BeStock  
$283.93 +$2.19 (+0.78%)
Market closed · Nov 6, 8:20 pm ET · Last extended-hours $284.43 +0.18%
Open$283.42
Prev close$281.74
Day range$283.00 – $289.22
Volume24.62M
Market cap$3.49T
P/E (TTM)14.8
Dividend yield0.30%

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership66.7%-0.45 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding7,525-28 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)26 buys / 24 sellsNet buying
ARK fund activity-108,503 sh3 recent transactions · last 22 Oct 2026
Short interest0.40% of floatDays to cover 3.3 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share7.4%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

5%9%13%17%Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$209.61M (7 inflow days, 13 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$258.5MSuper+$48.9MBig+$263.7MMid+$786.2MSmall

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 25.4% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock6.76%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC6.11%
  • Sergey Brin5.84%
  • State Street Global Advisors3.50%
  • Lawrence Page3.16%
  • FMR2.71%
  • Capital Research2.34%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC2.18%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund54.72%
  • Individual/Insider9.80%
  • Public Company4.55%
  • Government Pension Fund1.79%
  • Private Company1.75%
  • Hedge Fund1.42%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund1.33%
  • Family Office/Trust0.37%

Reported short interest has held roughly steady near 0.40% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Public Company 2026/Q3 +48,144,587 0.9%
FMR Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +22,703,913 2.7%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. Public Company 2026/Q3 +21,467,599 0.7%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +19,156,011 6.8%
State Street Global Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +17,926,817 3.5%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +16,618,560 1.4%
J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +13,747,576 1.2%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +10,320,278 6.1%
Janus Henderson Group plc Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +6,179,424 0.3%
MFS Investment Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +6,039,263 0.2%
Strategic Advisers LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +4,864,370 0.3%
Temasek Holdings VC/PE Fund 2026/Q3 +4,376,133 0.1%
Capital Research Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +4,198,510 2.4%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +4,176,752 1.5%
Susquehanna International Group, LLP Private Company 2026/Q3 +4,126,547 0.1%

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

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
24 Oct 2026 J. Walker President of Global Affairs, Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary Sale to Issuer -1,641 $317.28 103,655
24 Oct 2026 J. Walker President of Global Affairs, Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary Derivative Exercise and Retained +1,626 – 109,561
24 Oct 2026 Philipp Schindler Senior Vice President & Chief Business Officer of Google Sale to Issuer -2,016 $317.28 132,497
24 Oct 2026 Philipp Schindler Senior Vice President & Chief Business Officer of Google Other Disposition -1,998 – 132,497
24 Oct 2026 Philipp Schindler Senior Vice President & Chief Business Officer of Google Derivative Exercise and Retained +1,998 – 940,487
24 Oct 2026 Sundar Pichai Chief Executive Officer Sale to Issuer -3,705 $317.28 191,759
24 Oct 2026 Sundar Pichai Chief Executive Officer Derivative Exercise and Retained +3,671 – 3,601,476
24 Oct 2026 Ruth Porat President & Chief Investment Officer Sale to Issuer -1,641 $317.28 103,655
24 Oct 2026 Ruth Porat President & Chief Investment Officer Other Disposition -1,626 – 103,655
24 Oct 2026 Ruth Porat President & Chief Investment Officer Derivative Exercise and Retained +1,626 – 2,106,340
24 Oct 2026 Anat Ashkenazi Senior Vice President Sale to Issuer -1,782 $317.28 102,977
24 Oct 2026 Anat Ashkenazi Senior Vice President Derivative Exercise and Retained +1,766 – 152,427
24 Oct 2026 Marsida Saraci Principal Accounting Officer, VP & Controller Sale to Issuer -494 $339.01 13,003
24 Oct 2026 Marsida Saraci Principal Accounting Officer, VP & Controller Derivative Exercise and Retained +489 – 28,851
12 Oct 2026 Kavitark Shriram Independent Director Other Acquisition +173,100 – 2,736,523
12 Oct 2026 Kavitark Shriram Independent Director Other Disposition -396,700 – 2,736,523
29 Sep 2026 Frances Arnold Independent Director Automatic Disposition -83 $340.45 19,076
24 Sep 2026 J. Walker President of Global Affairs, Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary Sale to Issuer -10,729 $339.01 106,922
24 Sep 2026 J. Walker President of Global Affairs, Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary Other Disposition -10,631 – 106,922
24 Sep 2026 J. Walker President of Global Affairs, Chief Legal Officer & Company Secretary Derivative Exercise and Retained +10,631 – 107,935

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 48,412,278 0.4% 3.3
30 Sep 2026 51,856,041 0.4% 2.8
15 Sep 2026 51,769,478 0.4% 3.4
31 Aug 2026 45,274,909 0.4% 2.9
14 Aug 2026 42,891,363 0.4% 2.4
31 Jul 2026 46,940,256 0.4% 2.1

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