BeStock  
$166.89 −$0.68 (-0.41%)
Market closed · Nov 6, 8:20 pm ET · Last extended-hours $166.89 0.00%
Open$164.11
Prev close$167.57
Day range$164.00 – $169.06
Volume5.82M
Market cap$207.00B
P/E (TTM)–
Dividend yield1.95%

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership90.9%-0.25 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding2,769+52 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)17 buys / 33 sellsNet selling
Short interest1.63% of floatDays to cover 3.7 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share15.3%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

7%13%19%25%Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$59.76M (9 inflow days, 11 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$69.9MSuper+$10.1MBig+$39.8MMid+$93.0MSmall

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 31.5% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock9.82%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC7.10%
  • State Street Global Advisors4.94%
  • Capital Research4.90%
  • FMR4.75%
  • Invesco Capital Management LLC3.01%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC2.85%
  • T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.2.44%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund77.20%
  • Public Company4.14%
  • Government Pension Fund2.41%
  • Hedge Fund2.14%
  • Private Company2.03%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund1.86%
  • Insurance Company0.31%
  • Corporate Pension Plan0.21%

Reported short interest has fallen from 1.96% to 1.63% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
Swedbank Robur Fonder AB Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +971,977 0.2%
SG Americas Securities, LLC Private Company 2026/Q3 +3,812,458 0.4%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +3,794,340 2.4%
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +2,965,114 0.2%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +2,833,135 9.8%
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P. Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +2,093,870 0.2%
Assenagon Asset Management S.A. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,775,452 0.2%
Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,762,836 0.5%
Squarepoint OPS LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +1,617,017 0.1%
Janus Henderson Group plc Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,574,202 0.3%
Point72 Asset Management, L.P. Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +1,428,877 0.1%
Bessemer Investment Management LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,379,838 0.1%
State Street Global Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,357,967 4.9%
Westfield Capital Management Company, L.P. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,260,939 0.1%
Jupiter Fund Management Plc Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,153,388 0.1%

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

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
14 Oct 2026 Andrew Dickinson Chief Financial Officer Automatic Disposition -3,000 $156.22 161,096
14 Oct 2026 Andrew Dickinson Chief Financial Officer Intent to Sell (Form 144) -3,000 $156.22 –
14 Oct 2026 Johanna Mercier Chief Commercial & Corporate Affairs Officer Automatic Disposition -3,000 $156.22 113,684
14 Oct 2026 Johanna Mercier Chief Commercial & Corporate Affairs Officer Intent to Sell (Form 144) -3,000 $156.22 –
30 Sep 2026 Daniel Patrick O'Day Chairperson & CEO Automatic Disposition -15,000 $148.63 566,683
21 Sep 2026 Erin Burkhart Chief Accounting Officer Derivative Exercise and Sale -768 $152.67 1,455
21 Sep 2026 Erin Burkhart Chief Accounting Officer Derivative Exercise and Retained +1,455 – 1,455
14 Sep 2026 Andrew Dickinson Chief Financial Officer Automatic Disposition -3,000 $145.29 164,096
14 Sep 2026 Johanna Mercier Chief Commercial & Corporate Affairs Officer Automatic Disposition -3,000 $145.29 116,684
9 Sep 2026 Andrew Dickinson Chief Financial Officer Derivative Exercise and Sale -1,347 $144.81 167,096
9 Sep 2026 Andrew Dickinson Chief Financial Officer Derivative Exercise and Retained +1,450 – 167,096
9 Sep 2026 Daniel Patrick O'Day Chairperson & CEO Derivative Exercise and Sale -4,230 $144.81 581,683
9 Sep 2026 Daniel Patrick O'Day Chairperson & CEO Derivative Exercise and Retained +4,550 – 581,683
9 Sep 2026 Johanna Mercier Chief Commercial & Corporate Affairs Officer Derivative Exercise and Sale -1,347 $144.81 119,684
9 Sep 2026 Johanna Mercier Chief Commercial & Corporate Affairs Officer Derivative Exercise and Retained +1,450 – 119,684
9 Sep 2026 Dietmar Berger Chief Medical Officer Derivative Exercise and Sale -263 $144.81 19,522
9 Sep 2026 Dietmar Berger Chief Medical Officer Derivative Exercise and Retained +270 – 19,522
9 Sep 2026 Keeley M. Wettan Executive VP, General Counsel of Legal & Compliance and Secretary Derivative Exercise and Sale -285 $144.81 8,759
9 Sep 2026 Keeley M. Wettan Executive VP, General Counsel of Legal & Compliance and Secretary Derivative Exercise and Retained +305 – 8,759
31 Aug 2026 Daniel Patrick O'Day Chairperson & CEO Automatic Disposition -15,000 $149.38 577,133

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 20,270,007 1.6% 3.7
30 Sep 2026 21,828,725 1.8% 3.4
15 Sep 2026 18,304,875 1.5% 3.7
31 Aug 2026 23,007,029 1.9% 4.2
14 Aug 2026 23,183,970 1.9% 3.2
31 Jul 2026 24,385,621 2.0% 3.9

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