Insider trade

Officer sold ~$566K of GOOGL shares in the open market

Traded Feb 17, 2026 · Filed Feb 20, 2026

AlphabetGOOGL

~$566K
Reported value · 1,900 sh @ $297.70: 59K
Holds after · shares reported: +12.0%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +11.9%, $302.02 → $338.24 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

No pre-arranged plan is mentioned in the filing

No pre-arranged plan is mentioned in the filing
Sold 3% of their holdings
Routine for them: 20 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: Feb 17, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Feb 20, 2026

OfficerIndirect holding$500K–$1M

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$565,630

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

13 days after results of Feb 4, 2026, 71 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 $302.02 on Feb 17, 2026, 109% above its 52-week low and 12% below its high, after a 4% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $144.70 (Apr 8, 2025) to $343.69 (Feb 2, 2026), 79% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $315.15 on Jan 2, 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	-1.0%	-0.5%	-0.5%
30 days	-4.1%	-4.9%	+0.8%
90 days	+23.1%	+7.7%	+15.3%
180 days	+9.4%	+11.6%	-2.1%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001193125-26-060024
Filed / recorded: Feb 20, 2026, 1:48 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: Feb 17, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 1,900
Price per share: $297.70
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 58,901
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 $297.11 to $298.11, 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 (8) to this Form 4.