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$VZ
$43.36 +$0.26 (0.6%) Pre-market

Ownership

13F as of Q2 2026 · 4.15B shares outstanding

Who owns VZ?

By type of holder
Institutions 68.9% Insiders 0.0% Everyone else 31.1%
Concentration Top 10 holders own 33.7%
BlackRock, Inc. 9.6% · Vanguard Capital Management LLC 6.2%
Institutional ownership
68.9%
+2.0 pts vs last qtr
Institutional holders
3,128
-129 vs last qtr
Net shares bought
+81.0M
by institutions in Q2 2026
New / sold out
172 / 301
positions opened vs closed

How is ownership changing?

Institutions, last 8 quarters

Biggest buyers in Q2 2026
  • Norges Bank NEW +54.3M
  • BlackRock, Inc. +30.2M

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Biggest sellers in Q2 2026
  • Ameriprise Financial Inc −9.8M
  • GQG Partners LLC −9.8M

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Who is planning to sell?

Notices of proposed sale, last 12 months
$16.1M
14 notices from 5 people
Shares covered
327.2K
0.01% of the company
Arranged in advance
6%
of the value is under a 10b5-1 plan
Under a 10b5-1 plan No plan
$0$5.8M$11.6MNovDecJanFeb 2026: $11.6M without a planFebMar 2026: $428.5K under a 10b5-1 planMarAprMay 2026: $3.5M without a planMayJunJulAug 2026: $108.6K under a 10b5-1 planAugSep 2026: $270.3K under a 10b5-1 planSepOct 2026: $146.5K under a 10b5-1 planOct
Largest proposed sellers
  • Hans Erik Vestberg Director $11.2M
  • Hammock Samantha Officer $3.5M

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Every notice on Red Flags →

A Form 144 is notice of a planned sale, not the sale itself. What insiders actually sold is on Insider Transactions.

Is your stake being diluted?

Diluted share count, FY2016–FY2025
+3.5%
+0.39% a year
Each share's claim on the business
−3.4%
shrank without buying or selling a share
Spent on buybacks vs paid in stock
— vs $400M
over 10 fiscal years
Diluted shares, split-adjusted
3.96B4.12B4.27B2016: 4.09B shares'162017: 4.09B shares'172018: 4.13B shares'182019: 4.14B shares'192020: 4.14B shares'202021: 4.15B shares'212022: 4.2B shares'222023: 4.22B shares'232024: 4.22B shares'242025: 4.23B shares'25
Buybacks Stock-based comp
$0$200.0M$400.0M2016 buybacks: $02016 stock comp: $400.0M'162017 buybacks: $02017 stock comp: $0'172018 buybacks: $02018 stock comp: $0'182019 buybacks: $02019 stock comp: $0'192020 buybacks: $02020 stock comp: $0'202021 buybacks: $02021 stock comp: $0'212022 buybacks: $02022 stock comp: $0'222023 buybacks: $02023 stock comp: $0'232024 buybacks: $02024 stock comp: $0'242025 buybacks: $02025 stock comp: $0'25

How patient are the owners?

Institutional shares by how long they've been held
5+ years87% 3–5 years2% 1–3 years6% Under 1 year4%
Quarterly turnover
6.0%
of institutional shares changed hands
Top 10 managers, median time held
5 years

Super Investors

Investment managers reporting VZ on Form 13F
B
BlackRock, Inc.
Shares
398.2M
% of company
9.58%
Change vs last qtr
+30.2M (+8.2%)
Held since
≤2021
VC
Vanguard Capital Management LLC
Shares
259.0M
% of company
6.23%
Change vs last qtr
−1.2M (−0.5%)
Held since
≤2021

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Institutional Funds

Mutual funds and ETFs reporting VZ on Form N-PORT; together they hold 26.0% of the company
VT
Position value
$5.05B
% of company
2.87%
% of the fund
0.22%
As of
June 30, 2026
V5
Vanguard Index Funds
Position value
$4.58B
% of company
2.60%
% of the fund
0.27%
As of
June 30, 2026

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Insiders and 5%+ holders

From Forms 3/4/5 and Schedules 13D/G
VH
Vestberg Hans Erik
Insider
Shares
560.1K
% of company
0.01%
Change vs last qtr
—
Held since
—
SA
Skiadas Anthony T
Insider
Shares
212.3K
% of company
0.01%
Change vs last qtr
—
Held since
—

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