Insider trade

Director John L. Hennessy sold about $19K of Alphabet shares

Traded Mar 16, 2026 · Filed Mar 19, 2026

AlphabetGOOGL

~$19K
Reported value · 63 sh @ $304.78: 5,281
Holds after · shares reported: +10.7%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +14.2%, $305.56 → $338.24 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

A board member of Alphabet sold $19K 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: 53 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 16, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Mar 19, 2026

DirectorIndirect holding<$25K

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$19,201

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

40 days after results of Feb 4, 2026, 44 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 $305.56 on Mar 16, 2026, 111% above its 52-week low and 11% below its high, after a 10% drop over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $144.70 (Apr 8, 2025) to $343.69 (Feb 2, 2026), 81% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $338.00 on Jan 30, 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: 0001193125-26-114859
Filed / recorded: Mar 19, 2026, 1:48 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: Mar 16, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 63
Price per share: $304.78
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 5,281
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 $304.36 to $305.16, inclusive.