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Abbott Laboratories ABT

$109.93 −$3.67 (-3.23%)
Market closed · Nov 6, 8:20 pm ET · Last extended-hours $109.93 0.00%
Open$111.08
Prev close$113.60
Day range$109.81 – $111.81
Volume8.35M
Market cap$190.39B
P/E (TTM)40.9
Dividend yield2.26%

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership81.1%+0.17 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding3,422+40 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)36 buys / 12 sellsNet buying
Short interest1.00% of floatDays to cover 1.8 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share18.8%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

7%15%22%29%Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$149.95M (8 inflow days, 12 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$77.2MSuper−$72.7MBig−$27.6MMid+$58.4MSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 28.3% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock8.82%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC7.14%
  • State Street Global Advisors4.68%
  • Capital Research4.21%
  • Charles Schwab Investment Management3.45%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC2.83%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC2.29%
  • Norges Bank Investment Management1.35%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund65.29%
  • Public Company4.61%
  • Hedge Fund3.39%
  • Private Company2.96%
  • Government Pension Fund1.82%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund1.41%
  • Family Office/Trust0.56%
  • Individual/Insider0.48%

Reported short interest has fallen from 1.31% to 1.00% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
Assenagon Asset Management S.A. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,968,916 0.3%
Charles Schwab Investment Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +14,174,487 3.5%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +6,876,018 8.8%
Citadel Advisors LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +6,681,381 0.5%
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +5,374,956 0.6%
SG Americas Securities, LLC Private Company 2026/Q3 +4,736,848 0.4%
Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +3,546,275 0.2%
Marshall Wace LLP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +3,531,500 0.3%
Millennium Management LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +3,039,714 0.3%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +3,019,067 1.3%
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +2,664,096 0.9%
AQR Capital Management Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +2,612,790 0.2%
Flossbach von Storch SE Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +2,092,385 0.6%
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Public Company 2026/Q3 +2,006,794 0.4%
Strategic Advisers LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,883,195 0.3%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
29 Sep 2026 John Stratton Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +397 – 14,499
29 Sep 2026 Kevin Conroy Director Other Derivative Acquisition +318 – 551
29 Sep 2026 Michael Roman Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +381 – 7,166
29 Sep 2026 Patricia Gonzalez Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +333 – 6,331
29 Sep 2026 Nita Ahuja Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +318 – 771
22 Sep 2026 Kevin Conroy Director Sale to Issuer -52,507 $103.99 81,230
1 Sep 2026 John McCoy VP of Finance & Controller Open Market Disposition -27 $109.54 24,608
31 Aug 2026 John McCoy VP of Finance & Controller Sale to Issuer -52 $110.36 24,608
31 Aug 2026 Philip Boudreau CFO & Executive VP of Finance Sale to Issuer -388 $110.36 82,316
24 Aug 2026 Robert Ford Executive Chairperson Derivative Exercise and Sale -398,832 $116.19 522,664
11 Aug 2026 Louis Morrone Executive Vice President of Core Diagnostics Disposition Under Employee Benef -12 $107.99 70,724
10 Aug 2026 Louis Morrone Executive Vice President of Core Diagnostics Open Market Disposition -5,850 $109.83 70,724
29 Jun 2026 John Stratton Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +432 – 14,022
29 Jun 2026 Kevin Conroy Director Other Derivative Acquisition +231 – 231
29 Jun 2026 Michael Roman Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +416 – 6,746
29 Jun 2026 Patricia Gonzalez Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +363 – 5,963
29 Jun 2026 Louis Morrone Executive Vice President of Core Diagnostics Sale to Issuer -269 $92.71 76,586
29 Jun 2026 Nita Ahuja Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +347 – 450
26 Jun 2026 Elizabeth Cushman General Counsel Sale to Issuer -560 $94.12 38,013
14 May 2026 Robert Alpern Former Independent Director Intent to Sell (Form 144) -7,587 $85.25 –

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Oct 2026 17,386,736 1.0% 1.8
30 Sep 2026 13,634,256 0.8% 1.5
15 Sep 2026 19,911,199 1.2% 2.6
31 Aug 2026 22,129,750 1.3% 2.7
14 Aug 2026 20,375,133 1.2% 2.9
31 Jul 2026 22,624,184 1.3% 1.7

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