Insider trade

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai sold about $501K of company shares

Traded Mar 18, 2026 · Filed Mar 19, 2026

~$501K
Reported value · 1,615 sh @ $310.18: 1.64M
Holds after · shares reported: +9.9%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +15.5%, $307.69 → $338.24 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Sundar Pichai sold roughly $501K of Alphabet shares on March 18, 2026. This is a routine sale, as there were 104 insider sales in the past year and six insiders sold shares within the last month, with no pre-arranged plan mentioned.

No pre-arranged plan is mentioned in the filing
Routine for them: 104 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 18, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Mar 19, 2026

CEO$500K–$1M

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$500,941

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

42 days after results of Feb 4, 2026, 42 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 $307.69 on Mar 18, 2026, 113% above its 52-week low and 10% below its high, after a 9% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $144.70 (Apr 8, 2025) to $343.69 (Feb 2, 2026), 82% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $339.71 on Feb 3, 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	-8.5%	-2.2%	-6.3%
30 days	+9.9%	+7.4%	+2.5%
90 days	+18.4%	+12.3%	+6.2%
180 days	+12.3%	+14.8%	-2.5%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001193125-26-114850
Filed / recorded: Mar 19, 2026, 1:44 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: Sundar Pichai
Relationship: Director, Officer
Officer title: Chief Executive Officer
Security: Class C Capital Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Mar 18, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 1,615
Price per share: $310.18
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 1,642,060
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 $309.82 to $310.82, inclusive.