Insider trade

John Kent Walker sold about $3.54M of Alphabet shares on Dec 30, 2025

Traded Dec 30, 2025 · Filed Dec 31, 2025

AlphabetGOOGL

~$3.54M
Reported value · 11K sh @ $314.61: 50K
Holds after · shares reported: +10.4%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +12.8%, $313.85 → $346.47 on Oct 5

Why it stands out

Alphabet's President, Global Affairs, CLO sold $3.54M of Alphabet shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

No pre-arranged plan is mentioned in the filing
Sold 18% of their holdings
Routine for them: 12 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: Dec 30, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Dec 31, 2025

OfficerIndirect holding$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$3,535,902

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

62 days after results of Oct 29, 2025, 36 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 $313.85 on Dec 30, 2025, within 3% of its 52-week high, after a 14% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $144.70 (Apr 8, 2025) to $323.44 (Nov 25, 2025), 95% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $276.41 on Nov 14, 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	+2.9%	+1.1%	+1.8%
30 days	+8.0%	+1.5%	+6.5%
90 days	−8.1%	−4.6%	−3.5%
180 days	+13.0%	+8.7%	+4.3%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001193125-25-337462
Filed / recorded: Dec 31, 2025, 2:20 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: Dec 30, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 11,239
Price per share: $314.61
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 49,562
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 $313.93 to $314.93, 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 footnotes (1) through (3) to this Form 4.