ALPHABET INC GOOG
CAP STK CL C · Common Stock · CUSIP 02079K107 · ISIN US02079K1079
American multinational technology conglomerate
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($1.9bn this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $104.09. Options: 81 managers hold calls ($10.4bn notional), 73 hold puts ($9.2bn).
Trends to Q1 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 3,329 |
| Q4 2022 | 3,432 |
| Q1 2023 | 3,492 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 1,313 | 1,605 |
| Q1 2023 | 1,531 | 1,555 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $15.8bn | $14.3bn | 0.90 |
| Q4 2022 | $10.1bn | $8.7bn | 0.86 |
| Q1 2023 | $10.4bn | $9.2bn | 0.88 |
Biggest buyers
| FMR LLC | Added | +88.9m |
| GQG Partners LLC | New | +20.9m |
| Capital International Investors | Added | +15.0m |
| Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. | New | +8.1m |
| STRS OHIO | Added | +5.8m |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC | Added | +5.6m |
| Capital World Investors | Added | +4.8m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +3.5m |
| FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. | Added | +2.4m |
| Man Group plc | New | +2.1m |
Biggest sellers
| TCI FUND MANAGEMENT LTD | Reduced | -31.0m |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Reduced | -30.4m |
| CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP | Reduced | -10.9m |
| Sanders Capital, LLC | Reduced | -6.0m |
| Egerton Capital (UK) LLP | Reduced | -5.4m |
| POLEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -5.1m |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Reduced | -4.1m |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | -3.8m |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC | Reduced | -3.5m |
| AKO CAPITAL LLP | Sold out | -3.5m |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $2.2bn21.5m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $2.1bn20.2m shares |
| CTC LLC | Reduced | $984.7m97.2k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $649.7m6.2m shares |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | Added | $577.2m5.6m shares |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | $399.3m3.8m shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $330.9m3.2m shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $253.6m2.5m shares |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | Added | $248.5m23.9k shares |
| CITIGROUP INC | Added | $223.6m2.1m shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $2.1bn20.6m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $1.3bn12.9m shares |
| CTC LLC | Reduced | $1.1bn112.9k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $776.8m7.5m shares |
| Optiver Holding B.V. | Reduced | $350.0m3.4m shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $341.9m3.3m shares |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Reduced | $329.3m3.2m shares |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP | Added | $260.0m2.5m shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $248.7m2.4m shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $232.2m2.2m shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 6.4% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2023
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 10 | $1.6bn | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 10 | — | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 7 | — | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 7 | $8.6m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 4 | $10.3m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 5 | $13.8m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-03-29 | WALKER JOHN KENT President, Global Affairs, CLO · By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees | Sold | $3.0m29.0k shares |
| 2023-03-16 | Shriram Kavitark Ram Director | Sold | $3.8m37.5k shares |
| 2023-03-16 | Shriram Kavitark Ram Director | Sold | $2.9m29.3k shares |
| 2023-03-16 | Shriram Kavitark Ram Director | Sold | $821.8k8.2k shares |
| 2023-03-01 | O'Toole Amie Thuener VP, Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $57.4k637 shares |
| 2023-02-27 | MATHER ANN Director | Sold | $34.2k380 shares |
| 2023-02-01 | O'Toole Amie Thuener VP, Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $63.6k637 shares |
| 2023-01-25 | MATHER ANN Director | Sold | $33.0k340 shares |
| 2023-01-23 | WALKER JOHN KENT President, Global Affairs, CLO · By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees | Sold | $1.1m11.3k shares |
| 2023-01-04 | O'Toole Amie Thuener VP, Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $77.9k855 shares |
| 2023-01-03 | RAGHAVAN PRABHAKAR Senior Vice President | Sold | $2.0m22.2k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q1 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 1.11% of their portfolio | 419.2m $43.6bn | Reduced -3.5m |
| BlackRock Inc. 1.13% of their portfolio | 365.9m $38.1bn | Added +1.2m |
| FMR LLC 1.00% of their portfolio | 211.1m $22.0bn | Added +88.9m |
| STATE STREET CORP 1.13% of their portfolio | 192.0m $20.0bn | Reduced -2.6m |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 1.89% of their portfolio | 121.6m $12.6bn | Reduced -30.4m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.31% of their portfolio | 97.3m $10.1bn | Reduced -146.0k |
| Capital International Investors 2.29% of their portfolio | 85.7m $8.9bn | Added +15.0m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.97% of their portfolio | 71.5m $7.4bn | Added +893.4k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.77% of their portfolio | 69.1m $7.2bn | Reduced -2.7m |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 1.23% of their portfolio | 59.9m $6.2bn | Reduced -1.2m |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 1.23% of their portfolio | 53.6m $5.6bn | Reduced -2.3m |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 2.34% of their portfolio | 52.5m $5.5bn | Reduced -1.4m |
| Capital World Investors 1.13% of their portfolio | 52.4m $5.4bn | Added +4.8m |
| Dodge & Cox 3.08% of their portfolio | 43.5m $4.5bn | Added +543.6k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.46% of their portfolio | 38.2m $4.0bn | Added +1.3m |
| Legal & General Group Plc 1.33% of their portfolio | 35.8m $3.7bn | Added +728.0k |
| NORGES BANK 0.77% of their portfolio | 33.7m $3.5bn | Reduced -741.7k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.96% of their portfolio | 32.5m $3.4bn | Reduced -326.6k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 1.25% of their portfolio | 32.4m $3.4bn | Added +660.8k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.90% of their portfolio | 28.5m $3.0bn | Added +78.5k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.76% of their portfolio | 27.2m $2.8bn | Added +3.5m |
| Sanders Capital, LLC 6.56% of their portfolio | 26.6m $2.8bn | Reduced -6.0m |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 1.83% of their portfolio | 26.6m $2.8bn | Reduced -975.9k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.78% of their portfolio | 25.0m $2.6bn | Reduced -2.0m |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 1.20% of their portfolio | 23.8m $2.5bn | Added +478.4k |
| TCI FUND MANAGEMENT LTD 8.38% of their portfolio | 23.5m $2.4bn | Reduced -31.0m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.48% of their portfolio | 23.1m $2.4bn | Added +1.8m |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 1.30% of their portfolio | 22.4m $2.3bn | Reduced -1.4m |
| Swiss National Bank 1.55% of their portfolio | 21.7m $2.3bn | Reduced -805.5k |
| POLEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 5.84% of their portfolio | 21.3m $2.2bn | Reduced -5.1m |
| Amundi 1.19% of their portfolio | 21.1m $2.2bn | Reduced -302.0k |
| GQG Partners LLC 5.68% of their portfolio | 20.9m $2.2bn | New |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 1.93% of their portfolio | 20.3m $2.1bn | Reduced -3.5m |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.63% of their portfolio | 19.8m $2.1bn | Reduced -548.9k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.65% of their portfolio | 19.2m $2.0bn | Reduced -376.9k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 1.36% of their portfolio | 17.6m $1.8bn | Reduced -384.9k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.51% of their portfolio | 17.5m $1.8bn | Added +1.3m |
| EAGLE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 7.30% of their portfolio | 15.4m $1.6bn | Reduced -1.4m |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 2.01% of their portfolio | 14.9m $1.6bn | Added +2.0m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.52% of their portfolio | 14.7m $1.5bn | Added +18.0k |
| UBS Group AG 0.69% of their portfolio | 14.3m $1.5bn | Reduced -113.3k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 1.25% of their portfolio | 13.7m $1.4bn | Reduced -490.6k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 1.22% of their portfolio | 13.2m $1.4bn | Reduced -1.8m |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC 2.15% of their portfolio | 12.2m $1.3bn | Added +501.0k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 1.28% of their portfolio | 12.1m $1.3bn | Reduced -298.3k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.89% of their portfolio | 12.0m $1.2bn | Reduced -118.5k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.51% of their portfolio | 11.4m $1.2bn | Reduced -3.3m |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.91% of their portfolio | 11.2m $1.1bn | Added +71.6k |
| CIBC Private Wealth Group LLC 1.28% of their portfolio | 11.1m $1.2bn | Added +5.6m |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.56% of their portfolio | 10.8m $1.1bn | Reduced -793.0k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 2.57% of their portfolio | 10.4m $1.1bn | Reduced -2.6m |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.36% of their portfolio | 10.2m $1.1bn | Reduced -867.8k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 1.35% of their portfolio | 10.1m $1.1bn | Reduced -1.6m |
| TD Asset Management Inc 1.27% of their portfolio | 10.1m $1.1bn | Reduced -2.3m |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 1.29% of their portfolio | 10.1m $1.0bn | Added +255.8k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 1.37% of their portfolio | 9.8m $1.0bn | Reduced -432.0k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.93% of their portfolio | 9.7m $1.0bn | Reduced -1.2m |
| Swedbank AB 1.98% of their portfolio | 9.6m $999.5m | Reduced -1.4m |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 1.42% of their portfolio | 9.2m $953.7m | Reduced -208.7k |
| STRS OHIO 1.40% of their portfolio | 8.8m $917.4m | Added +5.8m |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.94% of their portfolio | 8.7m $909.2m | Reduced -4.1m |
| GARDNER RUSSO & QUINN LLC 9.09% of their portfolio | 8.4m $876.4m | Added +494.9k |
| National Pension Service 1.55% of their portfolio | 8.4m $851.4m | Added +158.0k |
| OFI INVEST ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.41% of their portfolio | 8.2m $78.6k | First filing |
| PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LLC 1.36% of their portfolio | 8.1m $847.3m | Added +140.0k |
| Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P. 8.21% of their portfolio | 8.1m $839.3m | New |
| BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO 0.75% of their portfolio | 8.0m $832.5m | Reduced -3.1m |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 1.42% of their portfolio | 7.9m $818.9m | Reduced -698.7k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 1.25% of their portfolio | 7.7m $801.0m | Reduced -61.7k |
| PICTET ASSET MANAGEMENT SA 0.96% of their portfolio | 7.4m $766.2m | Added +1.8m |
| Sustainable Growth Advisers, LP 4.12% of their portfolio | 6.8m $710.9m | Added +106.8k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 1.86% of their portfolio | 6.8m $703.6m | Added +789.8k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 1.36% of their portfolio | 6.7m $692.1m | Added +379.3k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 1.66% of their portfolio | 6.5m $672.6m | Added +194.3k |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 0.92% of their portfolio | 6.1m $628.2m | Reduced -287.8k |
| H&H International Investment, LLC 4.76% of their portfolio | 6.1m $632.9m | Added +110.2k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 1.47% of their portfolio | 6.0m $628.0m | Reduced -287.7k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 1.51% of their portfolio | 5.9m $618.1m | Added +407.8k |
| BAUPOST GROUP LLC/MA 10.41% of their portfolio | 5.9m $608.6m | Added +1.9m |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. 3.31% of their portfolio | 5.8m $607.5m | Reduced -3.1m |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.68% of their portfolio | 5.8m $604.3m | Reduced -338.1k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 1.40% of their portfolio | 5.8m $603.6m | Reduced -133.1k |
| KBC Group NV 2.54% of their portfolio | 5.7m $597.6m | Added +285.1k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 1.17% of their portfolio | 5.7m $549.2m | Reduced -503.7k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.79% of their portfolio | 5.7m $590.2m | Reduced -521.0k |
| Fayez Sarofim & Co 2.04% of their portfolio | 5.6m $581.8m | Reduced -9.9k |
| FIRST MANHATTAN CO. LLC. 2.22% of their portfolio | 5.6m $579.5m | Added +90.5k |
| FARALLON CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 3.44% of their portfolio | 5.5m $567.4m | Added +2.4m |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.27% of their portfolio | 5.4m $560.4m | Reduced -49.3k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.47% of their portfolio | 5.2m $542.5m | Added +14.2k |
| Corient Private Wealth LP 1.46% of their portfolio | 5.2m $542.3m | Added +1.9m |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. 1.21% of their portfolio | 5.2m $540.5m | Reduced -188.6k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.30% of their portfolio | 5.2m $538.7m | Reduced -365.0k |
| Aberdeen Group plc 1.31% of their portfolio | 5.0m $523.3m | Added +141.7k |
| Magellan Asset Management Ltd 4.45% of their portfolio | 5.0m $520.9m | Added +458.0k |
| BROWN BROTHERS HARRIMAN & CO 4.35% of their portfolio | 5.0m $518.8m | Reduced -641.0k |
| VONTOBEL ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 4.00% of their portfolio | 5.0m $553.6m | Added +24.5k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.67% of their portfolio | 4.9m $514.1m | Added +474.8k |
| Orbis Allan Gray Ltd 3.84% of their portfolio | 4.7m $487.7m | Reduced -2.0m |
| ProShare Advisors LLC 1.47% of their portfolio | 4.6m $479.7m | Added +246.6k |