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Gilead Sciences Ownership Summary

Gilead Sciences is owned by 86.10% institutional investors, 0.10% insiders, and 13.80% retail investors. Blackrock is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.67% of GILD shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.17% of its assets in Gilead Sciences shares.

GILD Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Gilead Sciences	86.10%	0.10%	13.80%
Sector	Healthcare Stocks	488.17%	11.08%	-399.26%
Industry	Drug Manufacturers - General Stocks	50.22%	2.50%	47.29%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock	120.63M	9.67%	$8.28B
Vanguard group	115.53M	9.26%	$10.67B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	114.88M	9.23%	$12.74B
State street	59.33M	4.76%	$4.07B
Capital world investors	46.30M	3.72%	$5.13B
Fmr	40.32M	3.23%	$3.72B
Wellington management group llp	35.66M	2.86%	$3.29B
Capital research global investors	31.10M	2.50%	$3.45B
Dodge & cox	30.82M	2.48%	$3.42B
Geode capital management	28.29M	2.27%	$2.61B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Sofinnova investments	1.05M	7.12%	$116.45M
Mccarthy asset management	130.36K	5.27%	$8.94M
Sector gamma as	127.00K	4.60%	$14.08M
Twin lakes capital management	60.33K	4.07%	$6.69M
Natwest group	123.47K	4.05%	$13.69M
One river asset management	14.24K	3.48%	$1.58B
Healthinvest partners ab	73.17K	3.47%	$8.11M
Globeflex capital l p	377.55K	3.47%	$41.86M
Verity & verity	378.10K	3.19%	$34.93M
Kiltearn partners llp	134.40K	3.00%	$14.90M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	19.37M	0.23%	19.37M
Fmr	40.32M	0.22%	7.16M
Pacer advisors	6.43M	1.28%	5.65M
Bank of new york mellon	16.76M	0.30%	2.83M
Qube research	4.76M	0.54%	2.40M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Capital research global investors	31.10M	0.69%	-23.51M
Capital world investors	46.30M	0.75%	-7.24M
Citadel advisors	278.39K	0.00%	-5.04M
Legal & general group	9.91M	0.24%	-2.29M
Two sigma advisers, lp	270.80K	0.06%	-2.22M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	19.37M	0.23%	19.37M	$1.79B
Worldquant millennium advisors	777.25K	0.43%	777.25K	$86.17M
Masters capital management	385.00K	1.49%	385.00K	$26.41M
Fjarde ap-fonden (the fourth swedish national pensionfund)	296.46K	0.23%	296.46K	$20.34M
Ofi invest asset management	281.62K	0.59%	281.62K	$25.12M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Hoey investments	-2.00
Country trust bank	-3.00
Mendota financial group	-3.00
Kohmann bosshard financial services	-4.00
Cypress capital management llc (wy)	-5.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2025	2,053	-0.73%	1,072,004,901	4.47%	86	1.27%	1,004	4.26%	720	-12.41%
Mar 31, 2025	19	-99.01%	5,280,450	-99.50%	-	0.01%	7	-99.24%	5	-99.30%
Dec 31, 2024	1,238	-29.82%	522,772,791	-49.04%	41	0.62%	590	-25.69%	468	-31.68%
Sep 30, 2024	1,740	1.05%	1,025,105,383	-1.03%	82	1.19%	784	1.69%	673	-0.30%
Jun 30, 2024	1,691	-3.92%	1,032,995,935	1.04%	82	1.23%	759	1.61%	663	-9.80%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	39.45M	3.17%	28.77K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	39.10M	3.15%	-901.45K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	35.44M	2.85%	245.78K
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	30.79M	2.48%	-4.51M
Invesco QQQ Trust	25.52M	2.05%	-15.99K
Dodge & Cox Stock I	22.94M	1.84%	-1.41M
American Funds Income Fund of Amer A	19.87M	1.60%	-4.12M
Fidelity 500 Index	15.76M	1.27%	37.96K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	15.51M	1.25%	-227.69K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	15.08M	1.21%	-62.87K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Aug 28, 2025	O'Day Daniel Patrick	Chairman & CEO	Sell	$1.14M
Aug 15, 2025	Mercier Johanna	Chief Commercial Officer	Sell	$1.40M
Aug 15, 2025	Mercier Johanna	Chief Commercial Officer	Sell	$83.28K
Aug 15, 2025	Mercier Johanna	Chief Commercial Officer	Sell	$1.40M
Aug 15, 2025	Mercier Johanna	Chief Commercial Officer	Sell	$331.82K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q3	-	12
2025 Q2	-	11
2025 Q1	-	7
2024 Q4	-	13
2024 Q3	-	6

GILD Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Gilead Sciences?

Gilead Sciences shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 86.10%, followed by 0.10% insiders and 13.80% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Gilead Sciences's industry, Drug Manufacturers - General Stocks, is 50.22%, which Gilead Sciences exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Gilead Sciences?

Gilead Sciences’s largest shareholders are Blackrock (120.63M shares, 9.67%), Vanguard group (115.53M shares, 9.26%), and Blackrock funding, inc. /de (114.88M shares, 9.23%). Together, they hold 28.17% of Gilead Sciences’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Gilead Sciences?

Yes, BlackRock owns 9.67% of Gilead Sciences, totaling 120.63M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.19% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 8.28B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -1.899M shares, a -1.55% change.

Who is Gilead Sciences’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Sofinnova investments is Gilead Sciences’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 7.12% of its assets in 1.05M Gilead Sciences shares, valued at 116.45M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Gilead Sciences shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Gilead Sciences shares, with 3.17% of its total shares outstanding invested in 39.45M Gilead Sciences shares.

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