Krilogy Financial LLC Has $28.64 Million Stock Holdings in Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL

Krilogy Financial LLC raised its holdings in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Free Report) by 24.0% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 85,925 shares of the information services provider's stock after acquiring an additional 16,629 shares during the quarter. Alphabet comprises approximately 1.0% of Krilogy Financial LLC's holdings, making the stock its 24th largest position. Krilogy Financial LLC's holdings in Alphabet were worth $28,635,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Brighton Jones LLC raised its position in Alphabet by 3.9% in the fourth quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 110,330 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $20,886,000 after purchasing an additional 4,110 shares in the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC raised its holdings in Alphabet by 3.5% during the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 14,930 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $2,826,000 after acquiring an additional 506 shares in the last quarter. Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY lifted its stake in Alphabet by 17.6% in the second quarter. Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY now owns 3,888 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $685,000 after acquiring an additional 581 shares during the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Alphabet by 11.2% during the 2nd quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 485,486 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $85,557,000 after acquiring an additional 48,805 shares during the period. Finally, United Bank boosted its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 6.9% during the 2nd quarter. United Bank now owns 48,204 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $8,495,000 after buying an additional 3,120 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 40.03% of the company's stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have commented on GOOGL shares. Daiwa Securities Group upped their price objective on Alphabet from $380.00 to $445.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday. Loop Capital upped their price objective on Alphabet from $320.00 to $355.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, February 23rd. Rothschild & Co Redburn upped their price objective on Alphabet from $390.00 to $430.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Alphabet from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Saturday. Finally, China Renaissance raised their target price on shares of Alphabet from $400.00 to $485.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Monday. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have issued a Buy rating and five have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Alphabet currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $405.94.

More Alphabet News

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

Alphabet Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ:GOOGL opened at $388.46 on Wednesday. The company's 50 day simple moving average is $315.19 and its 200 day simple moving average is $309.67. The stock has a market capitalization of $4.70 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 29.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16, a current ratio of 1.92 and a quick ratio of 1.92. Alphabet Inc. has a 1 year low of $147.84 and a 1 year high of $392.82.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The information services provider reported $5.11 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 company had revenue of $109.90 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $106.98 billion. As a group, research analysts predict that Alphabet Inc. will post 13.58 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Alphabet Increases Dividend

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $303.38, for a total value of $9,859,850.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 1,674,560 shares in the company, valued at approximately $508,028,012.80. The trade was a 1.90% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider John Kent Walker sold 47,574 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, February 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $301.45, for a total value of $14,341,182.30. Following the sale, the insider owned 13,227 shares in the company, valued at approximately $3,987,279.15. The trade was a 78.25% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 158,553 shares of company stock valued at $47,951,856 in the last quarter. 11.61% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Alphabet Company 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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