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Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Institutional Ownership & Insider Trading History

Top ABT institutional shareholders, filing changes, and Form 4 insider activity with filters for buys, sales, option exercises, gifts, and tax withholding.

Section freshness

Prices as of Sep 8, 11:29 AM EDT · Fundamentals checked Sep 8, 10:31 AM EDT · Statements Mar 31, 2026

Ownership read

ABT insider sentiment: Mixed, sale-heavy.

Blackrock Inc. is the largest institutional holder. 24 sales and 5 purchases appear in the recent Form 4 filings. Use the filters below to separate open-market activity from option exercises, gifts, awards, and tax withholding.

Insider flow

ABT

Purchases43.00K
Sales1.31M

Directional bars ignore awards, gifts, conversions, and tax withholding rows.

Top holder

152.56M

Blackrock Inc.

Insider stance

Mixed, sale-heavy

$161.49M sold / $4.4M bought

Latest filing

Sep 2, 2026

Most recent holder or insider filing date

Filings shown

111

30 holder / 81 insider

Holder rows
30
Market data source
Latest filing
Sep 2, 2026
Most recent holder or insider filing date
Increased / initiated
15
5 decreased
Insider rows
81
Market data source

Top 30 institutional holders

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) institutional ownership

Ranked by reported share count, with position changes and latest filing dates where ownership data supplies them.

Blackrock Inc.

Rank #1

8.82%

Shares
152.56M
Change %
+4.72%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Increased

Vanguard Capital Management LLC

Rank #2

6.57%

Shares
113.75M
Change %
+0.71%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Increased

State Street Corporation

Rank #3

4.68%

Shares
80.93M
Change %
+1.70%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Increased

Charles Schwab Investment Management, Inc.

Rank #4

3.45%

Shares
59.67M
Change %
+31.15%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Increased

Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC

Rank #5

2.83%

Shares
49.02M
Change %
+2.24%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Increased

Geode Capital Management, LLC

Rank #6

2.27%

Shares
39.22M
Change %
+0.18%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Increased

Capital Research Global Investors

Rank #7

2.13%

Shares
36.91M
Change %
-25.85%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Decreased

Capital International Investors

Rank #8

2.00%

Shares
34.65M
Change %
-7.58%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Decreased

Morgan Stanley

Rank #9

1.54%

Shares
26.61M
Change %
-11.60%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Decreased

NORGES BANK

Rank #10

1.35%

Shares
23.35M
Change %
-0.43%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Decreased

VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund

Rank #11

3.20%

Shares
55.30M
Change %
+0.22%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Increased

VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund

Rank #12

2.61%

Shares
45.14M
Change %
+2.15%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Increased

SCHWAB STRATEGIC TRUST-Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF

Rank #13

1.90%

Shares
32.82M
Change %
+100.00%
Filing
May 31, 2026

Increased

iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Rank #14

1.39%

Shares
23.97M
Change %
+4.61%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Increased

Fidelity Concord Street Trust-Fidelity 500 Index Fund

Rank #15

1.30%

Shares
22.52M
Change %
+0.80%
Filing
Jul 31, 2026

Increased

SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST-State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

Rank #16

1.24%

Shares
21.42M
Change %
+1.47%
Filing
Jul 31, 2026

Increased

WASHINGTON MUTUAL INVESTORS FUND

Rank #17

1.03%

Shares
17.90M
Change %
+11.78%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Increased

VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Value Index Fund

Rank #18

0.96%

Shares
16.58M
Change %
+3.15%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Increased

SELECT SECTOR SPDR TRT-State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF

Rank #19

0.72%

Shares
12.40M
Change %
+0.78%
Filing
Jul 31, 2026

Increased

Investment Co of America

Rank #20

0.60%

Shares
10.33M
Change %
-14.93%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Decreased

Showing 20 of 30 matching institutional rows.

Recent insider transactions

Abbott Laboratories (ABT) Form 4 filings

Action codes are translated so open-market buys and sales are separate from awards, gifts, conversions, and tax withholding.

MCCOY JOHN A. JR

Officer

SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.
Shares
27
% company
<0.01%
Price
$109.56
Value
$2,958

Filed Sep 2, 2026

FORD ROBERT B.

Chief Executive Officer

Conversion of Exercise of derivative securityProvider-supplied Form 4 action code. Review the original filing before making a trading judgment.
Shares
398.83K
% company
0.02%
Price
$54.02
Value
$21,545,946

Filed Aug 25, 2026

FORD ROBERT B.

Chief Executive Officer

SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.
Shares
398.83K
% company
0.02%
Price
$115.85
Value
$46,204,798

Filed Aug 25, 2026

MORRONE LOUIS H

Officer

SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.
Shares
5.85K
% company
<0.01%
Price
$109.83
Value
$642,506

Filed Aug 11, 2026

STRATTON JOHN G.

Director

PurchaseOpen-market or direct purchase reported on Form 4.
Shares
2.00K
% company
<0.01%
Price
$86.82
Value
$173,640

Filed May 7, 2026

STARKS DANIEL J

Director

PurchaseOpen-market or direct purchase reported on Form 4.
Shares
10.00K
% company
<0.01%
Price
$92.65
Value
$926,537

Filed Apr 27, 2026

ROMAN MICHAEL F

Director

Stock Award(Grant)Provider-supplied Form 4 action code. Review the original filing before making a trading judgment.
Shares
2.29K
% company
<0.01%

Filed Apr 24, 2026

KUMBIER MICHELLE A

Director

Stock Award(Grant)Provider-supplied Form 4 action code. Review the original filing before making a trading judgment.
Shares
2.29K
% company
<0.01%

Filed Apr 24, 2026

BLOUNT SALLY E

Director

Stock Award(Grant)Provider-supplied Form 4 action code. Review the original filing before making a trading judgment.
Shares
2.29K
% company
<0.01%

Filed Apr 24, 2026

CONROY KEVIN T

Director

Stock Award(Grant)Provider-supplied Form 4 action code. Review the original filing before making a trading judgment.
Shares
2.29K
% company
<0.01%

Filed Apr 24, 2026

MCKINSTRY NANCY

Director

Stock Award(Grant)Provider-supplied Form 4 action code. Review the original filing before making a trading judgment.
Shares
2.29K
% company
<0.01%

Filed Apr 24, 2026

STRATTON JOHN G.

Director

Stock Award(Grant)Provider-supplied Form 4 action code. Review the original filing before making a trading judgment.
Shares
2.29K
% company
<0.01%

Filed Apr 24, 2026

Showing 12 of 81 matching Form 4 rows. Percent of company uses current shares outstanding.

Frequently asked

Common questions.

Who are the largest ABT shareholders?

Blackrock Inc. is the largest reported institutional holder of ABT, with 152.56 million shares, or about 8.82% of shares outstanding.

What does the institutional filing activity show for ABT?

Abbott Laboratories has 30 institutional rows on file: 15 increased or initiated positions and 5 reduced them as of Aug 25, 2026.

What insider transactions are available for ABT?

TECHi shows 81 dated ABT insider transactions through Sep 2, 2026, with transaction types kept separate so administrative actions are not presented as open-market trades.

Are ABT insiders buying or selling?

The displayed ABT activity reads Mixed, sale-heavy: 24 sales and 5 purchases. Other transaction types remain separate.

Who is the most active reported ABT insider?

FORD ROBERT B. has the largest absolute share movement in the displayed ABT filing rows, totaling 1.82 million shares. The action labels provide the transaction context.