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$224.55 −$2.69 (-1.18%)
Market closed · Nov 6, 8:10 pm ET · Last extended-hours $224.00 -0.24%
Open$220.34
Prev close$227.24
Day range$220.32 – $226.23
Volume3.54M
Market cap$125.98B
P/E (TTM)19.0
Dividend yield2.16%

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership79.8%-0.41 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding2,889-72 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)32 buys / 14 sellsNet buying
Short interest1.94% of floatDays to cover 3.4 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share13.2%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

6%9%13%16%Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$24.19M (8 inflow days, 12 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$10.6MSuper−$13.6MBig+$41.7MMid+$31.3MSmall

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 29.9% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock7.23%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC7.08%
  • FMR5.81%
  • J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Inc.5.28%
  • State Street Global Advisors4.51%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC2.60%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC2.59%
  • Norges Bank Investment Management1.47%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund66.14%
  • Public Company5.75%
  • Private Company1.90%
  • Government Pension Fund1.84%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund1.53%
  • Hedge Fund1.22%
  • Family Office/Trust0.65%
  • Insurance Company0.38%

Reported short interest has fallen from 2.02% to 1.94% 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 +225,211 0.1%
FMR Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +5,291,992 5.8%
Pacer Advisors, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,728,624 0.3%
Millennium Management LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +1,155,455 0.2%
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,099,090 0.2%
Amundi Asset Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,044,266 0.5%
State Street Global Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +880,815 4.5%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +852,692 7.2%
The Toronto-Dominion Bank Public Company 2026/Q3 +747,527 0.2%
SG Americas Securities, LLC Private Company 2026/Q3 +701,522 0.2%
Citigroup Inc. Public Company 2026/Q3 +398,095 0.2%
Marshall Wace LLP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +393,516 0.2%
BNP Paribas Financial Markets SNC Private Company 2026/Q3 +352,310 0.2%
Susquehanna International Group, LLP Private Company 2026/Q3 +284,878 0.1%
Eurizon Capital SGR SpA Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +277,323 0.3%

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

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
29 Sep 2026 Brian Rogers Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +135 – 5,856
29 Sep 2026 Richard Dreiling Lead Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +298 – 20,059
29 Sep 2026 Laurie Douglas Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +81 – 5,009
29 Sep 2026 Lawrence R. Simkins Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +135 – 1,113
29 Sep 2026 Colleen Taylor Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +67 – 1,509
14 Sep 2026 Seemantini Godbole Executive VP and Chief Information & AI Officer Other Acquisition +396 – 49,449
14 Sep 2026 Quonta Vance Executive Vice President of Stores Sale to Issuer -848 $194.61 27,335
14 Sep 2026 Quonta Vance Executive Vice President of Stores Other Acquisition +2,009 – 27,335
14 Sep 2026 Jennifer Wilson Chief Marketing Officer Other Acquisition +2,891 – 10,065
14 Sep 2026 Adam Filipponi Executive Vice President of Strategy & Business Development; Other Acquisition +3,212 – 9,927
31 Aug 2026 Jennifer Wilson Chief Marketing Officer Initial Statement of Beneficial +0 – 5,887
31 Aug 2026 Adam Filipponi Executive Vice President of Strategy & Business Development; Initial Statement of Beneficial +0 – 1,334
8 Jul 2026 Brian Rogers Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +117 – 5,687
8 Jul 2026 Richard Dreiling Lead Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +258 – 19,648
8 Jul 2026 Laurie Douglas Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +70 – 4,899
8 Jul 2026 Lawrence R. Simkins Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +117 – 972
8 Jul 2026 Colleen Taylor Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +58 – 1,433
17 Jun 2026 Margrethe Vagell Executive Vice President of Supply Chain Open Market Disposition -2,500 $223.83 21,115
16 Jun 2026 Juliette Pryor Executive Vice President Other Disposition -670 – 15,472
16 Jun 2026 Juliette Pryor Executive Vice President Open Market Disposition -9,330 $224.81 15,472

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 10,895,120 1.9% 3.4
30 Sep 2026 10,398,099 1.9% 2.9
15 Sep 2026 9,399,130 1.7% 3.2
31 Aug 2026 9,176,642 1.6% 2.6
14 Aug 2026 9,172,213 1.6% 4.0
31 Jul 2026 11,301,000 2.0% 3.3

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