Who owns Verizon Communications (VZ)
Which tracked institutional funds hold VZ, how they are positioned, and who is buying versus exiting — from SEC Form 13F-HR filings. See VZ company fundamentals →
Ownership as of the 2026-Q1 13F filings (latest filed 2026-05-18). 13F is disclosed up to 45 days after quarter-end, so the most recent quarter fills in over the following weeks.
How the tape is positioned
The tracked-fund tape on VZ is one-sided between 2026-Q1 and 2026-Q2: 6 added or opened and 2137 trimmed or exited — on balance reducing.
A prompt to read the filings, not a verdict. 13F is a quarter-end snapshot disclosed up to 45 days late; a fund adds or exits for mandate, benchmark, and timing reasons that have nothing to do with a view on the stock. This is a starting question, not a signal to trade.
Conviction spread
VZ’s largest tracked holder by dollar value, BlackRock, Inc., sizes it at 0.3% of its own reported 13F book, while the median holder sizes it at 0.3% of theirs — a 0.0pp gap the other way — the median holder sizes VZ more heavily than its largest holder by dollar value does.
Book-share is each fund’s reported value in VZ divided by its whole reported 13F book, so it is comparable across funds of different sizes and is unaffected by stock splits. A higher share means a fund has committed more of its book to the name — a starting question about conviction, not a verdict or a signal to trade.
Institutional & insider positioning
Between 2025-Q4 and 2026-Q1, across 3236 tracked filers holding VZ, 1653 increased or opened the position and 1526 reduced or closed it; over the same quarter, open-market insider Form 4 buying and selling roughly offset.
This fuses two public signals for the same quarter — how tracked institutions changed their positions and whether insiders bought or sold in the open market. It describes what was filed; it is a starting question, not a verdict or a signal to trade.
New buyers & exits
Funds opening or closing a position in VZ between the 2026-Q1 and 2026-Q2 13F filings, and the largest changes among funds holding it in both. New buyers and exits are counted on fund presence (split-invariant); adds and trims are measured on reported value.
New buyers 1
- ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP$2M
Full exits 2120
- VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$13.1B
- CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC$5.7B
- GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC$5.3B
- VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC$3.9B
- MORGAN STANLEY$3.7B
- BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/$3.1B
Largest adds
- MARSHALL WACE, LLP$32M
- Bridgewater Associates, LP$20M
- BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P.$6M
- D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.$2M
- Verition Fund Management LLC$1M
Largest trims
- STATE STREET CORP$1.9B
- BlackRock, Inc.$1.4B
- FMR LLC$463M
- NORGES BANK$269M
- Aristotle Capital Management, LLC$200M
- Invesco Ltd.$152M
Institutional holders
One row per tracked fund, largest reported value first. “% of value” is the fund’s share of this security’s tracked institutional value — not of shares outstanding. Rows marked stale are from an earlier filing than the security’s latest quarter — that fund is absent from the newest snapshot (position exited, or reported under a different name).
| Fund | Shares | Reported value | % of value | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. added | 398,216,158 | $16.9B | 13.0% | 2026-Q2 |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC new | 260,184,535 | $13.1B | 10.0% | 2026-Q1 |
| STATE STREET CORP trimmed | 209,676,274 | $8.9B | 6.8% | 2026-Q2 |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC trimmed | 112,936,510 | $5.7B | 4.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC added | 106,208,367 | $5.3B | 4.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC new | 76,841,569 | $3.9B | 3.0% | 2026-Q1 |
| MORGAN STANLEY added | 74,068,170 | $3.7B | 2.9% | 2026-Q1 |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ added | 62,101,021 | $3.1B | 2.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| NORGES BANK trimmed | 54,307,400 | $2.3B | 1.8% | 2026-Q2 |
| GQG Partners LLC added | 45,714,595 | $2.3B | 1.8% | 2026-Q1 |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP trimmed | 44,326,558 | $2.2B | 1.7% | 2026-Q1 |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp added | 38,164,982 | $1.9B | 1.5% | 2026-Q1 |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC added | 36,097,432 | $1.8B | 1.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC added | 36,096,361 | $1.8B | 1.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO added | 32,924,219 | $1.7B | 1.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP added | 32,734,998 | $1.6B | 1.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC added | 29,333,458 | $1.5B | 1.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| Legal & General Group Plc added | 28,112,647 | $1.4B | 1.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC added | 25,976,996 | $1.3B | 1.0% | 2026-Q1 |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA trimmed | 24,623,813 | $1.2B | 0.9% | 2026-Q1 |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO new | 23,404,129 | $1.2B | 0.9% | 2026-Q1 |
| FMR LLC trimmed | 25,976,622 | $1.1B | 0.8% | 2026-Q2 |
| UBS Group AG trimmed | 21,043,318 | $1.1B | 0.8% | 2026-Q1 |
| Amundi trimmed | 20,224,766 | $1.0B | 0.8% | 2026-Q1 |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ added | 19,576,603 | $983M | 0.8% | 2026-Q1 |
| Invesco Ltd. added | 22,277,231 | $943M | 0.7% | 2026-Q2 |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC added | 16,694,920 | $838M | 0.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| Nuveen, LLC trimmed | 15,972,621 | $802M | 0.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN added | 15,260,342 | $766M | 0.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| Aristotle Capital Management, LLC trimmed | 17,802,815 | $754M | 0.6% | 2026-Q2 |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP trimmed | 14,707,701 | $738M | 0.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| California Public Employees Retirement System trimmed | 14,417,054 | $724M | 0.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. added | 13,603,175 | $683M | 0.5% | 2026-Q1 |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC added | 12,895,424 | $647M | 0.5% | 2026-Q1 |
| Swiss National Bank added | 12,374,198 | $621M | 0.5% | 2026-Q1 |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT added | 12,134,056 | $609M | 0.5% | 2026-Q1 |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. trimmed | 11,463,703 | $575M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC trimmed | 11,287,472 | $567M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC trimmed | 11,053,143 | $555M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ added | 10,899,504 | $547M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| National Pension Service added | 10,585,296 | $531M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB added | 10,650,883 | $531M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| LPL Financial LLC added | 10,214,187 | $513M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| BARCLAYS PLC trimmed | 10,044,871 | $504M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO | 9,710,284 | $487M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. added | 9,679,113 | $486M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| Capital Research Global Investors trimmed | 11,426,700 | $484M | 0.4% | 2026-Q2 |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC new | 9,420,116 | $473M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. trimmed | 8,874,123 | $445M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP added | 8,601,530 | $432M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd new | 8,498,214 | $427M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP added | 8,128,813 | $408M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS trimmed | 7,668,974 | $385M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS trimmed | 7,632,506 | $383M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP added | 7,486,988 | $376M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| Swedbank AB added | 7,443,618 | $374M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale | 7,297,469 | $370M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC trimmed | 8,509,392 | $360M | 0.3% | 2026-Q2 |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND added | 7,041,869 | $354M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD trimmed | 7,033,821 | $353M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM trimmed | 6,593,058 | $331M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH trimmed | 6,561,087 | $329M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC added | 6,542,550 | $328M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd added | 6,350,846 | $319M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC trimmed | 6,336,673 | $318M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC trimmed | 5,723,803 | $287M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO added | 5,718,859 | $287M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. trimmed | 5,529,771 | $278M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ trimmed | 6,421,036 | $272M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| CITIGROUP INC trimmed | 5,390,524 | $271M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. trimmed | 5,341,037 | $268M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| Aberdeen Group plc added | 5,071,107 | $255M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC added | 4,944,459 | $248M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| Woodline Partners LP trimmed | 4,837,132 | $243M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND added | 4,793,873 | $241M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| EQUITY INVESTMENT CORP trimmed | 4,594,178 | $231M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC trimmed | 4,477,928 | $225M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co added | 4,331,546 | $218M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. trimmed | 3,984,560 | $200M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. trimmed | 3,927,772 | $197M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| Chevy Chase Trust Holdings, LLC added | 3,857,478 | $194M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC trimmed | 3,844,442 | $193M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| Capital Wealth Planning, LLC trimmed | 3,791,604 | $190M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| STOREBRAND ASSET MANAGEMENT AS added | 3,783,390 | $190M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. added | 4,630,321 | $189M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM trimmed | 3,690,063 | $185M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE trimmed | 3,683,276 | $185M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| AVIVA PLC added | 3,679,606 | $185M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| ASSETMARK, INC trimmed | 3,659,989 | $184M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| Capital World Investors | 4,250,000 | $180M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. trimmed | 3,574,704 | $180M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC trimmed | 3,536,665 | $178M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH added | 3,483,402 | $174M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM trimmed | 3,389,299 | $170M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC trimmed | 3,332,840 | $167M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| DJE Kapital AG added | 3,328,343 | $167M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| MAIRS & POWER INC trimmed | 3,315,436 | $166M | 0.1% | 2026-Q1 |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC added | 379,402,347 | $15.5B | 11.9% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC added | 4,309,428 | $176M | 0.1% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. trimmed | 3,806,548 | $173M | 0.1% | 2025-Q1 stale |
Ownership over time
Tracked institutional holder count and total shares held by filing quarter (independent scales). The curated-era tail and any mid-ingest latest quarter are handled honestly — a partial quarter is not drawn as a collapse.
Reading this table
Funds hold the same stock for different reasons — an index fund “holds” almost everything, an active manager sizes a name to a mandate and a benchmark, and each fund entered at its own price and time. Because 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter-end, every row is a backward-looking snapshot; a manager may have traded since. Share-class siblings (a company’s A and C shares) are rolled up to one line so a dual-class name is never double-counted. Compare like-for-like. A large holder is not an endorsement, and a fund exiting is not a warning — this is a starting question, not a verdict.
About 13F filings
A Form 13F is a quarterly disclosure that institutional investment managers with over $100 million in US-listed equities must file with the SEC. In plain English: it is a snapshot of the long stock positions a fund held at the end of a quarter. It covers long US-listed equities only — not short positions, options, cash, or private holdings — and the funds shown are the large sample we track, not the complete 13F universe.