BeStock  
$245.00 −$2.11 (-0.85%)
Market closed · Nov 6, 8:10 pm ET · Last extended-hours $245.70 +0.29%
Open$242.92
Prev close$247.11
Day range$240.35 – $246.34
Volume3.49M
Market cap$231.55B
P/E (TTM)20.9
Dividend yield2.75%

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership65.8%-0.42 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding3,963-148 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)47 buys / 3 sellsNet buying
Short interest2.11% of floatDays to cover 3.6 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share15.4%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

9%14%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: +$18.28M (13 inflow days, 7 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$40.8MSuper+$59.0MBig+$3.6MMid−$28.9MSmall

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 26.6% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock8.12%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC7.05%
  • State Street Global Advisors5.93%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC3.00%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC2.53%
  • Capital Research1.73%
  • Morgan Stanley1.27%
  • UBS Asset Management1.25%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund54.48%
  • Public Company4.69%
  • Government Pension Fund1.82%
  • Private Company1.77%
  • Hedge Fund1.10%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund0.97%
  • Family Office/Trust0.37%
  • Insurance Company0.28%

Reported short interest has fallen from 2.36% to 2.11% 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 +571,332 0.1%
Wellington Management Group Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +6,283,395 0.7%
BNY Mellon Asset Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +2,006,794 1.0%
FMR Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,540,876 0.5%
State Street Global Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,450,562 5.9%
Marshall Wace LLP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +1,414,891 0.2%
National Bank Investments Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,152,754 0.2%
AQR Capital Management Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +774,601 0.3%
Wells Fargo & Company Public Company 2026/Q3 +741,103 0.5%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +687,429 3.0%
Strategic Advisers LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +646,582 0.3%
Susquehanna International Group, LLP Private Company 2026/Q3 +587,935 0.1%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +553,843 7.1%
Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +449,621 0.0%
Dimensional Fund Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +446,759 0.6%

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

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
29 Sep 2026 David Farr Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +268 – 23,782
29 Sep 2026 Alfred Zollar Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +415 – 10,427
29 Sep 2026 Peter Voser Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +455 – 33,290
29 Sep 2026 Andrew Liveris Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +444 – 45,262
29 Sep 2026 Alex Gorsky Lead Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +489 – 35,343
29 Sep 2026 Frederick McNabb Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +415 – 17,053
29 Sep 2026 Marianne Brown Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +415 – 4,460
29 Sep 2026 Michael Miebach Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +415 – 4,724
29 Sep 2026 Ramon Laguarta Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +415 – 869
29 Sep 2026 Thomas Buberl Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +444 – 15,256
29 Sep 2026 Martha Pollack Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +268 – 17,899
29 Sep 2026 Michelle Howard Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +291 – 17,050
26 Aug 2026 Arvind Krishna Chief Executive Officer Derivative Acquisition Under Emp +8,375 – 28,447
25 Aug 2026 Robert Thomas Senior VP of IBM Software & Chief Commercial Officer Open Market Disposition -25,000 $230.32 65,800
30 Jun 2026 Anne Robinson Chief Legal Officer Derivative Exercise and Sale -4,035 $286.73 13,648
30 Jun 2026 Anne Robinson Chief Legal Officer Derivative Exercise and Retained +3,260 – 13,648
29 Jun 2026 David Farr Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +209 – 23,346
29 Jun 2026 Alfred Zollar Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +325 – 9,940
29 Jun 2026 Peter Voser Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +356 – 32,600
29 Jun 2026 Andrew Liveris Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +347 – 44,497

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 19,911,577 2.1% 3.6
30 Sep 2026 24,164,783 2.6% 4.1
15 Sep 2026 22,444,940 2.4% 4.6
31 Aug 2026 22,016,017 2.3% 4.5
14 Aug 2026 22,050,277 2.3% 3.8
31 Jul 2026 22,269,760 2.4% 1.8

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