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Banco Santander SAN

US equityMarket cap rank #114Banks - Diversified
$11.74 −$0.27 (-2.25%)
Market closed · Nov 6, 8:20 pm ET · Last extended-hours $11.74 0.00%
Open$11.73
Prev close$12.01
Day range$11.70 – $11.89
Volume9.02M
Market cap$169.27B
P/E (TTM)9.9
Dividend yield2.31%

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership37.9%-0.23 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding1,318+55 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)0 buys / 3 sellsNet selling
Short interest0.22% of floatDays to cover 3.3 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share21.6%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

12%19%25%31%Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$17.50M (10 inflow days, 10 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$9.6MSuper−$7.9MBig+$11.0MMid+$33.2MSmall

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 16.5% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock7.15%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.09%
  • Norges Bank Investment Management1.93%
  • FMR1.74%
  • Amundi Asset Management1.57%
  • Dodge & Cox1.18%
  • Capital Research1.15%
  • Strategic Advisers LLC0.98%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund33.20%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund1.93%
  • Individual/Insider1.27%
  • Public Company0.96%
  • Government Pension Fund0.69%
  • Private Company0.61%
  • Insurance Company0.27%
  • Hedge Fund0.15%

Reported short interest has fallen from 0.62% to 0.22% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +3,084,994 0.2%
Amundi Asset Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +8,967,635 1.6%
Mackenzie Financial Corporation Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +6,129,885 0.1%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +4,725,053 4.1%
State Street Global Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +2,165,487 0.5%
J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,986,501 0.7%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +9,651,635 4.1%
Amundi Asset Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +6,165,813 1.5%
Mackenzie Financial Corporation Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +5,919,529 0.1%
Vanguard Asset Management, Limited Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +3,891,321 0.5%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +3,061,173 0.2%
La Banque Postale Asset Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +2,652,050 0.2%
Charles Schwab Investment Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +2,038,368 0.5%
Strategic Advisers LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +24,478,468 1.0%
Norges Bank Investment Management Sovereign Wealth Fund 2026/Q3 +32,009,630 1.9%

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

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
2 Nov 2025 Mahesh Aditya Former Chief Risk Officer Intent to Sell (Form 144) -100,000 $10.15 –
7 Nov 2024 Mahesh Aditya Former Chief Risk Officer Intent to Sell (Form 144) -10,665 $4.75 –

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 32,155,948 0.2% 3.3
30 Sep 2026 48,198,477 0.3% 6.8
15 Sep 2026 40,768,871 0.3% 5.3
31 Aug 2026 52,415,840 0.4% 2.1
14 Aug 2026 107,668,073 0.8% 7.3
31 Jul 2026 88,817,519 0.6% 8.7

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