Who owns British American Tobacco?What is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
Institutions own 15.0% of British American Tobacco's shares, through 950 funds, banks and other managers that report their holdings to the SEC; individual investors and others hold the rest. The largest on 30 June 2026 were Capital International Investors (2.3%), FMR LLC (2.0%), Capital Research Global Investors (1.4%).
- Institutions ownWhat is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
- 15.0%
- Institutional holders
- 950
- The 10 largest hold
- 9.7%
- Free floatWhat is free float? Free float is the part of a company's shares that anyone can buy and sell: all its shares minus those held by insiders, founders and owners of over 5%.
- 99.9%
- Holdings as of
- 30 Jun 2026
Who owns the shares
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
The largest shareholders
| # | Holder | Shares | Of the company | Value | Change last quarter (shares) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Capital International Investors | 49,134,401 | 2.27% | 3.04B USD | +318,831 |
| 2 | FMR LLC | 44,158,315 | 2.04% | 2.73B USD | +7,470,096 |
| 3 | Capital Research Global Investors | 30,330,845 | 1.40% | 1.87B USD | -632,056 |
| 4 | Gqg Partners LLC | 24,566,708 | 1.13% | 1.52B USD | -3,116,626 |
| 5 | BlackRock, Inc. | 20,161,366 | 0.93% | 1.25B USD | +1,014,670 |
| 6 | Bank Of America Corp | 10,534,980 | 0.49% | 650.64M USD | +798,137 |
| 7 | Capital World Investors | 9,737,992 | 0.45% | 601.66M USD | +49,687 |
| 8 | Morgan Stanley | 7,707,052 | 0.36% | 475.99M USD | +2,508,031 |
| 9 | Orbis Allan Gray Ltd | 7,385,374 | 0.34% | 456.12M USD | -320,594 |
| 10 | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 5,390,955 | 0.25% | 338.23M USD | -425,025 |
| 11 | Wells Fargo & Company | 4,874,437 | 0.23% | 301.05M USD | +224,986 |
| 12 | Natixis Advisors, LLC | 4,475,744 | 0.21% | 276.42M USD | +329,940 |
| 13 | Envestnet Asset Management Inc | 4,383,770 | 0.20% | 270.74M USD | +251,859 |
| 14 | Jones Financial Companies Lllp | 4,313,503 | 0.20% | 270.71M USD | +426,682 |
| 15 | Northern Trust Corp | 4,167,537 | 0.19% | 257.39M USD | +330,439 |
| 16 | Raymond James Financial Inc | 3,896,414 | 0.18% | 240.64M USD | +105,139 |
| 17 | Mondrian Investment Partners Ltd | 3,682,956 | 0.17% | 227.46M USD | -26,007 |
| 18 | Marshall Wace, LLP | 3,270,886 | 0.15% | 202.01M USD | -37,110 |
| 19 | Citadel Advisors LLC | 3,069,691 | 0.14% | 189.58M USD | -69,341 |
| 20 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 3,045,993 | 0.14% | 188.12M USD | +193,123 |
| 21 | Federated Hermes, Inc. | 3,019,452 | 0.14% | 186.48M USD | -678,303 |
| 22 | Lpl Financial LLC | 2,536,967 | 0.12% | 156.68M USD | +147,142 |
| 23 | Newport Trust Company, LLC | 2,484,902 | 0.11% | 153.47M USD | -48,136 |
| 24 | Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | 2,414,293 | 0.11% | 149.11M USD | +620,778 |
| 25 | Royal Bank Of Canada | 2,366,042 | 0.11% | 146.13M USD | -47,509 |
All institutions last quarter
- Bought or added
- 600 · 107 new
- Sold or cut
- 336 · 68 sold out
- Net shares bought
- +9.24M · 571.47M USD
- Institutional ownership
- 14.3% → 15.0%
Biggest buyers last quarter
- FMR LLC+7,470,096
- Morgan Stanley+2,508,031
- Citigroup Inc+1,427,017
- BlackRock, Inc.+1,014,670
- Cullen Capital Management, LLC+831,958
Biggest sellers last quarter
- Gqg Partners LLC-3,116,626
- Two Sigma Investments, LP-3,024,614
- Federated Hermes, Inc.-678,303
- Capital Research Global Investors-632,056
- Sei Investments Co-431,155
From the holders' 13F filings with the SEC for the quarter to 30 Jun 2026, filed up to 45 days after it; the buyers and sellers are among the 100 largest holders.
Common questions about British American Tobacco's shareholders
Source: Financial Modeling Prep
