Who owns Verizon Communications?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 71.2% of Verizon Communications's shares, through 3,280 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 BlackRock, Inc. (9.6%), Vanguard Capital Management LLC (6.2%), State Street Corp (5.0%).
- 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.
- 71.2%
- Institutional holders
- 3,280
- The 10 largest hold
- 35.8%
- 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 | BlackRock, Inc. | 398,216,158 | 9.55% | 16.86B USD | +30,188,559 |
| 2 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 258,996,106 | 6.21% | 10.97B USD | -1,188,429 |
| 3 | State Street Corp | 209,676,274 | 4.99% | 8.88B USD | -5,177,454 |
| 4 | Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P. | 127,774,822 | 3.07% | 5.41B USD | New position |
| 5 | Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 127,774,822 | 3.07% | 5.41B USD | +14,838,312 |
| 6 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 106,820,018 | 2.56% | 4.51B USD | +611,651 |
| 7 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 77,434,092 | 1.86% | 3.28B USD | +592,523 |
| 8 | Morgan Stanley | 70,302,870 | 1.69% | 2.98B USD | -3,765,300 |
| 9 | Bank Of America Corp | 60,860,766 | 1.46% | 2.58B USD | -1,240,255 |
| 10 | Norges Bank | 54,307,400 | 1.30% | 2.30B USD | New position |
| 11 | Northern Trust Corp | 43,831,966 | 1.05% | 1.86B USD | -494,592 |
| 12 | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 41,184,848 | 0.99% | 1.82B USD | +8,260,629 |
| 13 | UBS AM | 41,173,226 | 0.99% | 1.74B USD | +5,075,794 |
| 14 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 38,103,828 | 0.91% | 1.61B USD | +2,007,467 |
| 15 | Gqg Partners LLC | 35,877,241 | 0.86% | 1.52B USD | -9,837,354 |
| 16 | Dimensional Fund Advisors LP | 33,633,551 | 0.81% | 1.42B USD | +898,553 |
| 17 | Raymond James Financial Inc | 31,692,986 | 0.76% | 1.34B USD | +2,359,528 |
| 18 | Bank Of New York Mellon Corp | 30,357,757 | 0.73% | 1.29B USD | -7,807,225 |
| 19 | Legal & General Group PLC | 27,344,618 | 0.66% | 1.16B USD | -768,029 |
| 20 | FMR LLC | 25,976,622 | 0.62% | 1.10B USD | -5,192,952 |
| 21 | Royal Bank Of Canada | 23,785,315 | 0.57% | 1.01B USD | -838,498 |
| 22 | UBS Group AG | 23,236,455 | 0.56% | 983.83M USD | +2,193,137 |
| 23 | Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co | 23,117,525 | 0.55% | 978.80M USD | -286,604 |
| 24 | Invesco Ltd. | 22,277,231 | 0.53% | 943.22M USD | +27,987 |
| 25 | Deutsche Bank Ag\ | 20,882,074 | 0.50% | 884.15M USD | +1,305,471 |
All institutions last quarter
- Bought or added
- 1,773 · 171 new
- Sold or cut
- 1,580 · 287 sold out
- Net shares bought
- +209.50M · 8.87B USD
- Institutional ownership
- 65.8% → 71.2%
Biggest buyers last quarter
- Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P.New position
- Norges BankNew position
- BlackRock, Inc.+30,188,559
- Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc+14,838,312
- JPMorgan Chase & Co+8,260,629
Biggest sellers last quarter
- Ameriprise Financial Inc-9,847,187
- Gqg Partners LLC-9,837,354
- Bank Of New York Mellon Corp-7,807,225
- FMR LLC-5,192,952
- State Street Corp-5,177,454
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 Verizon Communications's shareholders
Source: Financial Modeling Prep
