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Alphabet Inc.

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GOOGL in the last 90 days

Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) short interest: FINRA’s latest report (settlement 30 SEPT 2026) shows 80,391,960 shares held short, 2.9 days to cover, down 8.0% from the report before.

GOOGL also had 11 US House transactions by 5 members and no insider purchases in filings from the last 90 days.

  • Our two reads: The price read (Quiet Money) is vulnerable for 2 sessions. The filings read is tilted out, on 2 of 4 inputs. Both lean the same way.
  • US House: 5 purchases and 6 sales reported, amounts in the bands the law requires.
  • Delay: each filing below shows how many days passed between the trade and its publication. None of this is real-time.

Latest filing on file: 18 SEPT 2026 · FINRA settlement 30 SEPT 2026 · public filings, reported as filed ·

Quiet Money

Is the selling in GOOGL being absorbed? Our read of how it holds up on its heaviest selling days, the quiet money move this site is named for.

How it holds up · last 60 trading days · Quiet Money indicator

Through 20 OCT 2026

Vulnerable

When GOOGL gets hit, it tends to drop more easily than usual.

Lately, GOOGL has been easier to push down than usual.

That's been true for the last 2 trading days.

The last 6 months

ResilientMixedVulnerable
JUNJULAUGSEPTOCT
28 APR 2026Now · 20 OCT 2026

What the price is doing

$340$339 → $340 · +0% over six months

GOOGL is up 0%. Short sellers still aren't backing off.

Bets against it — they pay off if the price falls — are up 6% over the same stretch.

$339 STARTAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPTOCT15 MAY 2026 — Hon. David J. Taylor — $15,001 – $50,00015 MAY 2026 — Hon. David J. Taylor — $1,001 – $15,00005 MAY 2026 — Hon. Gilbert Cisneros — $1,001 – $15,000 · partial05 JUN 2026 — Hon. David J. Taylor — $1,001 – $15,00016 JUN 2026 — Hon. Matthew Robert Van Epps — $1,001 – $15,00010 JUL 2026 — Hon. Dan Newhouse — $1,001 – $15,000 · partial02 JUN 2026 — Hon. Thomas H. Kean Jr — $1,001 – $15,000 · partial24 JUN 2026 — Hon. Thomas H. Kean Jr — $15,001 – $50,000 · partial17 JUL 2026 — Hon. David J. Taylor — $1,001 – $15,00025 JUN 2026 — Hon. Michael Rulli — $1,001 – $15,00029 JUN 2026 — Hon. Michael Rulli — $1,001 – $15,00022 JUL 2026 — Hon. Thomas H. Kean Jr — $1,001 – $15,000 · partial11 AUG 2026 — Hon. David J. Taylor — $1,001 – $15,00011 AUG 2026 — Hon. David J. Taylor — $1,001 – $15,00024 AUG 2026 — Hon. Michael Rulli — $50,001 – $100,000 · partial27 AUG 2026 — Hon. Thomas H. Kean Jr — $1,001 – $15,000 · partial14 SEPT 2026 — Hon. Pete Sessions — $15,001 – $50,000NOW $340

Politician activityBoughtSold

Short sellers

11 reports · twice a month

APR 0%peak +19%30 SEPT +6%APRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPTOCT

Money betting GOOGL falls. Reported twice a month, and it shows up seven working days late.

Politicians

6 buys · 11 sales

Traded over six months

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Short sellers

Bets up 6%

Over six months · newest 30 SEPT 2026

See the numbers →

Insiders

Nothing reported

Traded over six months

What the filings show

Filings read · last 90 days

2 of 4 inputs have filings

Tilted out-26 on a scale of −100 to +100

Leaning outBalancedLeaning in

The disclosed money is leaning away from this name, on what has actually been filed. This reads on two of its four inputs.

Not in this read: insider purchases (none filed in 90 days); EU short registers (they cover European-listed companies). A missing input is left out, not counted as balanced.

Short interest
Short interest rose 14.0% — 70,493,725 to 80,391,960 shares between 31 JUL 2026 and 30 SEPT 2026. See the filings →
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US House
5 members of the US House disclosed 5 purchases and 6 sales. See the filings →
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This summarises filings that have already been published — it is not a forecast, a rating of the company, or advice. Every figure above is listed in full further down this page, with the document it came from.

FINRA short interest

Settlement 30 SEPT 2026 · shares held short

80,391,960shares held short

Days to cover

2.93

Avg daily volume

27,456,069

Since last report

-8.01%

As of 30 September 2026, 80,391,960 Alphabet Inc. shares were held short — the total across every reporting firm, not one fund's position. That is 7,001,444 shares fewer than the previous report, a 8.01% decrease. At the average daily volume of 27,456,069 shares, that position represents 2.93 days of trading — what the filing calls days to cover.

This is the most recent figure that exists, and it is 22 days old. FINRA collects short interest twice a month, on a settlement date, and publishes it seven business days later. So nobody has a live short-interest number for GOOGL — not us, and not anyone quoting one. We print the settlement date on the figure so you always know which day you are looking at.

Across the 12 reports we hold, the position has risen from 78,071,445 shares on 15 April 2026 to 80,391,960 today, a change of 3.0%. The highest reading in that window was 89,840,649 shares on 15 June 2026.

SettlementShares shortDays to cover
30 SEPT 202680,391,9602.93
15 SEPT 202687,393,4043.50
31 AUG 202677,698,6683.48
14 AUG 202672,705,5502.67
31 JUL 202670,493,7252.03
15 JUL 202678,667,6093.43
30 JUN 202685,860,4361.90
15 JUN 202689,840,6492.54
29 MAY 202682,913,6462.85
15 MAY 202682,143,4983.20
30 APR 202675,606,7622.65
15 APR 202678,071,4453.18
What is GOOGL's short interest?
80,391,960 shares, as of the 30 September 2026 settlement date. That is the figure FINRA published, unadjusted.
What percentage of the float is short?
We do not publish that, because FINRA does not publish float. The regulator reports the number of shares held short; turning it into a percentage needs a share count from somewhere else, and different sources disagree about what counts as float. We would rather give you the number that was actually filed than a percentage built on an assumption.
How current is this?
It is 22 days old, and that is as fresh as short interest gets. FINRA measures it twice a month and publishes it seven business days after the settlement date. Any site showing you a "live" short interest figure is showing you something else.
What does days to cover mean?
It is the short position divided by average daily trading volume — here, 2.93. It describes how many days of ordinary trading the position is equivalent to. It is arithmetic from the filing, not a prediction about what will happen.
Where does this come from?
FINRA's consolidated short interest file, which is public. We read it directly and store it unchanged, except that we blank the days-to-cover placeholder FINRA writes when a stock has almost no volume.

Disclosed insider buying on file

—no purchase on file passed the price check

Open-market purchases only — the amount is a fact, not a verdict.

On file here

Named EU short positionsnot covered

Insider purchases0

US House transactions71

The EU registers name short sellers in European-listed companies only. FINRA’s total for this stock is above.

Latest change18 SEPT 2026

INSIDER BUYS · 0US HOUSE · 71

US House transactions on file

71 disclosed · newest first · every row links to its filing

WhoAmount as filedTradedFiledLag
Hon. Pete SessionsSOLD$15,001 – $50,00014 SEPT 202618 SEPT 20264 days
Hon. Thomas H. Kean JrSOLD$1,001 – $15,000 · partial27 AUG 202612 SEPT 202616 days
Hon. John W. RoseSOLD$250,001 – $500,00003 JUN 202512 SEPT 2026466 days — over 45 days
Hon. Michael RulliSOLD$50,001 – $100,000 · partial24 AUG 202625 AUG 20261 day
Hon. David J. TaylorBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00011 AUG 202620 AUG 20269 days
Hon. David J. TaylorBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00011 AUG 202620 AUG 20269 days
Hon. Thomas H. Kean JrSOLD$1,001 – $15,000 · partial22 JUL 202618 AUG 202627 days
Hon. Michael RulliSOLD$1,001 – $15,00003 JUL 202507 AUG 2026400 days — over 45 days
Hon. Michael RulliBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00029 JUN 202607 AUG 202639 days
Hon. Michael RulliBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00025 JUN 202607 AUG 202643 days
Hon. David J. TaylorBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00017 JUL 202606 AUG 202620 days
Hon. Dan NewhouseSOLD$1,001 – $15,000 · partial10 JUL 202617 JUL 20267 days
Hon. Thomas H. Kean JrSOLD$1,001 – $15,000 · partial02 JUN 202615 JUL 202643 days
Hon. Thomas H. Kean JrSOLD$15,001 – $50,000 · partial24 JUN 202615 JUL 202621 days
Hon. Matthew Robert Van EppsSOLD$1,001 – $15,00016 JUN 202617 JUN 20261 day
Hon. David J. TaylorBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00005 JUN 202612 JUN 20267 days
Hon. Gilbert CisnerosSOLD$1,001 – $15,000 · partial05 MAY 202608 JUN 202634 days
Hon. David J. TaylorSOLD$1,001 – $15,00015 MAY 202628 MAY 202613 days
Hon. David J. TaylorSOLD$15,001 – $50,00015 MAY 202628 MAY 202613 days
Hon. Elizabeth FletcherSOLD$1,001 – $15,000 · partial08 APR 202601 MAY 202623 days
Hon. Thomas H. Kean JrSOLD$15,001 – $50,000 · partial05 FEB 202618 MAR 202641 days
Hon. David J. TaylorBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00026 FEB 202606 MAR 20268 days
Cleo FieldsBOUGHT$100,001 – $250,00003 FEB 202624 FEB 202621 days
Hon. David J. TaylorSOLD$1,001 – $15,00016 JAN 202602 FEB 202617 days
Hon. Nancy PelosiBOUGHT$250,001 – $500,00030 DEC 202523 JAN 202624 days
Hon. Nancy PelosiBOUGHT$500,001 – $1,000,00016 JAN 202623 JAN 20267 days
Hon. Nancy PelosiSOLD$1,000,001 – $5,000,000 · partial30 DEC 202523 JAN 202624 days
Cleo FieldsBOUGHT$50,001 – $100,00026 DEC 202516 JAN 202621 days
Hon. Dan NewhouseSOLD$1,001 – $15,000 · partial11 DEC 202515 JAN 202635 days
Hon. Julia LetlowBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00002 JUL 202513 JAN 2026195 days — over 45 days
Cleo FieldsBOUGHT$50,001 – $100,00001 DEC 202517 DEC 202516 days
Cleo FieldsBOUGHT$15,001 – $50,00015 DEC 202517 DEC 20252 days
Cleo FieldsBOUGHT$100,001 – $250,00011 DEC 202517 DEC 20256 days
Cleo FieldsBOUGHT$50,001 – $100,00009 DEC 202517 DEC 20258 days
Hon. Gilbert CisnerosSOLD$1,001 – $15,000 · partial26 NOV 202515 DEC 202519 days
Hon. Gilbert CisnerosBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00018 NOV 202515 DEC 202527 days
Hon. Lisa McClainSOLD$1,001 – $15,00030 OCT 202521 NOV 202522 days
Hon. Lisa McClainSOLD$1,001 – $15,00031 OCT 202521 NOV 202521 days
Hon. Lisa McClainBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00030 OCT 202521 NOV 202522 days
Hon. Gilbert CisnerosBOUGHT$1,001 – $15,00017 OCT 202518 NOV 202532 days

Showing the 40 most recent of 71.

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