Insider trade

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai sold about $2.91M of company shares

Traded Jan 7, 2026 · Filed Jan 8, 2026

~$2.91M
Reported value · 9,079 sh @ $320.10: 2.26M
Holds after · shares reported: +5.0%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +10.8%, $321.98 → $338.24 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Sundar Pichai sold roughly $2.91 million of Alphabet shares on January 7, 2026. This sale was not part of a pre-arranged plan and is routine, as Alphabet insiders have made 64 sales in the past year and seven insiders sold shares within the last month.

No pre-arranged plan is mentioned in the filing
Routine for them: 64 sales in the past year
7 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: Jan 7, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Jan 8, 2026

CEO$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$2,906,188

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

70 days after results of Oct 29, 2025, 28 days before results of Feb 4, 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 $321.98 on Jan 7, 2026, within 1% of its 52-week high, after a 7% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $144.70 (Apr 8, 2025) to $323.44 (Nov 25, 2025), 99% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $299.66 on Nov 21, 2025. 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	+0.4%	-0.3%	+0.8%
30 days	-1.3%	-0.0%	-1.3%
90 days	-3.1%	-2.0%	-1.0%
180 days	+10.2%	+7.4%	+2.8%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001193125-26-007914
Filed / recorded: Jan 8, 2026, 11:06 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: Sundar Pichai
Relationship: Director, Officer
Officer title: Chief Executive Officer
Security: Class C Capital Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Jan 7, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 9,079
Price per share: $320.10
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 2,264,693
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 $319.64 to $320.64, inclusive.