Visionary Horizons LLC Has $344,000 Holdings in Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL

Visionary Horizons LLC reduced its position in shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) by 70.9% in the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 1,416 shares of the information services provider’s stock after selling 3,458 shares during the period. Visionary Horizons LLC’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $344,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Breakwater Investment Management grew its position in shares of Alphabet by 1.0% during the 3rd quarter. Breakwater Investment Management now owns 4,228 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $1,028,000 after purchasing an additional 41 shares in the last quarter. Wealth Alliance Advisory Group LLC boosted its stake in shares of Alphabet by 1.0% in the third quarter. Wealth Alliance Advisory Group LLC now owns 4,045 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $983,000 after buying an additional 41 shares during the period. Kooman & Associates grew its position in Alphabet by 3.3% during the third quarter. Kooman & Associates now owns 1,343 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $326,000 after buying an additional 43 shares in the last quarter. Contravisory Investment Management Inc. increased its stake in Alphabet by 2.9% during the 3rd quarter. Contravisory Investment Management Inc. now owns 1,572 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $382,000 after acquiring an additional 44 shares during the period. Finally, Wallington Asset Management LLC increased its stake in Alphabet by 1.4% during the 3rd quarter. Wallington Asset Management LLC now owns 3,324 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $808,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 40.03% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, Director Frances Arnold sold 102 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, December 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $313.45, for a total transaction of $31,971.90. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 18,205 shares in the company, valued at $5,706,357.25. This represents a 0.56% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, insider John Kent Walker sold 17,829 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $314.89, for a total transaction of $5,614,173.81. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 42,972 shares in the company, valued at approximately $13,531,453.08. The trade was a 29.32% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 189,909 shares of company stock worth $57,927,282. Corporate insiders own 11.55% of the company’s stock.

Alphabet Trading Down 2.1%

Shares of NASDAQ GOOGL traded down $6.80 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $323.20. The company had a trading volume of 5,122,445 shares, compared to its average volume of 29,800,225. Alphabet Inc. has a 12 month low of $140.53 and a 12 month high of $340.49. The company has a quick ratio of 1.75, a current ratio of 1.75 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06. The stock has a market cap of $3.90 trillion, a P/E ratio of 31.98, a PEG ratio of 1.82 and a beta of 1.08. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $312.13 and its 200-day moving average price is $256.45.

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

Key Headlines Impacting Alphabet

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Alphabet’s AI investments helped push it into the $4 trillion market‑cap club, signaling strong investor confidence in its AI strategy and scale — supportive for long‑term valuation. Alphabet Enters the $4 Trillion Club as AI Bets Reshape Big Tech
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts and investors point to Google Cloud as a major growth driver — one write‑up forecasts Cloud net income could roughly double with AI demand, making a ~$20B income target plausible and boosting earnings upside. Will Alphabet’s Cloud Division Fuel $20 Billion in Income?
• Positive Sentiment: Industry comparisons show Alphabet retains an edge in digital advertising thanks to AI-driven ad tools and scale, supporting near‑term ad revenue resilience versus smaller rivals. RDDT vs GOOGL: Which Digital Advertising Stock Has an Edge Now?
• Positive Sentiment: Alphabet continues to win AI partnerships and integrations (recent coverage notes progress such as powering voice assistants), which validates its models and could open licensing or product revenue avenues. Should You Buy Alphabet Stock Before Feb. 4?
• Neutral Sentiment: Google is revisiting smart glasses with new AI features — promising for product diversification but adoption and monetization remain uncertain. Product success would be incremental versus core ad/cloud businesses. Will Google be ‘third time lucky’ with new, AI-powered smart glasses?
• Neutral Sentiment: Several investor pieces and model portfolios continue to recommend Alphabet as a long‑term buy due to dominance across search, ads, cloud, AI and minority stakes (e.g., SpaceX exposure) — supportive for long‑term demand but mixed for short‑term trading. 2 Stocks to Buy in 2026 and Hold Forever
• Negative Sentiment: Macro/risk‑off flow hit tech names after tariff/tension headlines tied to Greenland spurred a sell‑off; that external risk is pressuring high‑beta, high‑multiple growth stocks including Alphabet in the near term. Tech stocks lead Wall Street sell-off as tensions over Greenland escalate
• Negative Sentiment: Coverage notes the “Magnificent Seven” divergence as AI trade dynamics shift — sector leadership is becoming more mixed, which can introduce volatility and weigh on multiples for even top names. The Magnificent Seven Drove Markets. Now They’re Pulling in Different Directions.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on GOOGL. Weiss Ratings reaffirmed a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Alphabet in a report on Wednesday, October 8th. Oppenheimer upped their target price on Alphabet from $270.00 to $300.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, October 20th. Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a “buy” rating and issued a $365.00 price target (up previously from $320.00) on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Monday, January 5th. Phillip Securities raised Alphabet from a “moderate buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating in a report on Friday, November 7th. Finally, Citizens Jmp raised their price objective on Alphabet from $340.00 to $385.00 and gave the company a “market outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, December 31st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-five have assigned a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $329.08.

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.