Stryker Corp SYK
$325.87 −$9.21 (-2.75%)
Market closed · Nov 6, 8:10 pm ET · Last extended-hours $326.00 +0.04%
Open$324.41
Prev close$335.08
Day range$322.56 – $328.02
Volume3.78M
Market cap$124.06B
P/E (TTM)34.7
Dividend yield1.08%
Ownership & positioning
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Institutional ownership83.3%+1.01 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding2,608-53 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)14 buys / 30 sellsNet selling
Short interest1.49% of floatDays to cover 2.4 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share16.5%5-day average of daily volume
Short-sale volume as % of daily volume
Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions
Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: +$11.52M (9 inflow days, 11 outflow days).
Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions
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 27.0% of shares outstanding.
Largest holders
By investor type
Reported short interest has fallen from 2.17% to 1.49% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).
Recent institutional activity
| Holder | Type | Period | Share change | New stake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deka Investment GmbH | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +367,892 | 0.3% |
| J O Hambro Capital Management Limited | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +334,673 | 0.1% |
| T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,883,504 | 3.1% |
| Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,865,859 | 0.9% |
| Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,726,569 | 0.9% |
| Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +1,070,357 | 0.3% |
| J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Inc. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +943,895 | 3.3% |
| Flossbach von Storch SE | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +935,833 | 0.4% |
| Brewin Dolphin Wealth Management Limited | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +836,157 | 0.2% |
| UBS Asset Management | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +744,141 | 1.2% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | Public Company | 2026/Q3 | +720,232 | 1.2% |
| Schroder Investment Management Limited | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +712,589 | 0.5% |
| First Trust Advisors L.P. | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +658,352 | 0.2% |
| Veritas Asset Management LLP | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +533,784 | 0.1% |
| Generation Investment Management LLP | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +512,346 | 0.1% |
Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.
Insider transactions
| Date | Insider | Title | Transaction | Shares | Price | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Sep 2026 | Preston Wells | Vice President | Other Disposition | -109 | – | 3,971 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | Preston Wells | Vice President | Other Disposition | -2,738 | – | 4,080 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Emily Baculik | VP, Chief Accounting Officer & Corporate Controller | Initial Statement of Beneficial | +0 | – | 1,490 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | Dylan Crotty | Group President of Orthopaedics | Open Market Disposition | -441 | $328.61 | 13,711 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | Ronda Stryker | Independent Director | Open Market Disposition | -350,000 | $343.47 | 14,466,496 |
| 17 Aug 2026 | Ronda Stryker | Independent Director | Intent to Sell (Form 144) | -350,000 | $335.00 | – |
| 17 Aug 2026 | Debra King | VP and Chief Digital & Information Officer | Open Market Disposition | -826 | $336.30 | 833 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | M. Fink | VP & Chief Human Resources Officer | Sale to Issuer | -111 | $325.70 | 13,038 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | Robert Fletcher | VP & Chief Legal Officer | Sale to Issuer | -94 | $325.70 | 10,672 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | Debra King | VP and Chief Digital & Information Officer | Sale to Issuer | -533 | $325.70 | 1,659 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | Kimberly Montagnino | Sale to Issuer | -155 | $325.70 | 1,073 | |
| 31 May 2026 | Spencer Stiles | President | Other Disposition | -1,607 | – | 77,720 |
| 27 May 2026 | Robert Fletcher | VP & Chief Legal Officer | Automatic Disposition | -4,544 | $310.22 | 10,765 |
| 25 May 2026 | Ronda Stryker | Independent Director | Open Market Disposition | -310,000 | $315.11 | 14,816,496 |
| 10 May 2026 | M. Fink | VP & Chief Human Resources Officer | Open Market Disposition | -3,500 | $283.45 | 12,841 |
| 10 May 2026 | M. Fink | VP & Chief Human Resources Officer | Derivative Exercise and Sale | -21,582 | $294.23 | 12,841 |
| 5 May 2026 | Lisa Skeete Tatum | Independent Director | Other Acquisition | +762 | – | 762 |
| 5 May 2026 | Ronda Stryker | Independent Director | Other Acquisition | +762 | – | 762 |
| 5 May 2026 | Mary Brainerd | Independent Director | Other Acquisition | +762 | – | 762 |
| 5 May 2026 | Sherilyn S. McCoy | Lead Independent Director | Other Acquisition | +762 | – | 6,349 |
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 date | Shares short | % of float | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | 5,700,373 | 1.5% | 2.4 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 5,737,895 | 1.5% | 2.0 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 7,671,881 | 2.0% | 2.2 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 7,643,592 | 2.0% | 3.3 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 6,941,665 | 1.8% | 3.2 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 8,329,304 | 2.2% | 3.5 |
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