Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL Shares Purchased by GAMMA Investing LLC

Key Points

• GAMMA Investing LLC increased its Alphabet position by 9.1% in the third quarter, adding 15,879 shares to own 189,985 shares valued at approximately $65.4 million. Alphabet represents 2.2% of the firm’s portfolio and is its fifth-largest holding.
• Alphabet reported quarterly revenue of $119.8 billion and EPS of $9.11, exceeding analyst expectations, while analysts maintain a consensus “Buy” rating and an average price target of $425.72.
• Recent developments include Google’s enterprise Gemini launch, a $5 billion financing deal for Waymo and potential funding valuing Isomorphic Labs at up to $50 billion; risks include securities litigation and delays to two Finnish data centers.

GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Free Report) by 9.1% during the third quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 189,985 shares of the information services provider's stock after purchasing an additional 15,879 shares during the period. Alphabet accounts for approximately 2.2% of GAMMA Investing LLC's portfolio, making the stock its 5th biggest holding. GAMMA Investing LLC's holdings in Alphabet were worth $65,370,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the business. EMC Capital Management acquired a new position in Alphabet during the fourth quarter worth about $33,000. Lifetime Wealth Management P.C. purchased a new stake in Alphabet during the 4th quarter valued at about $32,000. Core Capital Management & Research inc. acquired a new stake in Alphabet in the 2nd quarter valued at about $41,000. Premier Financial Group acquired a new stake in Alphabet in the 2nd quarter valued at about $45,000. Finally, Bard Associates Inc. purchased a new position in Alphabet in the 4th quarter worth approximately $52,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 40.03% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at Alphabet

In other news, Director Frances Arnold sold 83 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $340.45, for a total value of $28,257.35. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 19,076 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $6,494,424.20. This trade represents a 0.43% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CAO Marsida Saraci sold 449 shares of Alphabet stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, July 29th. The shares were sold at an average price of $333.20, for a total transaction of $149,606.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer owned 27,386 shares of the company's stock, valued at $9,125,015.20. This trade represents a 1.61% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Over the last quarter, insiders have sold 441,399 shares of company stock valued at $8,677,053. 11.61% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Key Headlines Impacting Alphabet

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Google introduced an agentic version of Gemini for business users. The unified agent is designed to perform tasks across workplace applications, strengthening Alphabet’s position in enterprise AI and intensifying competition with Microsoft and OpenAI. Google brings agentic AI to Gemini
• Positive Sentiment: Alphabet’s Waymo autonomous-vehicle unit secured a $5 billion loan from Blackstone, PIMCO and Sixth Street, providing financing for robotaxi expansion without requiring Alphabet to fund the entire rollout directly. Waymo secures $5 billion loan
• Positive Sentiment: Isomorphic Labs, Alphabet’s AI drug-discovery subsidiary, is reportedly discussing a funding round valuing the business between $40 billion and $50 billion. A successful financing could highlight the value of Alphabet’s AI portfolio beyond search and advertising. Isomorphic Labs funding talks
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst sentiment remains strongly bullish: Needham reaffirmed a Buy rating with a $450 price target, while other reports cited broad upside expectations based on Alphabet’s earnings power, cloud growth and AI opportunities.
• Neutral Sentiment: Alphabet and Unity expanded their AI gaming partnership, including tools that let users create games through natural-language prompts. The initiative could broaden Google Play engagement, although monetization and adoption remain unproven. Google and Unity gaming partnership
• Negative Sentiment: Multiple law firms publicized an existing securities class action covering investors who purchased Alphabet securities from May 19 through July 16, 2026. The complaints allege that management failed to disclose issues related to the expected Gemini 3.5 Pro launch and training results. These are allegations, not findings of liability, but the repeated alerts add legal and reputational overhang. Alphabet securities class action announcement
• Negative Sentiment: Google was ordered to halt work on two Finnish data centers pending environmental-impact assessments, potentially delaying infrastructure expansion. Commentary also questioned whether Alphabet is converting heavy AI capital spending into sufficient revenue and criticized its progress in AI coding.

Alphabet Trading Down 0.6%

Shares of NASDAQ GOOGL opened at $348.29 on Friday. Alphabet Inc. has a twelve month low of $235.84 and a twelve month high of $408.61. The company has a current ratio of 2.72, a quick ratio of 2.64 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. The stock has a fifty day simple moving average of $345.99 and a 200-day simple moving average of $349.17. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.26 trillion, a PE ratio of 17.49, a PEG ratio of 1.01 and a beta of 1.21.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July 22nd. The information services provider reported $9.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.89 by $6.22. Alphabet had a return on equity of 51.32% and a net margin of 54.77%.The firm had revenue of $119.80 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $117.07 billion. On average, equities analysts forecast that Alphabet Inc. will post 20.55 earnings per share for the current year.

Alphabet Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, September 14th. Shareholders of record on Monday, September 7th were paid a dividend of $0.22 per share. The ex-dividend date was Friday, September 4th. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.3%. Alphabet's dividend payout ratio is 4.42%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

GOOGL has been the topic of several recent research reports. Wedbush restated an "outperform" rating and set a $445.00 target price on shares of Alphabet in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Phillip Securities raised Alphabet from a "moderate buy" rating to a "strong-buy" rating in a report on Monday, July 27th. Roth Capital reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $440.00 price objective (up from $435.00) on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Thursday, July 23rd. Barclays reissued an "overweight" rating and set a $425.00 price objective (up from $405.00) on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Thursday, July 23rd. Finally, UBS Group dropped their target price on Alphabet from $400.00 to $379.00 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Five analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-six have assigned a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Buy" and an average price target of $425.72.

Alphabet Company Profile

Alphabet Inc is a technology and internet services company best known as the parent company of Google. Its primary business, Google Services, includes online search, digital advertising, YouTube, Android, Chrome, Google Maps, Google Play, and a range of hardware and subscription products.

Alphabet also operates Google Cloud, which provides infrastructure, data analytics, cybersecurity, productivity software, and artificial intelligence services to businesses, governments, and other organizations.

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