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AstraZeneca AZN

US equityMarket cap rank #49Infectious Disease

$186.43 −$0.42 (-0.22%)

Market closed · Nov 6, 8:10 pm ET · Last extended-hours $185.92 -0.27%

Open$181.34

Prev close$186.85

Day range$181.20 – $187.33

Volume2.85M

Market cap$289.14B

P/E (TTM)26.4

Dividend yield1.73%

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership74.5%-0.46 pts vs. prior quarter

Institutions holding2,228-52 vs. prior quarter

Insider trades (recent)7 buys / 2 sellsNet buying

Short interest0.21% of floatDays to cover 1.1 · as of 15 Oct 2026

Short-sale volume share17.8%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: +$37.78M (12 inflow days, 8 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

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 22.8% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

BlackRock8.85%
Capital Research4.68%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC3.78%
Investor AB (publ)3.33%
Norges Bank Investment Management2.18%
Wellington Management Group1.84%
Legal & General Investment Management1.66%
FMR1.58%

By investor type

Mutual Fund57.26%
Sovereign Wealth Fund3.76%
VC/PE Fund3.65%
Public Company3.38%
Private Company3.06%
Government Pension Fund1.97%
Hedge Fund0.68%
Corporate Pension Plan0.23%

Reported short interest has risen from 0.12% to 0.21% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).

Recent institutional activity

Holder	Type	Period	Share change	New stake
Parnassus Investments	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+2,135,690	0.2%
Assenagon Asset Management S.A.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,308,232	0.2%
Wellington Management Group	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+4,786,158	1.8%
Neuberger Berman Investment Advisers LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+2,645,090	0.2%
Brewin Dolphin Wealth Management Limited	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,994,870	0.1%
Causeway Capital Management LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,935,641	0.6%
Aegon Asset Management UK Plc	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,905,200	0.1%
Amundi Asset Management	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,779,984	1.2%
Capital Research	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,599,804	4.7%
Norges Bank Investment Management	Sovereign Wealth Fund	2026/Q3	+1,528,010	2.2%
Dimensional Fund Advisors	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,412,106	0.2%
Citigroup Inc.	Public Company	2026/Q3	+1,190,281	0.3%
Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,083,731	0.2%
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+1,069,588	0.1%
Morgan Stanley	Public Company	2026/Q3	+822,700	0.3%

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

Insider transactions

Date	Insider	Title	Transaction	Shares	Price	Held after
5 Oct 2026	Mani Sharma		Other Acquisition	+2	$159.80	19,291
7 Sep 2026	Mani Sharma		Other Acquisition	+1	$162.60	19,289
7 Aug 2026	Mani Sharma		Private Acquisition	+20	$160.57	19,289
5 Aug 2026	Mani Sharma		Other Acquisition	+2	$163.34	19,267
5 Jul 2026	Mani Sharma		Other Acquisition	+2	$190.43	19,265
7 Jun 2026	Mani Sharma		Other Acquisition	+1	$179.75	19,263
19 May 2026	Mani Sharma		Private Disposition	-11,893	$185.78	19,262
5 May 2026	Mani Sharma		Other Acquisition	+2	$196.03	31,155
17 Mar 2026	Mani Sharma		Initial Statement of Beneficial	+0	–	2,996
11 Nov 2025	Aradhana Sarin	Chief Financial Officer	Intent to Sell (Form 144)	-15,000	$88.88	–

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 date	Shares short	% of float	Days to cover
15 Oct 2026	3,284,132	0.2%	1.1
30 Sep 2026	2,618,811	0.2%	1.0
15 Sep 2026	2,087,754	0.1%	1.0
31 Aug 2026	2,895,178	0.2%	1.0
14 Aug 2026	1,892,646	0.1%	1.0
31 Jul 2026	1,838,477	0.1%	1.0

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