The buying and selling of stock by a company’s insider give investors a sense that the stock will rise or fall in the future. Alphabet Inc shares valued at $694,651 were sold by O’Toole Amie Thuener on Oct 15 ’25. At $250.05 per share, O’Toole Amie Thuener sold 2,778 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 14,516 shares worth approximately $3.99 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Pichai Sundar sold 32,500 shares, netting a total of over 8,129,735 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $250.15 each, the insider now holds 2,369,619 shares.
Before that, Hennessy John L. had sold 600 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $145,754, the Director traded Alphabet Inc shares for $242.92 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 600 shares, worth approximately $1.41 million.
As published in a research note from JP Morgan on October 27, 2025, Alphabet Inc [GOOG] has been retained to an Overweight and the price target has been revised to $300. Analysts at Oppenheimer resumed the stock at ‘”an Outperform”‘ outlook in a report released in mid October. As of October 02, 2025, Morgan Stanley has reiterated its “an Overweight” rating for GOOG. Earlier on October 02, 2025, Jefferies resumed its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for GOOG stock.
Analyzing GOOG Stock Performance
On last trading session, Alphabet Inc [NASDAQ: GOOG] rose 2.51% to $275.17. The stock’s lowest price that day was $268.43, but it reached a high of $275.92 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 8.97%. Over the course of the year, Alphabet Inc shares have jumped approximately 64.78%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $275.97 on 10/29/25 and a 52-week low of $142.66 on 04/07/25.
Support And Resistance Levels for Alphabet Inc (GOOG)
According to the 24-hour chart, there is a support level at 270.41, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 265.65. In the upper region, resistance lies at 277.95. The next price resistance is at 280.73. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 75.02 on the 14-day chart, showing overbought technical sentiment.
Is Alphabet Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Alphabet Inc saw a sharp steep in short interest on 2025-10-15 dropping by -3.73 million shares to 35.84 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-09-15 was 39.57 million shares. A decline of -10.41% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.75 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.75.
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In terms of Alphabet Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 275 in the next 12 months, up nearly 2.45% from the previous closing price of $268.43. Analysts anticipate Alphabet Inc stock to reach 825 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 220. In spite of this, 29 analysts ranked Alphabet Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On September 22, 2025, Robert W. Baird assigned a price target of “an Outperform” to the stock and reiterated coverage with a $275.
