Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL)
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- Profitability20/20
Profitable and growing: $243.68B net income over the last four reported quarters, up from $124.25B the year before.
- Insider buying vs selling11/20
Insiders are sellers only: 2 sells worth $176,945, no open-market buys, across the last 20 Form 4s. Routine executive selling is common, so this is only a mild negative. Separately, 2 new 5%+ stake disclosures (13D/13G) hit in the last 6 months, which is big-money accumulation.
- Dilution and offerings4/15
25 offering-related filings in the last year (share-count history unavailable).
- Analysts54
- Implied upside+23.5%
- Target range$340.00 to $515.00
- EPS expected$3.01 +4.7%
- A year ago$2.87
- Revenue expected$127.08B +24%
- Estimate range$2.64 to $3.68
GOOGL closed at $346.59 on Aug 28, up 3.9% since Jul 30. Chart read: price above the 200-day moving average but below the 50-day; the 50-day is above the 200-day (uptrend structure); trading at 71% of the 52-week range ($211.35 to $402.62).
Insider buying and selling at Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL)
The most recent Form 4 on record for Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) is February 17, 2026, when John Kent Walker, President, Global Affairs, CLO, sold $14.3M of stock. That sale ran under a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan, so it was scheduled ahead of time rather than decided that week.
| Insider | Action | Value | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Kent Walker · President, Global Affairs, CLO | Sell | $14.3M | February 17, 2026 | Routine |
| Sundar Pichai · Chief Executive Officer | Sell | $10.9M | February 4, 2026 | Routine |
| Sundar Pichai · Chief Executive Officer | Sell | $10.6M | January 21, 2026 | Routine |
| Sundar Pichai · Chief Executive Officer | Sell | $10.4M | January 7, 2026 | Routine |
| Sundar Pichai · Chief Executive Officer | Sell | $10.4M | December 3, 2025 | Routine |
Filed notices to sell
A Form 144 is filed beforean insider sells restricted stock. The Form 4 reporting the completed trade isn't due until two business days after the sale, so these land first. They are intentions, not transactions.
| Insider | Value | Filed | Status | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARNOLD FRANCES · Director | $27,692 | August 28, 2026 | Not yet reported | Routine |
| ARNOLD FRANCES · Director | $27,338 | July 30, 2026 | Not yet reported | Routine |
| Saraci Marsida · Officer | $149,337 | July 29, 2026 | Not yet reported | Routine |
How Congress has done in GOOGL
Every purchase of GOOGL disclosed by a member of Congress in the last 5 years, scored over the 12 months after the trade date against SPY over the same window.
| Measure | GOOGL | SPY |
|---|---|---|
| Median 12-month return after purchase | +52.2% | +24.2% |
| Median difference vs SPY | +35.1% | — |
| Purchases that beat SPY | 13 of 19 (68%) | — |
| Members who bought | 12 | — |
Most frequent buyers: John Boozman (3), Shelley Moore Capito (3), Daniel Goldman (2), Lisa McClain (2), Markwayne Mullin (2).
These are not returns anyone actually earned. Disclosures report a dollar bracket and no share count, so every purchase is counted once and weighted equally, and sales are not matched back to the buys that opened them. 7 of the 19 purchases are disclosed as a spouse's or dependent's rather than the member's own. Purchases from the last 12 months are excluded because their window has not closed yet.
Congress trades
| Date | Member | Action | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-24 | Michael Rulli | Sale | $50,001 - $100,000 | |
| 2026-08-11 | William R. Keating MA | Purchase | $1,001 - $15,000 | |
| 2026-08-11 | David Taylor OH | Purchase | $1,001 - $15,000 | |
| 2026-07-24 | Josh Gottheimer NJ | Purchase | $1,001 - $15,000 | |
| 2026-07-23 | Josh Gottheimer NJ | Purchase | $1,001 - $15,000 |
SEC filings
| Form | Filed | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 144 | August 28, 2026 | View on EDGAR |
| N-PX | August 28, 2026 | View on EDGAR |
| 4 | August 27, 2026 | 4 |
| 4 | August 27, 2026 | 4 |
| 4 | August 27, 2026 | 4 |
| 4 | August 27, 2026 | 4 |
| 4 | August 27, 2026 | 4 |
| 4 | August 27, 2026 | 4 |
Alphabet news
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Wolfe Research named Alphabet (GOOGL) a top 2027 pick and sees cloud platform revenue up 125%
Wolfe Research named Alphabet (GOOGL) a top pick for 2027, kept its $460 price target and raised its 2027 estimates. Its third-quarter cloud platform number runs far above the Street.
Warren Buffett's Berkshire nearly doubled its Alphabet (GOOGL) stake, now bigger than Coca-Cola
Berkshire added 48.1 million Alphabet shares in the June quarter and increased its Class C holding by 658 percent. The stake passed Coca-Cola to rank third.
Alphabet (GOOGL) is borrowing $25 billion more for AI. Bond investors are charging more for it than a week ago. (Aug. 6, 2026)
Alphabet launched a new $25 billion bond sale Thursday, its third of the year. GOOGL barely moved, but hyperscaler bond spreads widened, a signal from credit investors that the stock market hasn't caught up to yet.
Tesla (TSLA) and Alphabet (GOOGL) are falling hard. The rest of the AI trade isn't (July 23, 2026)
Tesla and Alphabet kept falling through Thursday morning even as chipmakers, neoclouds and photonics stocks held up fine. Oil topped $100 a barrel after Trump threatened to bomb Iranian infrastructure over any new attack on shipping.
Articles that mention Alphabet without it being the main subject.
Meta (META) is asking TikTok and YouTube to copy its teen limits. Saying yes costs Meta another $5.3 billion.
Meta ran full-page ads in three national papers urging TikTok and YouTube to adopt the teen limits from its settlement. If the rivals comply, Meta pays the states another $5.3 billion, and New York's payout nearly doubles.
Marvell (MRVL) now sees $18 billion in revenue by fiscal 2028, and that already includes the Google deal
Marvell reported record second-quarter revenue of $2.739 billion, up 37%, and CEO Matt Murphy raised the outlook on the call to about $12 billion for fiscal 2027 and $18 billion for fiscal 2028. Revenue tied to the Google warrant deal is already in those numbers.
Meta (META) could spend $10 billion a year on Anthropic even after restricting its own engineers from using its tools
Meta is one of Anthropic's largest customers and is spending hundreds of millions a month on its tools, the New York Times reported, two months after Meta limited engineers from using Claude Code.
Frequently asked questions
When does GOOGL report earnings?
Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) is scheduled to report quarterly results on October 28, 2026, after the close. The 42-analyst consensus is $3.01 per share on revenue of $127.08B for the quarter ending September 30, 2026, against $2.87 and $102.35B a year earlier.
What do analysts expect for GOOGL?
54 analysts cover Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL). The consensus rating is Strong buy. The average price target is $428.07, in a range of $340.00 to $515.00.
Are insiders buying or selling GOOGL?
We track Form 4 filings for Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL). The activity listed on this page shows 5 qualifying sales. Each row is labelled Routine when the filer declared a pre-arranged 10b5-1 plan, Tax withholding when shares were sold automatically to cover the tax on a vest, or Own call when neither applies.
Has Congress made money trading GOOGL?
12 members of Congress have disclosed buying GOOGL in the last 5 years, 19 purchases in total. Measured over the 12 months after each trade date, the median purchase returned +52.2% against +24.2% for SPY over the same windows, and 13 of the 19 (68%) beat the index. These are not returns anyone actually earned: congressional disclosures report a dollar bracket and no share count, so each purchase is counted once and weighted equally, and later sales are not matched back to the buys that opened them.
Where can I see GOOGL SEC filings?
Recent filings are listed on this page, newest first. The latest is a 144 filed August 28, 2026.