BeStock  
$212.61 −$0.32 (-0.15%)
Market closed · Nov 6, 8:10 pm ET · Last extended-hours $214.34 +0.82%
Open$211.53
Prev close$212.93
Day range$210.43 – $215.16
Volume8.08M
Market cap$417.87B
P/E (TTM)15.6
Dividend yield3.32%

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership75.3%-0.01 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding4,619+75 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)19 buys / 27 sellsNet selling
Short interest1.30% of floatDays to cover 3.7 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share17.2%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

12%17%21%26%Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$2.45M (8 inflow days, 12 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

+$14.2MSuper−$16.7MBig−$55.8MMid−$60.1MSmall

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 28.8% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock7.89%
  • State Street Global Advisors7.57%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC6.80%
  • Berkshire Hathaway Inc.4.30%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC2.27%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC2.17%
  • Charles Schwab Investment Management1.92%
  • Morgan Stanley1.21%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund57.77%
  • Public Company9.10%
  • Private Company2.58%
  • Hedge Fund1.87%
  • Government Pension Fund1.59%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund1.24%
  • Family Office/Trust0.54%
  • Individual/Insider0.34%

Reported short interest has risen from 1.03% to 1.30% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +10,104,591 7.9%
AQR Capital Management Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +3,873,465 0.3%
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +3,655,618 0.3%
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. Public Company 2026/Q3 +2,800,132 0.3%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +2,562,514 1.0%
Jane Street Group, LLC Private Company 2026/Q3 +2,296,233 0.1%
Citadel Advisors LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +2,069,743 0.2%
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,898,450 0.3%
Amundi Asset Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,768,565 0.7%
Charles Schwab Investment Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,596,728 1.9%
Holocene Advisors, LP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +1,481,714 0.1%
Squarepoint OPS LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +1,358,689 0.1%
UBS Asset Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,337,304 0.9%
Voloridge Investment Management, LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +1,217,423 0.1%
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +1,043,871 0.1%

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

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
19 Oct 2026 R. Pate Chief Legal Officer Derivative Exercise and Sale -43,100 $226.65 29,350
18 Oct 2026 R. Pate Chief Legal Officer Intent to Sell (Form 144) -43,100 $224.99 –
27 Aug 2026 Marillyn Hewson Independent Director Derivative Acquisition Under Emp +213 – 6,400
27 Aug 2026 Cynthia Warner Independent Director Derivative Acquisition Under Emp +19 – 426
17 Aug 2026 R. Pate Chief Legal Officer Open Market Disposition -2,470 $205.11 29,197
16 Aug 2026 Andrew Walz President of Downstream, Midstream & Chemicals Derivative Exercise and Sale -16,800 $201.06 9,004
16 Aug 2026 Dambisa Moyo Independent Director Other Disposition -350 – 7,171
13 Aug 2026 Michael Wirth Chairperson & CEO Derivative Exercise and Sale -317,100 $201.05 63,179
10 Aug 2026 Jeff Gustavson President of Chevron New Energies Derivative Exercise and Sale -14,044 $194.95 3,789
4 Aug 2026 Michael Wirth Chairperson & CEO Open Market Disposition -5,547 $187.00 63,179
2 Aug 2026 John Hess Director Other Acquisition +457,006 – 6,332,394
2 Aug 2026 John Hess Director Other Disposition -2,244,497 – 6,332,394
2 Aug 2026 John Hess Director Open Market Disposition -101,303 $195.14 6,332,394
2 Aug 2026 John Hess Director Derivative Exercise and Sale -709,362 $195.28 6,332,394
31 May 2026 Marillyn Hewson Independent Director Derivative Acquisition Under Emp +209 – 6,131
31 May 2026 Cynthia Warner Independent Director Derivative Acquisition Under Emp +20 – 403
26 May 2026 Thomas Horton Independent Director Other Acquisition +1,272 – 1,734
26 May 2026 John Hess Director Other Acquisition +1,272 – 2,523
26 May 2026 Enrique Hernandez Independent Director Other Acquisition +1,272 – 34,859
26 May 2026 Debra Reed-Klages Independent Director Other Acquisition +1,272 – 17,420

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 25,658,771 1.3% 3.7
30 Sep 2026 23,657,838 1.2% 2.1
15 Sep 2026 20,765,075 1.1% 2.6
31 Aug 2026 20,585,159 1.0% 2.6
14 Aug 2026 15,741,465 0.8% 1.9
31 Jul 2026 20,250,198 1.0% 2.8

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