Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL Shares Acquired by Inspirion Wealth Advisors LLC

Key Points

• Inspirion Wealth Advisors boosted its stake in Alphabet by 109.3% in Q4, buying an additional 1,993 shares to hold 3,817 shares valued at about $1.195 million.
• Alphabet posted Q4 results that beat expectations (EPS $2.82 vs. $2.57; revenue $113.8B vs. $111.2B) and has a consensus analyst rating of “Moderate Buy” with an average target of $367.18, supporting upside sentiment.
• Near-term headwinds include a landmark YouTube legal verdict, regulatory and management churn in India, and technical/flow-driven weakness that have amplified selling pressure despite positive AI/product momentum.

Inspirion Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Free Report) by 109.3% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 3,817 shares of the information services provider's stock after purchasing an additional 1,993 shares during the period. Inspirion Wealth Advisors LLC's holdings in Alphabet were worth $1,195,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in GOOGL. Delta Asset Management LLC TN raised its stake in shares of 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 worth $1,496,000 after buying an additional 37 shares in the last quarter. Second Line Capital LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 0.8% in the third quarter. Second Line Capital LLC now owns 4,417 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $1,074,000 after buying an additional 37 shares during the period. Matisse Capital boosted its stake in Alphabet by 0.3% during the third quarter. Matisse Capital now owns 14,814 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $3,601,000 after buying an additional 38 shares in the last quarter. Rialto Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in Alphabet by 1.7% during the third quarter. Rialto Wealth Management LLC now owns 2,226 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $541,000 after acquiring an additional 38 shares during the period. Finally, Hodges Capital Management Inc. grew its holdings in Alphabet by 0.5% during the third quarter. Hodges Capital Management Inc. now owns 6,963 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $1,693,000 after acquiring an additional 38 shares during the period. 40.03% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Headlines Impacting Alphabet

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: AI/product traction: Analysts note Alphabet’s AI-powered Search and Gemini engagement are picking up, supporting longer-term revenue upside from search and cloud monetization. Alphabet Relies on AI to Boost Search Growth: More Upside Ahead?
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst/upside support: MarketBeat and other brokers have been upgrading GOOGL and lifting price targets (consensus targets imply material upside), and Erste Group nudged FY26–27 EPS estimates higher — a tailwind for sentiment beyond short-term noise. Analyst Optimism: MarketBeat's Most Upgraded Stocks of 2026
• Neutral Sentiment: Product breakthrough vs. market noise: Google’s TurboQuant/compression research (claims of big memory reductions for LLMs) is a technical win for Google’s AI efficiency but has sparked volatility in semiconductor/memory names and some ETF flows — ambiguous near-term impact for GOOGL equity. A Google AI breakthrough is pressuring memory chip stocks from Samsung to Micron
• Neutral Sentiment: ETF and positioning flows: New ETFs and covered-call strategies (e.g., JUDO) are reallocating into/away from AI and semiconductor exposures; this can amplify short-term moves but doesn’t change Alphabet’s underlying fundamentals. Nvidia, Alphabet, Microsoft Power New JUDO ETF — Can Covered Calls Supercharge Returns?
• Negative Sentiment: Landmark legal risk: A Los Angeles jury found YouTube (Alphabet) liable in a youth social-media addiction case, awarding compensatory damages and opening the door to broader litigation and regulatory scrutiny — a clear catalyst for selling pressure on big-tech names. US jury verdicts against Meta, Google tee up fight over tech liability shield
• Negative Sentiment: Technical/flow-driven weakness: The stock has broken key support levels and entered a correction phase, which amplifies downward momentum as quant/technical selling and option activity kick in. Alphabet Has Fallen 16% From Its Highs: Panic or Opportunity?
• Negative Sentiment: Regulatory/management churn in key markets: Google’s top India counsel resigned amid regulatory pressure, underscoring execution and policy risks in a major growth market. Google top India counsel quits in latest departure amid regulatory hurdles, sources say
• Negative Sentiment: Cost pressure risk: Geopolitical-driven energy price spikes raise near-term concerns about higher operating costs for energy-intensive AI/data-center operations. Why Alphabet (GOOGL) Shares Are Falling Today

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts have commented on GOOGL shares. Needham & Company LLC reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $400.00 price target on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Friday, March 13th. KeyCorp set a $370.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Sanford C. Bernstein lifted their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $305.00 to $335.00 and gave the stock a "market perform" rating in a research note on Monday, February 2nd. DZ Bank reiterated a "buy" rating on shares of Alphabet in a report on Monday, February 16th. Finally, HSBC increased their target price on shares of Alphabet from $335.00 to $370.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, December 2nd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-three have issued a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $367.18.

Alphabet Price Performance

NASDAQ GOOGL opened at $280.86 on Friday. 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 1 year low of $140.53 and a 1 year high of $349.00. The company has a market cap of $3.40 trillion, a PE ratio of 25.98, a PEG ratio of 1.70 and a beta of 1.10. The stock's 50-day moving average price is $314.18 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $294.34.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, February 4th. The information services provider reported $2.82 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.57 by $0.25. The company had revenue of $113.83 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $111.24 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 32.81% and a return on equity of 35.01%. On average, analysts predict that Alphabet Inc. will post 8.9 EPS for the current year.

Alphabet Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Activity

In other Alphabet news, Director John L. Hennessy sold 1,050 shares of the business'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 sale, the director directly owned 4,631 shares of the company's stock, valued at $1,405,091.71. The trade was a 18.48% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, January 7th. The shares were sold at an average price of $321.21, for a total value of $10,439,325.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 2,244,372 shares of the company's stock, valued at $720,914,730.12. The trade was a 1.43% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Over the last 90 days, insiders sold 2,110,165 shares of company stock worth $118,134,117. Company insiders own 11.64% of the company's stock.

About Alphabet

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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