Alphabet Inc’s recent filing unveils that its Director Hennessy John L. unloaded Company’s shares for reported $0.2 million on Jan 13 ’26. In the deal valued at $337.52 per share,600 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Hennessy John L. now holds 21,224 shares worth roughly $6.84 million.
Then, Hennessy John L. bought 600 shares, generating $200,970 in total proceeds.
Before that, Pichai Sundar sold 32,500 shares. Alphabet Inc shares valued at $10,439,486 were divested by the Chief Executive Officer at a price of $321.21 per share. As a result of the transaction, Pichai Sundar now holds 2,244,372 shares, worth roughly $723.05 million.
TD Cowen reiterated its Alphabet Inc [GOOG] rating to a Buy in a research note published on January 13, 2026; the price target was $355. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Canaccord Genuity’s analysts, who remained covering the stock and in early January has reiterated a ‘”a Buy”‘ rating for it. Pivotal Research Group also remained covering GOOG and reiterated its “Buy” recommendation on December 05, 2025. Wolfe Research maintained its rating on October 30, 2025. It rated GOOG as “an Outperform”.
Price Performance Review of GOOG
On Tuesday, Alphabet Inc [NASDAQ:GOOG] saw its stock fall -2.48% to $322.16. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -3.18%. Alphabet Inc shares have risen nearly 65.71% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have risen 2.66% over the past one year.
How much short interest is there in Alphabet Inc?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Alphabet Inc stocks on 2025-12-31, growing by 11.94 million shares to a total of 53.6 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-11-28 was 41.66 million shares. There was a rise of 22.28%, which implies that there is a positive sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on October 30, 2025 when Pivotal Research Group resumed its ‘”a Buy”‘ rating for the stock and retained the price target to $350.
