Insider trade

Director Frances Arnold sold about $27K of Alphabet shares on July 30, 2026

Traded Jul 30, 2026 · Filed Jul 30, 2026

AlphabetGOOGL

~$27K
Reported value · 82 sh @ $333.39: 19K
Holds after · shares reported: +1.4%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +3.0%, $333.66 → $338.24 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

A board member of Alphabet sold $27K of Alphabet shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

No pre-arranged plan is mentioned in the filing
Routine for them: 10 sales in the past year
4 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: Jul 30, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Jul 30, 2026

Director$25K–$100K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$27,338

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

8 days after results of Jul 22, 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 $333.66 on Jul 30, 2026, 76% above its 52-week low and 17% below its high, after an 11% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $189.13 (Aug 1, 2025) to $402.62 (May 13, 2026), 68% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $373.25 on Jun 16, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Layoff notice nearby

A WARN layoff notice covering 52 workers was filed in Washington on August 5, 2026.

From the official state WARN list, 6 days after the trade. Shown for timing only; the two filings are separate

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	-0.5%	+3.5%	-4.0%
30 days	-4.7%	+2.7%	-7.4%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001193125-26-326284
Filed / recorded: Jul 30, 2026, 8:40 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: Frances Arnold
Relationship: Director
Security: Class C Capital Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Jul 30, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 82
Price per share: $333.39
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 18,914
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Around the same time

Director plans to sell ~$28K of Alphabet

Planned, from pay5w ago

5w ago

1,624Shares

Derivative exercise or conversion — not an open-market buy.

Why it stands out Official record

5w ago

1,639Shares · @ $344.59

Routine share withholding; mechanical by default.

Why it stands out Official record