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Verizon Communications (VZ) Institutional Ownership & Insider Trading History
Top VZ institutional shareholders, filing changes, and Form 4 insider activity with filters for buys, sales, option exercises, gifts, and tax withholding.
- Last confirmed price
- $44.32-1.95%
- Oct 23, 2026, 11:02 AM EDT · Prices may be delayed
Data dates
Prices as of Oct 23, 11:02 AM EDT · Fundamentals checked Oct 23, 11:02 AM EDT · Statement period ended Jun 30, 2026
Ownership read
VZ insider transaction activity: Net selling.
Blackrock Inc. is the largest institutional holder. 25 classified sales and 0 classified purchases appear in the recent insider records. 17 transactions lack a reliable action code. Use the filters below to separate open-market activity from option exercises, gifts, awards, and tax withholding.
Insider flow
VZ
Directional bars ignore awards, gifts, conversions, and tax withholding rows.
Top holder
398.22M
Blackrock Inc.
Insider transaction activity
Net selling
$20.94M sold / $0.0000 bought · 17 unclassified
Observations shown
61
10 holder / 51 insider
- Increased / initiated
- Unavailable
- Prior positions were not supplied
- Insider rows
- 51
- Transaction dates shown per row
Ownership concentration and transaction activity
- Top 10 reported holders
- 33.88% outstanding
- Changes with share-count history
- Prior-position data unavailable
- New / exited positions
- Prior-position data unavailable
- Largest increase with share-count history
- Prior share counts unavailable
These changes cover the holders shown. A holder missing from this list may still own shares. Compare positions from the same reporting quarters.
Net shares sold: 444,392
Sale-code S shares minus purchase-code P shares in this sample. Includes disclosed plans and unknown plan status; excludes grants, gifts, exercises and withholding. This is activity, not sentiment.
- Purchase / sale; plan unknown: 25
- Other / unclassified: 17
- Grant: 7
- Gift: 2
Top 10 institutional holders
Verizon Communications (VZ) institutional ownership
Ranked by reported share count, with position changes and separate position and filing dates where ownership data supplies them.
| # | Institution | % held | Shares | Position / filing date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 9.58% | 398.22M | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown | |
| 2 | 6.23% | 259.00M | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown | |
| 3 | 5.05% | 209.68M | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown | |
| 4 | 3.08% | 127.77M | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown | |
| 5 | 2.57% | 106.82M | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown | |
| 6 | 1.86% | 77.43M | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown | |
| 7 | 1.69% | 70.30M | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown | |
| 8 | 1.46% | 60.86M | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown | |
| 9 | 1.31% | 54.31M | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown | |
| 10 | 1.05% | 43.83M | Position as of Jun 30, 2026Filing date unknown |
Recent insider transactions
Verizon Communications (VZ) Form 4 filings
Action codes are translated so open-market buys and sales are separate from awards, gifts, conversions, and tax withholding. Window: Jan 27, 2025–Oct 20, 2026 · 51 records.
| # | Insider | % company | Action | Shares | Price | Value | Transaction / filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | MALADY KYLE Officer | <0.01% | SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 1.10K | $44.48 | $48,928 | Oct 20, 2026Filing date unavailableOriginal filing link unavailable |
| 2 | MALADY KYLE Officer | <0.01% | SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 1.10K | $42.93 | $47,223 | Oct 13, 2026Filing date unavailableOriginal filing link unavailable |
| 3 | MALADY KYLE Officer | <0.01% | SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 1.10K | $45.75 | $50,325 | Oct 6, 2026Filing date unavailableOriginal filing link unavailable |
| 4 | MALADY KYLE Officer | <0.01% | SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 1.10K | $46.40 | $51,040 | Sep 29, 2026Filing date unavailableOriginal filing link unavailable |
| 5 | MALADY KYLE Officer | <0.01% | SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 1.10K | $47.65 | $52,415 | Sep 22, 2026Filing date unavailableOriginal filing link unavailable |
| 6 | MALADY KYLE Officer | <0.01% | SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 1.10K | $51.19 | $56,309 | Sep 15, 2026Filing date unavailableOriginal filing link unavailable |
| 7 | MALADY KYLE Officer | <0.01% | SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 1.10K | $49.98 | $54,978 | Sep 8, 2026Filing date unavailableOriginal filing link unavailable |
| 8 | MALADY KYLE Officer | <0.01% | SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 1.10K | $50.50 | $55,550 | Sep 1, 2026Filing date unavailableOriginal filing link unavailable |
| 9 | MALADY KYLE Officer | <0.01% | SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 1.10K | $50.06 | $55,066 | Aug 25, 2026Filing date unavailableOriginal filing link unavailable |
| 10 | MALADY KYLE Officer | <0.01% | SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 1.10K | $48.68 | $53,548 | Aug 18, 2026Filing date unavailableOriginal filing link unavailable |
| 11 | HAMMOCK SAMANTHA Officer | <0.01% | SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 73.07K | $47.83 | $3,495,036 | May 29, 2026Filing date unavailableOriginal filing link unavailable |
| 12 | STILLWELL MARY-LEE Officer | <0.01% | SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.Transaction context
Position sold = shares sold ÷ (shares sold + holdings after). Separate accounts or security classes may not represent total beneficial ownership. | 8.57K | $50.00 | $428,450 | Mar 2, 2026Filing date unavailableOriginal filing link unavailable |
Frequently asked
Questions about this quote
Who are the largest VZ shareholders?
Blackrock Inc. is the largest reported institutional holder of VZ, with 398.22 million shares, or about 9.58% of shares outstanding.
What does the institutional filing activity show for VZ?
Verizon Communications has 10 institutional rows on file. Previous position sizes are unavailable, so increases and reductions cannot be determined.
What insider transactions are available for VZ?
TECHi shows 51 dated VZ insider transactions through Oct 20, 2026, with transaction types kept separate so administrative actions are not presented as open-market trades.
Are VZ insiders buying or selling?
The displayed VZ activity reads Net selling: 25 sales and 0 purchases. Other transaction types remain separate.
Who is the most active reported VZ insider?
VESTBERG HANS ERIK has the largest absolute share movement in the displayed VZ filing rows, totaling 915,361 shares. The action labels provide the transaction context.
What this page answers
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