Capital Financial Group Inc. Co. ADV Buys Shares of 2,433 Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL

Key Points

• Capital Financial Group Inc. Co. ADV initiated a new stake in Alphabet, buying 2,433 shares valued at about $762,000 in the fourth quarter.
• Several analysts remain bullish on Alphabet, with multiple firms raising price targets and the stock carrying a Moderate Buy consensus rating and a $413.13 average price target.
• Recent company developments highlighted in the article include a dividend increase to $0.22 per share and positive Google Cloud/AI momentum, including new enterprise partnerships and product updates.

Capital Financial Group Inc. Co. ADV bought a new stake in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Free Report) during the fourth quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 2,433 shares of the information services provider's stock, valued at approximately $762,000.

Other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. PMV Capital Advisers LLC acquired a new position in shares of Alphabet in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $38,000. IFC & Insurance Marketing Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $38,000. Bard Associates Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $52,000. Kentucky Trust Co raised its position in shares of Alphabet by 142.9% during the 4th quarter. Kentucky Trust Co now owns 170 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $53,000 after acquiring an additional 100 shares in the last quarter. Finally, iSAM Funds UK Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the 3rd quarter valued at approximately $53,000. 40.03% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Frances Arnold sold 102 shares of the stock in a transaction on Friday, May 29th. The stock was sold at an average price of $381.00, for a total value of $38,862.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the director owned 18,721 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $7,132,701. This represents a 0.54% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CAO Amie Thuener O'toole sold 617 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, April 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $289.63, for a total value of $178,701.71. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief accounting officer directly owned 10,093 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $2,923,235.59. The trade was a 5.76% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 159,466 shares of company stock valued at $6,957,543. Company insiders own 11.61% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the company. China Renaissance upped their price target on Alphabet from $400.00 to $485.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, May 4th. KeyCorp reissued an "overweight" rating and set a $425.00 price target on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Wednesday, May 20th. The Goldman Sachs Group upped their price target on Alphabet from $400.00 to $450.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. President Capital upped their price target on Alphabet from $375.00 to $465.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 5th. Finally, Rothschild & Co Redburn upped their price target on Alphabet from $390.00 to $430.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $413.13.

Alphabet News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: HSBC announced a multi-year partnership with Google Cloud to expand its AI capabilities, reinforcing Alphabet’s cloud momentum and potential enterprise revenue growth. HSBC partners with Google Cloud to expand AI usage
• Positive Sentiment: Google released Android 17 and Wear OS 7, while also adding new Gemini AI features and Pixel device upgrades, highlighting continued product innovation and deeper AI integration across its ecosystem. Android 17 launches with new multitasking tools as Google expands Gemini features
• Positive Sentiment: Google Cloud also landed a strategic partnership with Ineffable Intelligence, another sign that enterprises and AI startups are choosing Alphabet’s infrastructure for frontier AI development. Ineffable Intelligence Selects Google Cloud To Power Its Superintelligence Mission
• Neutral Sentiment: Several recent commentary pieces continued to frame Alphabet as a favorite large-cap AI name and a possible long-term winner, which may be supporting investor sentiment but does not reflect a new fundamental announcement. Alphabet: Still A Big Tech Pick To 'Buy' Now
• Neutral Sentiment: Google’s disclosure about Chinese-linked hackers targeting research facilities underscores its cybersecurity and threat-detection role, but the story is more about security awareness than a direct business driver. Chinese-linked hackers targeted U.S.,Canadian research facilities for a year, Google says
• Negative Sentiment: A separate report noted a small student walkout and boos during CEO Sundar Pichai’s Stanford commencement appearance, which is unlikely to affect fundamentals but adds a minor reputational headwind. Sundar Pichai faces boos, walkout at Stanford graduation ceremony over Google's Israel, ICE ties

Alphabet Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ GOOGL opened at $373.25 on Wednesday. Alphabet Inc. has a 1-year low of $162.00 and a 1-year high of $408.61. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.92 and a quick ratio of 1.92. The business's fifty day moving average price is $363.48 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $331.04. The firm has a market capitalization of $4.52 trillion, a PE ratio of 28.47, a P/E/G ratio of 1.58 and a beta of 1.23.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The information services provider reported $5.11 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.64 by $2.47. Alphabet had a return on equity of 38.99% and a net margin of 37.92%.The firm had revenue of $109.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $106.98 billion. On average, research analysts expect that Alphabet Inc. will post 14.3 EPS for the current year.

Alphabet Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 8th were given a $0.22 dividend. This is a boost from Alphabet's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.2%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, June 8th. Alphabet's dividend payout ratio is 6.71%.

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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