Insider trade

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai sold about $1.9M of company shares

Traded Mar 18, 2026 · Filed Mar 19, 2026

~$1.9M
Reported value · 6,193 sh @ $306.21: 1.67M
Holds after · shares reported: +9.9%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +15.5%, $307.69 → $338.24 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

Sundar Pichai sold roughly $1.9 million of Alphabet shares on March 18, 2026. This sale was not part of a pre-arranged plan and is routine, as 104 sales occurred by insiders in the past year and six insiders sold shares within the last month.

No pre-arranged plan is mentioned in the filing
Routine for them: 104 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: Mar 18, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Mar 19, 2026

CEO$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$1,896,359

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

42 days after results of Feb 4, 2026, 42 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 $307.69 on Mar 18, 2026, 113% above its 52-week low and 10% below its high, after a 9% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $144.70 (Apr 8, 2025) to $343.69 (Feb 2, 2026), 82% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $339.71 on Feb 3, 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	-8.5%	-2.2%	-6.3%
30 days	+9.9%	+7.4%	+2.5%
90 days	+18.4%	+12.3%	+6.2%
180 days	+12.3%	+14.8%	-2.5%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0001193125-26-114850
Filed / recorded: Mar 19, 2026, 1:44 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: Mar 18, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 6,193
Price per share: $306.21
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 1,668,367
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 $305.60 to $306.60 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 (6) to (10) to this Form 4.