Moss Adams Wealth Advisors LLC Sells 4,036 Shares of Alphabet Inc. $GOOGL

Moss Adams Wealth Advisors LLC lowered its position in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) by 9.4% during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 38,977 shares of the information services provider’s stock after selling 4,036 shares during the quarter. Alphabet comprises approximately 0.9% of Moss Adams Wealth Advisors LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 16th largest holding. Moss Adams Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $13,411,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Blue Fin Capital Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 6.2% in the 3rd quarter. Blue Fin Capital Inc. now owns 122,549 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $42,167,000 after buying an additional 7,106 shares during the last quarter. Global Assets Advisory LLC raised its position in shares of Alphabet by 0.4% during the 3rd quarter. Global Assets Advisory LLC now owns 20,458 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $7,099,000 after buying an additional 86 shares in the last quarter. Summit Global Investments lifted its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 92.9% during the 3rd quarter. Summit Global Investments now owns 63,229 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $21,756,000 after acquiring an additional 30,450 shares during the last quarter. Invera Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 2.0% during the 3rd quarter. Invera Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 16,997 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $5,848,000 after acquiring an additional 338 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Kassira Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Alphabet by 12.2% during the 3rd quarter. Kassira Wealth Management LLC now owns 34,819 shares of the information services provider’s stock worth $11,981,000 after acquiring an additional 3,799 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 40.03% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

GOOGL has been the subject of several research reports. Barclays reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $405.00 target price (down from $425.00) on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Thursday, October 29th. Susquehanna lowered their price target on Alphabet from $460.00 to $400.00 and set a “positive” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, October 29th. The Goldman Sachs Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a $385.00 price target on shares of Alphabet in a research note on Thursday, October 29th. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Alphabet in a report on Thursday, October 15th. Finally, Wall Street Zen lowered Alphabet from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Saturday, August 1st. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, forty-five have assigned a Buy rating and five have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $412.51.

Alphabet News Summary

Here are the key news stories impacting Alphabet this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Google is acquiring a Wyoming data-center site from Crusoe as it expands capacity for AI workloads. The purchase supports Alphabet’s push to secure infrastructure it might otherwise lease; a broader Wyoming project has been reported at about $17 billion, with Google saying it will cover the facility’s power costs. Reuters article
• Positive Sentiment: Alphabet’s Wing plans to invest up to $125 million over two years in a Fort Worth manufacturing facility capable of producing tens of thousands of delivery drones annually. The investment could help scale Wing’s commercial operations, though it requires substantial upfront spending. Wall Street Journal article
• Neutral Sentiment: Google plans to double prices for paid input, output and context-caching on its Gemini 3.8 and 3.6 Flash APIs starting January 1, 2027. Higher pricing could improve monetization, but its effect on customer demand is uncertain. Yahoo Finance article
• Negative Sentiment: Alphabet faces renewed investor scrutiny over a securities class action alleging misleading statements during May–July 2026. The claims are allegations, not findings, but could add legal and reputational risk; multiple law-firm notices largely repeat the same case. PR Newswire article
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned about uncertainty around data-center regulation and the scale of AI capital spending. A separate lawsuit also alleges safety harms involving Google’s AI on a school Chromebook, adding potential reputational and legal exposure. Reuters article

Alphabet Stock Performance

Shares of GOOGL opened at $284.78 on Monday. The firm has a market cap of $3.50 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 14.86, a PEG ratio of 0.86 and a beta of 1.23. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a quick ratio of 2.69 and a current ratio of 2.79. Alphabet Inc. has a fifty-two week low of $270.70 and a fifty-two week high of $408.61. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $332.93 and a 200-day moving average price of $338.97.

Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 28th. The information services provider reported $2.12 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.02 by ($0.90). Alphabet had a net margin of 50.03% and a return on equity of 43.33%. The business had revenue of $127.58 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $127.96 billion. As a group, equities research analysts forecast that Alphabet Inc. will post 19.86 earnings per share for the current year.

Alphabet Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Monday, December 14th. Shareholders of record on Monday, December 7th will be paid a $0.22 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, December 7th. This represents a $0.88 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.3%. Alphabet’s payout ratio is currently 4.59%.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Alphabet news, Director Frances Arnold sold 83 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 30th. The shares were sold at an average price of $340.45, for a total transaction of $28,257.35. Following the completion of the sale, the director directly owned 19,076 shares in the company, valued at $6,494,424.20. This represents a 0.43% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Insiders have sold 247 shares of company stock valued at $79,238 over the last ninety days. Insiders own 11.61% of the company’s stock.

About Alphabet

Alphabet Inc is a technology holding company whose largest business is Google. Founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google became part of Alphabet when the company reorganized its businesses under the holding-company structure in 2015.

Google’s products and services include Search, YouTube, Android, Chrome, Google Maps, Google Play and Google Cloud. The company also generates revenue from digital advertising and offers devices, subscriptions and artificial intelligence products and services.

Alphabet serves consumers, businesses and organizations around the world.