Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL is Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA's Largest Position

Key Points

• Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA cut its Alphabet stake by 10.3% to 2,406,600 shares, yet Alphabet remains its largest holding at 8.2% of the fund, valued at about $753.27 million.
• Company insiders sold 2,069,344 shares (~$104.7M) in the past 90 days (notably John Kent Walker's ~$14.34M sale), while analysts maintain a consensus Moderate Buy rating with an average target of $367.33 amid strong Google Cloud growth and AI partnership developments.

Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA decreased its holdings in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Free Report) by 10.3% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 2,406,600 shares of the information services provider's stock after selling 276,252 shares during the quarter. Alphabet comprises 8.2% of Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA's investment portfolio, making the stock its largest holding. Compagnie Lombard Odier SCmA's holdings in Alphabet were worth $753,266,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. Members Trust Co raised its position 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 purchasing an additional 31 shares during the last quarter. Lifelong Wealth Advisors Inc. raised its position 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 purchasing an additional 33 shares during the last quarter. White Wing Wealth Management raised its position 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 purchasing an additional 33 shares during the last quarter. Quantum Financial Advisors LLC raised its position 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 purchasing an additional 34 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Delta Asset Management LLC TN raised its position in Alphabet by 0.6% in the 3rd quarter. Delta Asset Management LLC TN now owns 6,153 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $1,496,000 after purchasing an additional 37 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 40.03% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have issued reports on GOOGL shares. President Capital boosted their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $323.00 to $375.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, February 10th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. reissued a "buy" rating on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Monday, February 9th. Rosenblatt Securities boosted their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $279.00 to $357.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Loop Capital boosted their price objective 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. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $365.00 to $400.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-four have given a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Alphabet currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $367.33.

Insider Buying and Selling at Alphabet

In other news, Director John L. Hennessy sold 1,050 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, March 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $303.41, for a total transaction of $318,580.50. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 4,631 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,405,091.71. This represents a 18.48% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, insider John Kent Walker sold 47,574 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $301.45, for a total transaction of $14,341,182.30. Following the transaction, the insider directly owned 13,227 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,987,279.15. This trade represents a 78.25% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 2,069,344 shares of company stock worth $104,708,426. Company insiders own 11.64% of the company's stock.

Alphabet News Roundup

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Expanded Google–Intel AI infrastructure partnership boosts visibility for Google Cloud capacity and lowers execution risk for AI workloads hosted on Google’s platform. Investors view deeper Intel ties as supportive of sustained cloud/AI demand. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Broadcom–Google/Anthropic TPU and networking deals lock in multi‑year supply for Google’s custom AI racks, strengthening Alphabet’s hardware stack and third‑party TPU offerings — a structural positive for Google Cloud inference/train economics. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Google Cloud momentum: recent writeups highlight ~50% Q4 cloud growth, a large cloud backlog and heavy capex to expand TPU/data center capacity — the operating story supporting higher revenue visibility and margin improvement. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Project Glasswing and broader industry cybersecurity initiatives (including banks and big tech) reduce AI‑related operational risk for cloud providers and reinforce Google’s role in enterprise AI security cooperation. That should reassure enterprise customers. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst support is increasing: Needham and Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated bullish ratings with elevated price targets, and William O'Neil reinstated a Buy — near‑term sentiment tailwind for the shares. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Waymo geographic expansion (Nashville) and Wing/ DoorDash drone rollout (Atlanta) provide concrete commercialization updates for Alphabet’s non‑Search growth engines, supporting optionality beyond ads. Read More. / Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage pieces and investor guides (Fool, MarketBeat) reiterate Alphabet’s long‑term AI/cloud story — helpful for sentiment but not new operational data. Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Mentions of Alphabet’s stake in SpaceX and “hidden assets” offer valuation debate fodder; potential upside if monetized but uncertain timing. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Operational headwinds flagged for hyperscalers (community pushback, water/land/energy constraints) as some data‑center projects face delays or cancellations — a potential capex/expansion risk for cloud capacity plans. Read More.

Alphabet Stock Performance

NASDAQ:GOOGL opened at $318.49 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.01, a current ratio of 2.01 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11. Alphabet Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $146.10 and a fifty-two week high of $349.00. The stock has a market cap of $3.85 trillion, a PE ratio of 29.46, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.96 and a beta of 1.12. The firm's fifty day simple moving average is $307.27 and its 200-day simple moving average is $297.90.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 4th. The information services provider reported $2.82 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.57 by $0.25. Alphabet had a net margin of 32.81% and a return on equity of 35.01%. The business had revenue of $113.83 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $111.24 billion. Analysts expect that Alphabet Inc. will post 8.9 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Alphabet Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 16th. Stockholders of record on Monday, March 9th were paid a dividend of $0.21 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, March 9th. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.3%. Alphabet's dividend payout ratio is 7.77%.

Alphabet 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.

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