Revisor Wealth Management LLC Grows Holdings in Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL

Revisor Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Free Report) by 31.6% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 10,935 shares of the information services provider's stock after purchasing an additional 2,628 shares during the quarter. Alphabet accounts for approximately 1.0% of Revisor Wealth Management LLC's holdings, making the stock its 18th biggest position. Revisor Wealth Management LLC's holdings in Alphabet were worth $3,563,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of GOOGL. State Street Corp raised its holdings in Alphabet by 1.8% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 229,954,269 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $40,524,841,000 after acquiring an additional 4,008,374 shares during the last quarter. Capital World Investors boosted its stake in Alphabet by 28.0% during the 3rd quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 53,107,572 shares of the information services provider's stock valued at $12,910,542,000 after purchasing an additional 11,605,785 shares during the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors increased its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 15.7% in the 3rd quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 50,732,476 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $12,333,076,000 after purchasing an additional 6,874,381 shares in the last quarter. Invesco Ltd. increased its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 2.3% in the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 45,186,112 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $10,984,744,000 after purchasing an additional 1,034,292 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Legal & General Group Plc raised its stake in shares of Alphabet by 1.0% in the third quarter. Legal & General Group Plc now owns 39,250,829 shares of the information services provider's stock worth $9,541,877,000 after purchasing an additional 392,547 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 40.03% of the company's stock.

Key Headlines Impacting Alphabet

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 Up 1.4%

Shares of GOOGL stock opened at $388.46 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.92, a quick ratio of 1.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.16. Alphabet Inc. has a 12 month low of $147.84 and a 12 month high of $392.82. The stock has a market cap of $4.70 trillion, a P/E ratio of 29.63, a P/E/G ratio of 1.71 and a beta of 1.26. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $315.19 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $309.67.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The information services provider reported $5.11 earnings per share 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 the consensus estimate of $106.98 billion. On average, research analysts expect that Alphabet Inc. will post 13.58 earnings per share for the current year.

Alphabet Increases Dividend

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

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Alphabet news, Director John L. Hennessy sold 1,050 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, April 15th. The shares were sold at an average price of $331.65, for a total transaction of $348,232.50. Following the sale, the director owned 3,581 shares in the company, valued at approximately $1,187,638.65. This trade represents a 22.67% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, March 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $303.38, for a total transaction of $9,859,850.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 1,674,560 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $508,028,012.80. The trade was a 1.90% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 158,553 shares of company stock valued at $47,951,856. Insiders own 11.61% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of brokerages have weighed in on GOOGL. Wedbush boosted their target price on Alphabet from $360.00 to $370.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Citigroup reiterated an "outperform" rating on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Monday. Robert W. Baird boosted their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $380.00 to $400.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Stifel Nicolaus set a $420.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Finally, Freedom Capital cut shares of Alphabet from a "strong-buy" rating to a "hold" 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 issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $405.94.

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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