue stream but also raising ethical/backlash considerations. Investors view this as revenue-positive but reputationally mixed. Read More.
- Neutral Sentiment: Analyst updates lift expectations — Some firms nudged FY estimates higher after the results, supporting the near-term bull case but also reflecting momentum already priced into the stock. Read More.
- Negative Sentiment: Cloud capacity constraints — Management flagged capacity limits that may have constrained Cloud growth this quarter, raising questions about how quickly Alphabet can scale without heavy incremental capex or allocation trade-offs. That introduces near-term growth/ margin uncertainty. Read More.
- Negative Sentiment: Governance, employee and regulatory risk — Shareholder groups and employees pushed for more safeguards over cloud/AI use (and Alphabet expanded Pentagon access), and EU/Australian policy moves could increase compliance costs or limit certain revenue channels. These are top-down risks that can weigh multiple quarters out. Read More. Read More.
Alphabet Stock Performance
Shares of NASDAQ:GOOGL opened at $349.94 on Thursday. Alphabet Inc. has a twelve month low of $147.84 and a twelve month high of $355.79. The firm has a market cap of $4.23 trillion, a PE ratio of 32.37, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.17 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a quick ratio of 2.01 and a current ratio of 2.01. The business has a fifty day moving average of $312.08 and a 200-day moving average of $307.27.
Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The information services provider reported $5.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.64 by $2.47. Alphabet had a return on equity of 35.01% and a net margin of 32.81%.The business had revenue of $109.90 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $106.59 billion. On average, equities research analysts predict that Alphabet Inc. will post 11.53 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In related news, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of Alphabet stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $335.18, for a total value of $10,893,350.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,179,372 shares of the company's stock, valued at $730,481,906.96. The trade was a 1.47% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CAO Amie Thuener O'toole sold 955 shares of Alphabet stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, March 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $298.00, for a total value of $284,590.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 9,918 shares of the company's stock, valued at $2,955,564. This represents a 8.78% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 2,037,192 shares of company stock valued at $94,182,217 over the last three months. Company insiders own 11.55% of the company's stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the company. President Capital boosted their price objective on Alphabet from $323.00 to $375.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, February 10th. China Renaissance boosted their price objective on Alphabet from $330.00 to $400.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Friday, February 6th. Argus boosted their price target on Alphabet from $365.00 to $385.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Friday, February 6th. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a $375.00 price target (up from $330.00) on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Tuesday, January 13th. Finally, Tigress Financial set a $415.00 price target on Alphabet and gave the company a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have assigned a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $369.67.
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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.
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