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Verizon Communications Ownership | Who Owns Verizon Communications?

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Verizon Communications Ownership Summary

Verizon Communications is owned by 22.40% institutional investors, 0.04% insiders, and 77.56% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 8.85% of VZ shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 2.84% of its assets in Verizon Communications shares.

VZ Ownership Benchmark

TypeName% Inst% Insiders% Retail
StockVerizon Communications22.40%0.04%77.56%
SectorCommunication Services Stocks 31.39%16.65%51.96%
IndustryTelecom Stocks 30.69%13.56%55.75%
Idea5G Stocks List55.29%7.69%37.02%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

HolderShares% HoldingValue
Vanguard group373.90M8.85%$16.43B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de360.83M8.54%$15.86B
Blackrock348.87M8.28%$14.39B
State street215.49M5.10%$9.47B
Charles schwab investment management110.72M2.62%$4.87B
Geode capital management101.76M2.41%$4.46B
Morgan stanley77.31M1.83%$3.40B
Norges bank57.54M1.36%$2.30B
Gqg partners52.99M1.25%$2.33B
Northern trust45.27M1.07%$1.99B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

HolderShares% AssetsValue
Black diamond capital management623.17K15.72%$26.96M
Mizuho markets cayman lp473.48K9.92%$116.33M
Terril brothers678.87K9.04%$29.84M
Heathbridge capital management474.00K8.00%$20.83M
Credit capital investments136.30K6.69%$5.99M
Almanack investment partners, llc.936.58K6.37%$41.16M
Te ahumairangi investment management848.78K6.34%$37.30M
Dupree financial group348.28K5.82%$15.31M
Patrick mauro investment advisor243.94K5.63%$10.72M
Park circle137.21K5.05%$6.03M

Top Buyers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Norges bank57.54M0.30%57.54M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de360.83M0.28%7.48M
Blackrock348.87M0.33%7.41M
State street215.49M0.33%7.28M
Capital world investors14.51M0.09%4.91M

Top Sellers

HolderShares% AssetsChange
Ubs asset management americas37.01M0.35%-10.65M
Millennium management---6.31M
Holocene advisors, lp---5.32M
Citadel advisors3.93M0.03%-4.77M
Third point---4.67M

New Positions

HolderShares% AssetsChangeValue
Norges bank57.54M0.30%57.54M$2.30B
Axa investment managers1.37M0.16%1.37M$60.24M
Fjarde ap-fonden (the fourth swedish national pensionfund)1.33M0.62%1.33M$54.65M
First horizon448.92K0.93%448.92K$19.73M
Ddd partners416.06K1.16%416.06K$18.29M

Sold Out

HolderChange
Copeland capital management-3.00
Kessler investment group-4.00
Creative capital management investments-11.00
Delos wealth advisors-22.00
Your advocates ltd., llp-26.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

DateHoldingsChange %SharesChange %OwnershipChange %Increased PositionChange %Decreased PositionChange %
Sep 30, 20252,004-35.08%945,970,807-64.40%220.57%1,040-33.88%781-35.24%
Jun 30, 20253,039-2.35%2,775,852,3412.59%651.60%1,5480.13%1,185-6.55%
Mar 31, 202540-98.71%10,931,623-99.59%-0.01%15-98.98%14-98.95%
Dec 31, 20242,753-7.46%2,399,338,415-8.21%561.48%1,279-10.56%1,203-1.07%
Sep 30, 20242,935-2,607,788,143-1.18%611.58%1,4131.15%1,197-1.56%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

HolderShares% HoldingChange
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF120.01M2.84%101.33K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv119.24M2.83%-2.76M
Vanguard 500 Index Investor104.36M2.48%-15.29M
Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF™62.92M1.49%13.31K
Fidelity 500 Index53.44M1.27%22.95K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF52.39M1.24%-766.94K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust51.00M1.21%-267.19K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF50.95M1.21%626.43K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF50.73M1.20%-
Vanguard Value Index Inv33.63M0.80%-39.04K

Recent Insider Transactions

DateNameRoleActivityValue
May 08, 2025Malady Kyle EVP and Group CEO-VZ BusinessSell$13.10K
May 08, 2025Malady Kyle EVP and Group CEO-VZ BusinessSell$425.00K
May 07, 2025Malady Kyle EVP and Group CEO-VZ BusinessSell$396.90K
Apr 30, 2025Malady Kyle EVP and Group CEO-VZ BusinessSell$329.06K
Apr 24, 2025Malady Kyle EVP and Group CEO-VZ BusinessSell$430.24K

Insider Transactions Trends

DateBuySell
2025 Q4--
2025 Q3--
2025 Q2-6
2025 Q1-7
2024 Q4--

VZ Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Verizon Communications?

Verizon Communications shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 22.40%, followed by 0.04% insiders and 77.56% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Verizon Communications's industry, Telecom Stocks , is 30.69%, which Verizon Communications falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Verizon Communications?

Verizon Communications’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (373.9M shares, 8.85%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (360.83M shares, 8.54%), and Blackrock (348.87M shares, 8.28%). Together, they hold 25.67% of Verizon Communications’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Verizon Communications?

Yes, BlackRock owns 8.28% of Verizon Communications, totaling 348.87M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.33% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 14.39B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 7.41M shares, a 2.17% change.

Who is Verizon Communications’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Black diamond capital management is Verizon Communications’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 15.72% of its assets in 623.17K Verizon Communications shares, valued at 26.96M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Verizon Communications shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Verizon Communications shares, with 2.84% of its total shares outstanding invested in 120.01M Verizon Communications shares.

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