Revisor Wealth Management LLC Boosts Stock Holdings in Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL

Revisor Wealth Management LLC raised its stake in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) by 31.6% during the fourth quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The fund owned 10,935 shares of the information services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 2,628 shares during the quarter. Alphabet comprises 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 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Brighton Jones LLC raised its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 3.9% during the 4th quarter. Brighton Jones LLC now owns 110,330 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $20,886,000 after acquiring an additional 4,110 shares in the last quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC increased its position in Alphabet by 3.5% in the fourth quarter. Revolve Wealth Partners LLC now owns 14,930 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $2,826,000 after purchasing an additional 506 shares during the last quarter. Matrix Asset Advisors Inc. NY increased its position 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 worth $685,000 after purchasing an additional 581 shares during the last quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC raised its stake in Alphabet by 11.2% during the second quarter. Sequoia Financial Advisors LLC now owns 485,486 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $85,557,000 after purchasing an additional 48,805 shares in the last quarter. Finally, United Bank lifted its position in Alphabet by 6.9% during the second quarter. United Bank now owns 48,204 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $8,495,000 after purchasing an additional 3,120 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 40.03% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of equities analysts have commented on GOOGL shares. CICC Research lifted their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $388.00 to $407.91 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Friday, May 1st. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $410.00 to $435.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated a “buy” rating on shares of Alphabet in a report on Monday. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Monday. Finally, Canaccord Genuity Group increased their price objective on shares of Alphabet from $415.00 to $450.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently 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

Alphabet Price Performance

Shares of GOOGL stock opened at $388.46 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization 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’s 50-day simple moving average is $315.19 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $309.67. Alphabet Inc. has a one year low of $147.84 and a one year high of $392.82. 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 (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last posted its quarterly 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. The firm had revenue of $109.90 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $106.98 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 37.92% and a return on equity of 38.99%. As a group, equities analysts anticipate that Alphabet Inc. will post 13.58 EPS for the current year.

Alphabet Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, June 15th. Shareholders of record on Monday, June 8th will be given a dividend of $0.22 per share. This is a boost 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 yield of 0.2%. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio is presently 6.41%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, Director Frances Arnold sold 102 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, April 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $371.00, for a total transaction of $37,842.00. Following the transaction, the director owned 18,621 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $6,908,391. This represents a 0.54% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, March 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $307.89, for a total value of $10,006,425.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 1,642,060 shares in the company, valued at approximately $505,573,853.40. This represents a 1.94% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 158,553 shares of company stock worth $47,951,856. 11.61% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.