Verizon Communications Inc.
Hedge Funds Holdings

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Verizon Communications Inc.‘s stocks are currently a part of 2903 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 62.25% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 2.58B shares of Verizon Communications Inc.. Compared to the previous quarter, the number fell by -3.53% or -94.60M shares fewer. As for the holding position changes, 54.15% (1572) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 32.66% (948) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 5.06% (147) closed the holdings completely. 178 hedge funds are new holders of Verizon Communications Inc. stock in Q1 2022, it is 6.13% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding Verizon Communications (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Number of hedge funds
Q2 2017 1,919
Q3 2017 1,902
Q4 2017 2,116
Q1 2018 2,104
Q2 2018 2,126
Q3 2018 2,157
Q4 2018 2,346
Q1 2019 2,363
Q2 2019 2,346
Q3 2019 2,373
Q4 2019 2,579
Q1 2020 2,531
Q2 2020 2,580
Q3 2020 2,584
Q4 2020 2,780
Q1 2021 2,782
Q2 2021 2,761
Q3 2021 2,724
Q4 2021 2,924
Q1 2022 2,903

Hedge funds changes in Verizon Communications positions (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Changes in positions
Q2 2017 10878887012726
Q3 2017 10276788910242
Q4 2017 3028128537970
Q1 2018 14287194012328
Q2 2018 1389198869687
Q3 2018 11398283167164
Q4 2018 31096788810873
Q1 2019 1411,13290310087
Q2 2019 1101,13089694116
Q3 2019 1261,13889484131
Q4 2019 3011,18288170145
Q1 2020 1371,24099114914
Q2 2020 1651,25895910395
Q3 2020 1121,2111,05287122
Q4 2020 3151,29397589108
Q1 2021 1531,4331,01912750
Q2 2021 1381,3911,03113665
Q3 2021 1091,3441,05711698
Q4 2021 3591,1611,24313922
Q1 2022 1781,57294814758

Hedge funds changes in Verizon Communications stock options (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Changes in stock options
Q2 2017 1,553,564,582 1,531,596,553
Q3 2017 3,990,480,481 5,629,904,692
Q4 2017 8,677,475,619 6,691,673,085
Q1 2018 1,483,010,434 1,256,940,080
Q2 2018 68,479,297,247 90,211,053,280
Q3 2018 123,440,923,969 73,209,203,772
Q4 2018 54,024,823,134 13,397,088,868
Q1 2019 28,726,538,392 8,237,283,775
Q2 2019 1,503,117,210 2,143,186,311
Q3 2019 1,417,487,692 1,433,548,080
Q4 2019 7,426,516,440 1,368,571,220
Q1 2020 2,178,984,996 716,014,055,271
Q2 2020 1,232,882,441 14,154,358,488
Q3 2020 2,674,455,497,602 3,205,056,249,661
Q4 2020 1,403,376,223,046 1,790,385,136,125
Q1 2021 1,724,138,050 217,426,720,120
Q2 2021 1,512,354,695 217,460,822,505
Q3 2021 1,916,143,448 219,243,290,396
Q4 2021 1,839,415,128 218,906,553,912
Q1 2022 1,793,663,898 1,552,772,708

Top 50 hedge fund holders of Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
VANGUARD GROUP INC 13.27B 349.59M 0.390%
BLACKROCK INC. Larry Fink 12.12B 319.23M 0.412%
STATE STREET CORP 6.26B 165.02M 0.396%
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 3.00B 79.11M 0.455%
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 2.79B 73.68M 1.002%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 2.69B 70.96M 0.322%
MORGAN STANLEY 2.12B 55.98M 0.290%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 2.02B 53.21M 0.290%
FMR LLC 1.82B 47.96M 0.190%
NORTHERN TRUST CORP 1.78B 46.99M 0.408%
CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS 1.60B 42.14M 0.359%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP 1.49B 39.31M 0.362%
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 1.38B 36.39M 0.531%
LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC 1.16B 30.73M 0.456%
INVESCO LTD. 1.08B 28.57M 0.349%
CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS 1.05B 27.90M 0.348%
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM 1.02B 27.08M 0.947%
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 1.01B 26.69M 0.375%
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 881.16M 23.20M 0.287%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 869.49M 22.89M 0.274%
UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC 783.46M 20.63M 0.440%
DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 749.99M 19.75M 0.453%
SWISS NATIONAL BANK 691.06M 18.20M 0.494%
NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 634.92M 16.72M 0.257%
PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS, LLC 629.91M 16.58M 1.639%
RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 601.44M 15.83M 0.609%
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 597.48M 15.73M 0.526%
LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 588.61M 15.50M 1.383%
UBS GROUP AG 558.58M 14.71M 0.245%
FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 537.35M 14.15M 1.574%
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 512.77M 13.50M 0.084%
NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB 511.31M 13.25M 0.827%
SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST HOLDINGS, INC. 499.93M 13.16M 0.411%
AMUNDI 497.96M 12.65M 0.295%
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 493.32M 12.99M 0.269%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 492.45M 12.96M 0.114%
BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 457.77M 8.49M 0.198%
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 436.96M 11.50M 0.347%
MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 429.25M 11.30M 0.526%
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP Jean Hynes 390.45M 10.28M 0.083%
STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO 368.69M 9.71M 0.444%
FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 359.25M 9.46M 0.466%
CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 338.33M 8.91M 0.377%
HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 335.67M 8.77M 0.547%
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Ken Griffin 304.60M 8.02M 0.069%
CLEARBRIDGE INVESTMENTS, LLC 300.96M 7.92M 0.303%
RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 300.65M 7.91M 0.448%
PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC. 290.84M 7.65M 0.304%
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Ken Griffin 287.69M 7.57M 0.066%
NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 284.00M 7.47M 0.411%