Meriwether Wealth & Planning LLC Trims Stock Position in Alphabet Inc. $GOOG

Meriwether Wealth & Planning LLC cut its position in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) by 17.4% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 10,353 shares of the information services provider’s stock after selling 2,184 shares during the quarter. Alphabet comprises 1.8% of Meriwether Wealth & Planning LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 12th biggest position. Meriwether Wealth & Planning LLC’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $3,249,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Centurion Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of Alphabet by 2.8% during the 4th quarter. Centurion Wealth Management LLC now owns 11,774 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $3,695,000 after purchasing an additional 322 shares in the last quarter. ORG Partners LLC boosted its stake in Alphabet by 1.4% during the fourth quarter. ORG Partners LLC now owns 11,912 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $3,739,000 after buying an additional 165 shares during the period. ORG Wealth Partners LLC boosted its stake in Alphabet by 1.0% during the fourth quarter. ORG Wealth Partners LLC now owns 15,576 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $4,888,000 after buying an additional 151 shares during the period. Catalyst Private Wealth LLC grew its position in Alphabet by 1.8% during the fourth quarter. Catalyst Private Wealth LLC now owns 5,368 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $1,684,000 after buying an additional 97 shares in the last quarter. Finally, AA Financial Advisors LLC increased its stake in Alphabet by 3.5% in the 4th quarter. AA Financial Advisors LLC now owns 9,027 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $2,833,000 after acquiring an additional 303 shares during the last quarter. 27.26% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Alphabet Stock Performance

NASDAQ:GOOG opened at $294.46 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $3.56 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.24, a PEG ratio of 1.81 and a beta of 1.13. The business has a 50 day moving average of $309.68 and a 200 day moving average of $296.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.11, a current ratio of 2.01 and a quick ratio of 2.01. Alphabet Inc. has a 1-year low of $142.66 and a 1-year high of $350.15.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, February 5th. The information services provider reported $2.82 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.59 by $0.23. The firm had revenue of $113.83 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $111.24 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 32.81% and a return on equity of 35.01%. The business’s revenue was up 18.0% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.15 earnings per share. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Alphabet Inc. will post 8.89 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Alphabet Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, March 16th. Investors of record on Monday, March 9th were given a $0.21 dividend. This represents a $0.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.3%. The ex-dividend date was Monday, March 9th. Alphabet’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 7.77%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Alphabet

In other news, major shareholder 2017 Gp L.L.C. Gv sold 1,845,308 shares of Alphabet stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 30th. The stock was sold at an average price of $19.00, for a total value of $35,060,852.00. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Sundar Pichai sold 32,500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, February 18th. The shares were sold at an average price of $303.92, for a total value of $9,877,400.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 2,818,524 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $856,605,814.08. This trade represents a 1.14% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders have sold 2,101,227 shares of company stock worth $114,969,050 in the last 90 days. 12.99% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Key Stories Impacting Alphabet

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Google rolled out Gemma 4, a new open-source AI model family that reinforces Google’s AI leadership and developer ecosystem—positive for long‑term cloud and AI monetization. Google Introduces Gemma 4
• Positive Sentiment: Market commentary highlights Google’s TurboQuant memory/compression advances as a potential efficiency and performance edge for large models — this can improve margins on AI workloads over time. Google’s TurboQuant Breakthrough
• Positive Sentiment: Needham and other firms continue to voice bullishness (Needham reiterated a Buy with a high price target), keeping analyst sentiment supportive for upside once market focus returns to fundamentals. Needham Reiterates Buy
• Neutral Sentiment: Wells Fargo kept an Overweight stance on Alphabet but trimmed price targets — signals confidence in the story but slightly cooler near‑term expectations. Wells Fargo Keeps Overweight, Cuts PTs
• Neutral Sentiment: Broader market flows and ETF activity (SPY/QQQ/VTI moves) have amplified Alphabet’s intraday swings — i.e., macro risk‑on/off and large‑cap index moves remain an execution risk for short‑term price action. SPY/ETF Context
• Negative Sentiment: Amie Thuener O’Toole, Alphabet’s principal accounting officer, is leaving to become Broadcom’s CFO — the loss of a senior finance leader creates short‑term execution and transition risk. Broadcom Taps Alphabet Executive as CFO (Reuters)
• Negative Sentiment: Semianalysis’ CEO warned that Google’s free cash flow could be driven to near zero next year by heavy AI capex — a reminder that aggressive infrastructure spending may pressure near‑term cash flow and valuation multiples. Semianalysis CEO: FCF Hit by AI CapEx
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling by senior executives (recent sales reported for John Kent Walker and others) can weigh on sentiment, especially with elevated market sensitivity to insider activity. Insider Sale: John Kent Walker

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have weighed in on GOOG. Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $375.00 price target on shares of Alphabet in a report on Thursday, January 15th. Truist Financial set a $350.00 target price on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Friday, December 5th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Wednesday, January 21st. Sanford C. Bernstein reissued a “market perform” rating and issued a $345.00 price target on shares of Alphabet in a report on Thursday, February 5th. Finally, Wedbush restated an “outperform” rating and set a $370.00 price objective on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have issued a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $345.71.

Alphabet Profile

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) is a multinational technology holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California. Formed in 2015 through a corporate restructuring of Google, Alphabet serves as the parent to Google LLC and a portfolio of businesses collectively known as “Other Bets.” Google was originally founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin; Alphabet is led by CEO Sundar Pichai, who oversees Google and the broader company while the founders remain prominent shareholders and influential figures in the company’s history.

Alphabet’s core business centers on internet search and advertising, with Google Search and the company’s ad platforms (including Google Ads and AdSense) generating the majority of revenue by connecting advertisers with consumers worldwide.