Genoa Capital Gestora de Recursos Ltda. Invests $2.53 Million in Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL

Key Points

• Genoa Capital Gestora de Recursos Ltda. initiated a new stake in Alphabet of 8,097 shares valued at approximately $2.53 million, making the stock about 1.2% of its portfolio and its 12th-largest holding.
• Alphabet strongly beat Q1 expectations with $5.11 EPS (vs. $2.64 est.) and $109.9B revenue, triggering analyst price-target upgrades and positive momentum, and benefited from an announced multiyear Anthropic commitment reportedly worth about $200 billion to Google Cloud.
• Corporate insiders have sold significant stock recently—158,553 shares worth roughly $47.95 million over the past 90 days (including sales by John Kent Walker and Sundar Pichai)—even as insiders still own 11.61% of shares; Alphabet also raised its quarterly dividend to $0.22 per share.

Genoa Capital Gestora de Recursos Ltda. bought a new position in shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Free Report) in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund bought 8,097 shares of the information services provider's stock, valued at approximately $2,534,000. Alphabet accounts for approximately 1.2% of Genoa Capital Gestora de Recursos Ltda.'s portfolio, making the stock its 12th biggest holding.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. PMV Capital Advisers LLC bought a new stake in Alphabet in the 4th quarter valued at $38,000. Pilgrim Partners Asia Pte Ltd bought a new stake in Alphabet in the 3rd quarter valued at $53,000. Kentucky Trust Co boosted its stake in Alphabet by 142.9% in the 4th quarter. Kentucky Trust Co now owns 170 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $53,000 after purchasing an additional 100 shares during the period. iSAM Funds UK Ltd bought a new stake in Alphabet in the 3rd quarter valued at $53,000. Finally, Sellwood Investment Partners LLC bought a new stake in Alphabet in the 3rd quarter valued at $63,000. 40.03% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Alphabet Stock Performance

NASDAQ:GOOGL opened at $388.46 on Wednesday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $315.19 and a 200-day moving average price of $309.67. The company has a market cap of $4.70 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.63, a PEG ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a quick ratio of 1.92 and a current ratio of 1.92. Alphabet Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $147.84 and a fifty-two week high of $392.82.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The information services provider reported $5.11 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.64 by $2.47. Alphabet had a return on equity of 38.99% and a net margin of 37.92%.The company had revenue of $109.90 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $106.98 billion. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Alphabet Inc. will post 13.58 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Alphabet Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, June 8th will be issued a dividend of $0.22 per share. This is an increase from Alphabet's previous quarterly dividend of $0.21. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 8th. This represents a $0.88 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.2%. Alphabet's payout ratio is presently 6.41%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, insider John Kent Walker sold 47,574 shares of the business'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 completion of the transaction, the insider owned 13,227 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $3,987,279.15. The trade was a 78.25% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $303.38, for a total value of $9,859,850.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 1,674,560 shares of the company's stock, valued at $508,028,012.80. This trade represents a 1.90% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 158,553 shares of company stock worth $47,951,856 over the last 90 days. Corporate insiders own 11.61% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several analysts recently issued reports on GOOGL shares. Tigress Financial set a $415.00 price target on Alphabet and gave the company a "strong-buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, February 19th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a "buy" rating on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Monday. Rosenblatt Securities boosted their price target on Alphabet from $357.00 to $393.00 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Pivotal Research boosted their price target on Alphabet from $400.00 to $420.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane boosted their price target on Alphabet from $390.00 to $420.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have given a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $405.94.

Alphabet News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Anthropic committed to a multiyear purchase deal with Google Cloud reportedly worth about $200 billion over five years — a massive, long‑term revenue catalyst for Google Cloud and an endorsement of Alphabet’s AI infrastructure business. Anthropic commits to spending $200 billion on Google's cloud and chips, The Information reports
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts kept raising targets and reiterating buys after strong Q1 results and cloud growth — notable lifts from firms including Citizens/JMP, New Street, China Renaissance, Daiwa and President Capital — supporting upside expectations. Citizens Jmp price target raise
• Positive Sentiment: Alphabet’s euro bond deal drew strong demand (orders well above the planned issuance), signaling institutional appetite to fund the company’s AI/capex plans without equity dilution. Alphabet taps euro bond market with six-tranche offering
• Positive Sentiment: Competitive moves: reports that Google will sell TPUs directly could expand its AI‑compute addressable market and pressure rivals (notably Nvidia) — a strategic push that investors view as positive for long‑term AI economics. Google Moves to Sell TPUs Directly
• Neutral Sentiment: The U.S. government and multiple AI firms (including Google/DeepMind) agreed to share pre‑release models for national‑security risk reviews — this increases oversight but also legitimizes Google as a trusted provider for sensitive use cases. What we know about US stress tests of Google, xAI and Microsoft AI models
• Neutral Sentiment: Market cap momentum story: coverage noted Alphabet closing the gap with Nvidia as one of the world’s largest companies, which can attract index and momentum flows but also draw headline volatility. Alphabet closes in on Nvidia's spot as world's biggest company
• Negative Sentiment: EU regulatory friction: a senior Google scientist warned EU regulators that proposed data‑sharing rules could expose user data — heightening European regulatory risk to search and AI data practices. Top Google scientist says EU data measures pose privacy risk for users
• Negative Sentiment: Labor and reputational risk: DeepMind/Google AI staff in the UK voted to unionize and workers have demanded recognition over military use of tech — potential operational, PR and execution risk for AI teams. UK Google DeepMind employees vote to unionize
• Negative Sentiment: Some sell‑side/independent calls temper enthusiasm (a downgrade from Freedom Capital and contrarian technical crash calls), which can amplify short‑term volatility despite strong fundamentals. Freedom Capital downgrade / Zacks

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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