Investors can expect a company’s stock to rise or fall based on the buying and selling of stock by its insiders. Alphabet Inc shares valued at $6,377,360 were sold by Pichai Sundar on Aug 06 ’25. At $196.23 per share, Pichai Sundar sold 32,500 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 2,494,892 shares worth approximately $492.19 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, WALKER JOHN KENT sold 23,820 shares, netting a total of over 4,637,754 in proceeds. Following the sale of shares at $194.70 each, the insider now holds 42,999 shares.
Before that, SUNDAR PICHAI had added 32,500 shares to its account. In a trade valued at $6,347,900, the Director bought Alphabet Inc shares for $195.32 each.
As published in a research note from Pivotal Research Group on July 24, 2025, Alphabet Inc [GOOG] has been retained to a Buy and the price target has been revised to $245. Analysts at Seaport Research Partners upgraded the stock from ‘”a Neutral”‘ to ‘”a Buy”‘ outlook in a report released in late October. As of October 11, 2024, Scotiabank has initiated its “Sector outperform” rating for GOOG. Earlier on October 01, 2024, Pivotal Research Group initiated its rating. Their recommendation was “a Buy” for GOOG stock.
Analyzing GOOG Stock Performance
On last trading session, Alphabet Inc [NASDAQ: GOOG] rose 0.18% to $197.28. The stock’s lowest price that day was $195.22, but it reached a high of $198.35 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 2.29%. Over the course of the year, Alphabet Inc shares have jumped approximately 22.81%.
Is Alphabet Inc subject to short interest?
Stocks of Alphabet Inc saw a sharp rise in short interest on 2025-07-15 jumping by 6.99 million shares to 40.02 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-13 was 33.03 million shares. A jump of 17.47% in short interest reflects a negative sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.16 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) jumped to 1.16.
Which companies own the most shares of Alphabet Inc (GOOG)?
In terms of Alphabet Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 202.5 in the next 12 months, up nearly 2.83% from the previous closing price of $196.92. Analysts anticipate Alphabet Inc stock to reach 220 by 2025, with the lowest price target being 171. In spite of this, 29 analysts ranked Alphabet Inc stock as Buy at the end of 2025. On July 10, 2024, TD Cowen assigned a price target of “a Buy” to the stock and reiterated coverage with a $220.
