Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL Stock: Blueprint Investment Partners LLC Trims Holdings

Key Points

• Blueprint Investment Partners cut its Alphabet stake by 27.8% in the third quarter, selling 8,037 shares and retaining 20,877 shares valued at about $7.18 million.
• Analysts remain broadly positive: MarketBeat reports a consensus “Buy” rating and an average price target of $412.51, with 50 analysts rating the stock Buy or Strong Buy and five rating it Hold.
• Alphabet’s latest quarterly results fell short of expectations, with EPS of $2.12 versus a $3.02 consensus and revenue of $127.58 billion versus $127.96 billion expected.

Blueprint Investment Partners LLC cut its stake in shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Free Report) by 27.8% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 20,877 shares of the information services provider's stock after selling 8,037 shares during the period. Blueprint Investment Partners LLC's holdings in Alphabet were worth $7,183,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in GOOGL. EMC Capital Management purchased a new position in Alphabet in the second quarter worth $35,000. Core Capital Management & Research inc. acquired a new position in Alphabet during the 2nd quarter valued at about $41,000. Intelligent Financial Strategies acquired a new position in shares of Alphabet in the third quarter worth about $41,000. Premier Financial Group purchased a new stake in Alphabet in the 2nd quarter valued at $45,000. Finally, Graney & King LLC lifted its holdings in Alphabet by 38.5% during the 2nd quarter. Graney & King LLC now owns 180 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $64,000 after buying an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. 40.03% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities analysts have recently commented on GOOGL shares. Evercore restated an "outperform" rating and issued a $450.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet in a report on Wednesday, September 16th. Wall Street Zen downgraded Alphabet from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Saturday, August 1st. Pivotal Research restated a "buy" rating and issued a $475.00 price target (up from $470.00) on shares of Alphabet in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Sanford C. Bernstein reaffirmed a "market perform" rating and issued a $325.00 target price (down from $385.00) on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Thursday, October 29th. Finally, Moffett Nathanson set a $345.00 price target on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Thursday, October 29th. Five investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-five have assigned a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average target price of $412.51.

Insider Activity

In other Alphabet news, Director Frances Arnold sold 83 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $340.45, for a total value of $28,257.35. Following the transaction, the director directly owned 19,076 shares in the company, valued at $6,494,424.20. This represents a 0.43% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this hyperlink. Insiders have sold a total of 247 shares of company stock worth $79,238 in the last quarter. Company insiders own 11.61% of the company's stock.

Alphabet Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ GOOGL opened at $284.78 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $3.48 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.86, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.84 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a current ratio of 2.79, a quick ratio of 2.69 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19. Alphabet Inc. has a twelve month low of $270.70 and a twelve month high of $408.61. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $332.93 and a 200-day simple moving average of $338.97.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 28th. The information services provider reported $2.12 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $3.02 by ($0.90). Alphabet had a net margin of 50.03% and a return on equity of 43.33%. The company had revenue of $127.58 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $127.96 billion. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Alphabet Inc. will post 19.86 earnings per share for the current year.

Alphabet Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 14th. Investors of record on Monday, December 7th will be issued a $0.22 dividend. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date is Monday, December 7th. Alphabet's payout ratio is presently 4.59%.

Alphabet News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Google is acquiring a Wyoming data-center site from Crusoe as it expands capacity for AI workloads. The purchase supports Alphabet’s push to secure infrastructure it might otherwise lease; a broader Wyoming project has been reported at about $17 billion, with Google saying it will cover the facility’s power costs. Reuters article
• Positive Sentiment: Alphabet’s Wing plans to invest up to $125 million over two years in a Fort Worth manufacturing facility capable of producing tens of thousands of delivery drones annually. The investment could help scale Wing’s commercial operations, though it requires substantial upfront spending. Wall Street Journal article
• Neutral Sentiment: Google plans to double prices for paid input, output and context-caching on its Gemini 3.8 and 3.6 Flash APIs starting January 1, 2027. Higher pricing could improve monetization, but its effect on customer demand is uncertain. Yahoo Finance article
• Negative Sentiment: Alphabet faces renewed investor scrutiny over a securities class action alleging misleading statements during May–July 2026. The claims are allegations, not findings, but could add legal and reputational risk; multiple law-firm notices largely repeat the same case. PR Newswire article
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned about uncertainty around data-center regulation and the scale of AI capital spending. A separate lawsuit also alleges safety harms involving Google’s AI on a school Chromebook, adding potential reputational and legal exposure. Reuters article

Alphabet Profile

Alphabet Inc is a technology holding company whose largest business is Google. Founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google became part of Alphabet when the company reorganized its businesses under the holding-company structure in 2015.

Google's products and services include Search, YouTube, Android, Chrome, Google Maps, Google Play and Google Cloud. The company also generates revenue from digital advertising and offers devices, subscriptions and artificial intelligence products and services.

Alphabet serves consumers, businesses and organizations around the world.

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