Insider trade

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai sold about $204K of company shares

Traded Jan 21, 2026 · Filed Jan 24, 2026

AlphabetGOOGL

~$204K
Reported value · 636 sh @ $320.35: 2.24M
Holds after · shares reported: +3.0%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +11.5%, $328.38 → $338.24 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The boss of Alphabet sold $204K of Alphabet shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

No pre-arranged plan is mentioned in the filing
Routine for them: 76 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: Jan 21, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Jan 24, 2026

CEO$100K–$500K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$203,743

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

84 days after results of Oct 29, 2025, 14 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 $328.38 on Jan 21, 2026, within 3% of its 52-week high, after a 2% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $144.70 (Apr 8, 2025) to $335.97 (Jan 13, 2026), 96% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $321.27 on Dec 5, 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	+3.1%	+0.4%	+2.7%
30 days	-6.1%	+0.1%	-6.2%
90 days	+5.1%	+3.2%	+1.9%
180 days	-2.0%	+6.7%	-8.7%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001193125-26-021420
Filed / recorded: Jan 24, 2026, 12:47 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: Jan 21, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 636
Price per share: $320.35
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 2,243,736
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 $319.87 to $320.87, 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) to (12) to this Form 4.