Insider trade

Alphabet's VP sold about $285K of company shares on the open market

Traded Mar 3, 2026 · Filed Mar 4, 2026

AlphabetGOOGL

~$285K
Reported value · 955 sh @ $298.00: 9,918
Holds after · shares reported: +11.4%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +12.3%, $303.58 → $338.24 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Alphabet's VP, Chief Accounting Officer sold $285K of Alphabet shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

No pre-arranged plan is mentioned in the filing
Sold 9% of their holdings
Routine for them: 18 sales in the past year
6 insiders at Alphabet sold within a month

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Mar 3, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Mar 4, 2026

Officer$100K–$500K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$284,590

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

27 days after results of Feb 4, 2026, 57 days before results of Apr 29, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $303.58 on Mar 3, 2026, 110% above its 52-week low and 12% below its high, after an 8% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $144.70 (Apr 8, 2025) to $343.69 (Feb 2, 2026), 80% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $330.00 on Jan 16, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+0.9%	-2.2%	+3.1%
30 days	-0.3%	-3.3%	+3.0%
90 days	+19.3%	+10.7%	+8.6%
180 days	+11.3%	+11.8%	-0.5%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001193125-26-091912
Filed / recorded: Mar 4, 2026, 10:31 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 1, 2026, 11:17 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: Alphabet Inc.
Issuer CIK: 1652044
Ticker: GOOGL
Reporting person: Amie Thuener O'toole
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: VP, Chief Accounting Officer
Security: Class C Capital Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Mar 3, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 955
Price per share: $298.00
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 9,918
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

The price reported in Column 4 is a weighted average price. These shares were sold in multiple transactions at prices ranging from $298 to $299, inclusive. The Reporting Person undertakes to provide to any security holder of Alphabet Inc. or the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission, upon request, full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price within the ranges set forth in footnote (1).