Insider trade

Director John L. Hennessy sold about $63K of Alphabet shares on Oct 13, 2025

Traded Oct 13, 2025 · Filed Oct 16, 2025

AlphabetGOOGL

~$63K
Reported value · 260 sh @ $243.16: 5,376
Holds after · shares reported: +38.5%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +15.2%, $244.15 → $338.24 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

A board member of Alphabet sold $63K of Alphabet shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

No pre-arranged plan is mentioned in the filing
Sold 5% of their holdings
Routine for them: 5 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: Oct 13, 2025
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Oct 16, 2025

DirectorIndirect holding$25K–$100K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$63,222

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

82 days after results of Jul 23, 2025, 16 days before results of Oct 29, 2025

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 $244.15 on Oct 13, 2025, within 5% of its 52-week high, after a 15% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $144.70 (Apr 8, 2025) to $254.72 (Sep 19, 2025), 90% of the way up, from 250 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $212.91 on Aug 29, 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	+0.6%	+1.7%	-1.0%
30 days	+13.3%	+0.8%	+12.6%
90 days	+33.6%	+4.5%	+29.1%
180 days	+32.4%	+5.1%	+27.3%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001193125-25-240596
Filed / recorded: Oct 16, 2025, 12:48 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 L. Hennessy
Relationship: Director
Security: Class C Capital Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Oct 13, 2025
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 260
Price per share: $243.16
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 5,376
Ownership form: Indirect — By Trust
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 $242.61 to $243.59, inclusive.