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 $122,273 were sold by Hennessy John L. on Aug 13 ’25. At $203.79 per share, Hennessy John L. sold 600 shares. The insider’s holdings dropped to 6,316 shares worth approximately $1.29 million following the completion of this transaction.
Also, Hennessy John L. purchased 600 shares, netting a total of over 122,988 in proceeds.
Before that, Hennessy John L. had sold 1,000 shares from its account. In a trade valued at $200,000, the Director traded Alphabet Inc shares for $200.00 each. Upon closing the transaction, the insider’s holdings decreased to 1,000 shares, worth approximately $1.41 million.
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 0.39% to $203.82. The stock’s lowest price that day was $202.3245, but it reached a high of $205.41 in the same session. During the last five days, there has been a surge of approximately 3.32%. Over the course of the year, Alphabet Inc shares have jumped approximately 24.32%. Shares of the company reached a 52-week high of $208.70 on 02/04/25 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 202.29, which, if violated, would cause prices to drop to 200.76. In the upper region, resistance lies at 205.39. The next price resistance is at 206.95. RSI (Relative Strength Index) is 71.13 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 2025-07-31 dropping by -6.23 million shares to 33.79 million. Data from Yahoo Finance shows that the short interest on 2025-06-30 was 40.02 million shares. A decline of -18.43% in short interest reflects a positive sentiment towards the stock. Despite the fact that short shares comprise just 1.3 of the overall float, the days-to-cover ratio (short ratio) decline to 1.3.
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In terms of Alphabet Inc share price expectations, FactSet research, analysts set an average price target of 202.5 in the next 12 months, down nearly -0.26% from the previous closing price of $203.03. 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.
