Insider trade

John Kent Walker sold about $417K of Alphabet shares on the open market

Traded Mar 27, 2026 · Filed Apr 1, 2026

AlphabetGOOGL

~$417K
Reported value · 1,516 sh @ $274.93: 57K
Holds after · shares reported: +23.3%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +20.5%, $274.34 → $338.24 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Alphabet's President, Global Affairs, CLO sold $417K of Alphabet shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

No pre-arranged plan is mentioned in the filing
Sold 3% of their holdings
Routine for them: 25 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 27, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Apr 1, 2026

OfficerIndirect holding$100K–$500K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$416,794

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

51 days after results of Feb 4, 2026, 33 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 $274.34 on Mar 27, 2026, 90% above its 52-week low and 20% below its high, after an 11% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $144.70 (Apr 8, 2025) to $343.69 (Feb 2, 2026), 65% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $309.00 on Feb 12, 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	+6.7%	+3.2%	+3.5%
30 days	+29.7%	+10.0%	+19.7%
90 days	+20.2%	+14.0%	+6.2%
180 days	+15.3%	+16.8%	-1.6%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001193125-26-135334
Filed / recorded: Apr 1, 2026, 1:43 AM 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: John Kent Walker
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: President, Global Affairs, CLO
Security: Class C Capital Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Mar 27, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 1,516
Price per share: $274.93
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 56,608
Ownership form: Indirect — By Arete Trust, John Kent Walker and Diana Ruth Walsh, Trustees
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 $274.53 to $275.53 inclusive.