Insider trade

John Kent Walker sold about $158K of Alphabet shares on Dec 30, 2025

Traded Dec 30, 2025 · Filed Dec 31, 2025

AlphabetGOOGL

~$158K
Reported value · 500 sh @ $316.52: 43K
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 $158K of Alphabet shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

No pre-arranged plan is mentioned in the filing
Sold 1% 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$100K–$500K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$158,260

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: 500
Price per share: $316.52
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 42,972
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 $316.06 to $317.06 inclusive.