BeStock  
$27.00 −$0.54 (-1.96%)
Market closed · Nov 7, 10:10 pm ET · Last extended-hours $27.00 0.00%
Open$26.35
Prev close$27.54
Day range$26.35 – $27.09
Volume5.68M
Market cap$157.36B
P/E (TTM)–
Dividend yield0.29%

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership60.8%-0.24 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding1,222-1 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)27 buys / 12 sellsNet buying
Short interest0.22% of floatDays to cover 3.0 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share22.8%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

14%20%26%33%Sep '26Oct '26Nov '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: +$20.32M (14 inflow days, 6 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

+$2.7MSuper+$17.6MBig+$11.0MMid+$12.5MSmall

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 28.0% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock9.23%
  • JPMorgan Chase & Co.8.65%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.00%
  • Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management3.62%
  • Amova Asset Management2.54%
  • Norges Bank Investment Management2.22%
  • Daiwa Asset Management2.15%
  • Fisher Investments2.03%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund47.60%
  • Public Company9.15%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund2.22%
  • Government Pension Fund0.71%
  • Hedge Fund0.50%
  • Insurance Company0.27%
  • Private Company0.27%
  • Family Office/Trust0.07%

Reported short interest has held roughly steady near 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 +2,335,501 0.5%
Charles Schwab Investment Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,093,326 0.4%
Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +2,241,159 1.2%
Daiwa Asset Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,993,000 2.1%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,571,300 0.6%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,518,824 4.0%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +2,323,292 0.6%
Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +2,098,690 1.2%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,427,100 4.0%
Daiwa Asset Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,146,700 2.1%
Bessemer Investment Management LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +4,243,106 0.1%
Altrinsic Global Advisors, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +1,044,111 0.1%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +7,003,280 9.2%
Contrarius Investment Management Ltd. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +6,899,554 0.1%
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +6,196,100 0.5%

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

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
15 Sep 2026 Yasuhiro Ito Chief People Officer, Corporate Exec Off. & Officer in charge of Human Res. & General Affairs Private Disposition -9,000 $24.29 6,489
10 Sep 2026 Yasuhiro Ito Chief People Officer, Corporate Exec Off. & Officer in charge of Human Res. & General Affairs Derivative Exercise and Retained +9,000 $8.35 15,489
16 Aug 2026 Shinji Sashida Business CEO Derivative Exercise and Retained +7,000 $11.61 12,700
16 Aug 2026 Kenji Tanaka Business CEO Private Disposition -20,000 $23.83 43,899
12 Aug 2026 Kenji Tanaka Business CEO Derivative Exercise and Retained +9,000 $8.41 63,899
4 Aug 2026 Rob Stringer Business CEO Private Disposition -545,547 $22.49 –
3 Aug 2026 Ravi Ahuja Business CEO Derivative Exercise and Sale -15,580 $22.71 22,096
3 Aug 2026 Tsuyoshi Kodera Chief Digital Officer, Corporate Exe. Officer and Officer in charge of Digital & Technology Derivative Exercise and Sale -17,100 $22.72 47,508
2 Aug 2026 Ravi Ahuja Business CEO Derivative Exercise and Retained +11,867 – 22,096
2 Aug 2026 Tsuyoshi Kodera Chief Digital Officer, Corporate Exe. Officer and Officer in charge of Digital & Technology Derivative Exercise and Retained +19,955 – 47,508
23 Jul 2026 Nora Denzel Independent Outside Director Other Derivative Acquisition +5,550 – 5,550
23 Jul 2026 Neil Hunt Independent Outside Director Other Derivative Acquisition +5,550 – 5,550
23 Jul 2026 William Morrow Independent Outside Director Other Derivative Acquisition +5,550 – 5,550
23 Jul 2026 Shingo Konomoto Independent Outside Director Other Derivative Acquisition +5,550 – 5,550
23 Jul 2026 Ravi Ahuja Business CEO Other Derivative Acquisition +142,000 – 142,000
23 Jul 2026 Hiroki Totoki President, CEO, Director & Representative Corporate Executive Officer Other Derivative Acquisition +402,930 – 61,442
23 Jul 2026 Wendy Mira Becker Independent Chairperson Other Derivative Acquisition +5,550 – 5,550
23 Jul 2026 Jon Platt Business CEO Other Derivative Acquisition +71,000 – 71,000
23 Jul 2026 Masayuki Hyodo Independent Outside Director Other Derivative Acquisition +5,550 – 5,550
23 Jul 2026 Rob Stringer Business CEO Other Derivative Acquisition +191,384 – 191,384

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 12,760,271 0.2% 3.0
30 Sep 2026 10,899,692 0.2% 3.6
15 Sep 2026 12,529,774 0.2% 3.1
31 Aug 2026 11,104,607 0.2% 2.8
14 Aug 2026 10,821,753 0.2% 2.2
31 Jul 2026 10,068,731 0.2% 1.7

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