Sen. Shelley Moore Capito Sells Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Shares

Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-West Virginia) recently sold shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL). In a filing disclosed on January 06th, the Senator disclosed that they had sold between $1,001 and $15,000 in Alphabet stock on December 16th.

Senator Shelley Moore Capito also recently made the following trade(s):

• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) on 12/16/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) on 12/16/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Kellanova (NYSE:K) on 12/11/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Lowe’s Companies (NYSE:LOW) on 11/13/2025.
• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) on 11/13/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Paychex (NASDAQ:PAYX) on 11/13/2025.
• Sold $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) on 10/29/2025.
• Sold $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) on 10/29/2025.
• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) on 10/24/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) on 10/22/2025.

Alphabet Stock Performance

GOOGL opened at $325.44 on Friday. The stock’s 50 day simple moving average is $305.24 and its 200-day simple moving average is $247.60. The company has a current ratio of 1.75, a quick ratio of 1.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. The stock has a market cap of $3.93 trillion, a PE ratio of 32.09, a P/E/G ratio of 1.78 and a beta of 1.08. Alphabet Inc. has a 1 year low of $140.53 and a 1 year high of $330.32.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The information services provider reported $2.87 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $2.29 by $0.58. The firm had revenue of $102.35 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $99.90 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 32.23% and a return on equity of 35.00%. Sell-side analysts forecast that Alphabet Inc. will post 8.9 EPS for the current year.

Alphabet Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, December 15th. Stockholders of record on Monday, December 8th were issued a dividend of $0.21 per share. This represents a $0.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Monday, December 8th. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 8.28%.

Insider Transactions at Alphabet

In other Alphabet news, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $283.48, for a total transaction of $9,213,100.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 2,337,119 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $662,526,494.12. The trade was a 1.37% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CAO Amie Thuener O’toole sold 2,778 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 17th. The shares were sold at an average price of $288.26, for a total value of $800,786.28. Following the completion of the sale, the chief accounting officer owned 11,739 shares in the company, valued at $3,383,884.14. This represents a 19.14% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders have sold 225,187 shares of company stock worth $66,695,036 in the last ninety days. Insiders own 11.64% of the company’s stock.

Key Alphabet News

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Alphabet has overtaken Apple to become the world’s second-most valuable public company, a market-cap milestone that signals investor confidence in Google’s AI-led growth story and may attract ETF flows and index-related buying. Google Claims Apple’s Spot on Most-Valuable-Companies List
• Positive Sentiment: Broker and media coverage has turned more bullish (upgrades and optimistic price-target notes), reinforcing momentum and giving investors confidence in further upside tied to Gemini/AI and search monetization. Alphabet Stock Gets an Upgrade. How Google Will Beat ChatGPT.
• Positive Sentiment: EU discussions reportedly spare Big Tech from the strictest aspects of a digital-rule overhaul, easing regulatory risk for Google’s ad and cloud businesses in Europe. Big Tech spared strict rules in EU digital rule overhaul
• Neutral Sentiment: EU antitrust regulators will rule on Alphabet’s $32B Wiz acquisition by Feb. 10 — a clear catalyst but with an uncertain outcome; approval would remove an overhang, while objections could delay or alter the deal. EU antitrust regulators to decide on Google’s Wiz deal by Feb 10
• Neutral Sentiment: Google and Character.AI reached settlements in lawsuits alleging chatbots harmed minors — this cuts litigation uncertainty but keeps reputation and product-safety issues on investors’ radars. Google and Character.AI to Settle Lawsuit Over Teenager’s Death
• Neutral Sentiment: CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares (~$10.4M), a disclosed insider sale that slightly reduces his stake but appears routine and not an obvious signal of impaired fundamentals. SEC filing: Insider sale
• Negative Sentiment: Competitor dynamics: Nvidia hired a former Google marketing executive as CMO, underscoring intense competition for AI talent and marketing muscle in the AI infrastructure space — a subtle competitive headwind to watch. Nvidia Hires Google Veteran as Its First Chief Marketing Officer

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

Several hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the business. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Alphabet in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $21,944,208,000. Berkshire Hathaway Inc bought a new stake in Alphabet during the third quarter worth $4,338,397,000. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in Alphabet by 17,667.7% during the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 15,245,075 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $2,686,640,000 after acquiring an additional 15,159,273 shares in the last quarter. Capital World Investors lifted its stake in Alphabet by 28.0% in the third quarter. Capital World Investors now owns 53,107,572 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $12,910,542,000 after acquiring an additional 11,605,785 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Franklin Resources Inc. grew its position in shares of Alphabet by 51.7% in the 2nd quarter. Franklin Resources Inc. now owns 31,817,684 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $5,607,232,000 after acquiring an additional 10,843,853 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 40.03% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have recently weighed in on the stock. Melius Research lifted their target price on shares of Alphabet from $220.00 to $255.00 in a research report on Thursday, September 25th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $365.00 price target (up previously from $320.00) on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Monday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lifted their price objective on Alphabet from $260.00 to $340.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Bank of America increased their target price on Alphabet from $280.00 to $335.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Wedbush reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $350.00 price target (up previously from $320.00) on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Friday, December 19th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-three have given a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $322.42.

About Senator Capito

Shelley Moore Capito (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. Senate from West Virginia. She assumed office on January 3, 2015. Her current term ends on January 3, 2027. Capito (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. Senate to represent West Virginia. She won in the general election on November 3, 2020. Capito was first elected to the Senate in 2014, becoming the first female U.S. Senator in the state’s history. Prior to serving in the Senate, Capito was a member of the West Virginia House of Representatives from 1997 to 2001 and a member of the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2015. At the start of the 116th Congress, Capito was a member of the U.S. Senate committees on Appropriations, Commerce, Science, and Transportation, Environment and Public Works, and Rules and Administration. As of a 2014 analysis of multiple outside rankings, Capito is a more moderate right of center Republican Party vote. As a result, she may break with the Republican Party line more than her fellow members. Capito earned her bachelor’s degree from Duke University. After earning her M.Ed. from the University of Virginia, Capito was a college counselor and then director of an educational information center. She was the only Republican in the West Virginia congressional delegation until the 2010 elections and is the first Republican woman elected to Congress from West Virginia. Capito is a former chairwoman of the Congressional Caucus for Women’s Issues, as well as a member of the Congressional Arts Caucus. After an explosion responsible for the death of 29 coal workers, Capito founded the Congressional Coal Caucus. Prior to her election to the U.S. House, Capito served in the West Virginia House of Delegates.

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.