Insider trade

Director sold ~$28K of GOOGL shares in the open market

Traded Aug 28, 2026 · Filed Aug 31, 2026

AlphabetGOOGL

~$28K
Reported value · 82 sh @ $337.71: 19K
Holds after · shares reported: -2.4%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 -0.7%, $346.59 → $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
Routine for them: 11 sales in the past year
3 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: Aug 28, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Aug 31, 2026

Director$25K–$100K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$27,692

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

37 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 $346.59 on Aug 28, 2026, 64% above its 52-week low and 14% below its high, little changed over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $211.35 (Sep 2, 2025) to $402.62 (May 13, 2026), 71% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $346.77 on Jul 17, 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, 23 days before 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	+1.0%	+0.6%	+0.5%
30 days	+1.0%	+0.3%	+0.7%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001193125-26-377149
Filed / recorded: Aug 31, 2026, 9:58 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: Aug 28, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 82
Price per share: $337.71
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 18,995
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Around the same time

Director plans to sell ~$28K of Alphabet

Planned, from pay5d ago

5d ago

4,747Shares

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

Why it stands out Official record