BuzzFeed Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NasdaqCM:BZFD Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
26 May 26	BuyUS$120,000,000	Byron Folks	Individual	40,000,000	US$3.00
12 May 26	SellUS$4,821,615	Vivek Ramaswamy	Individual	3,090,779	US$1.56
12 Sep 25	SellUS$113,376	Angela Acharia	Individual	56,378	US$2.01
12 Sep 25	SellUS$47,912	Janet Rolle	Individual	23,907	US$2.00
11 Sep 25	SellUS$300,660	Adam Rothstein	Individual	150,000	US$2.00
08 Sep 25	SellUS$48,440	Angela Acharia	Individual	25,000	US$1.94
05 Sep 25	SellUS$2,403	Angela Acharia	Individual	1,285	US$1.87
04 Sep 25	SellUS$128,000	Angela Acharia	Individual	68,085	US$1.88
24 Jul 25	SellUS$122,310	John Johnson	Individual	50,000	US$2.45

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: BZFD insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of BZFD?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
Public Companies	1,250,000	1.61%
Institutions	8,602,849	11.1%
General Public	22,311,452	28.7%
Individual Insiders	45,474,426	58.6%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been substantially diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 101.5%.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 70.8% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
51.5%	Byron Folks	40,000,000	US$60.0m	0%	no data
3.33%	RRE Ventures LLC	2,587,602	US$3.9m	0%	7.45%
2.58%	Edge Capital Management LLC	2,006,891	US$3.0m	-0.42%	no data
2.09%	Jonah Peretti	1,621,047	US$2.4m	-36.3%	no data
1.61%	Verizon Communications Inc.	1,250,000	US$1.9m	0%	100.0%
1.53%	Adam Rothstein	1,184,517	US$1.8m	33.1%	no data
1.35%	John Johnson	1,049,061	US$1.6m	0%	no data
1.04%	Vanguard Capital Management, LLC	807,012	US$1.2m	0%	no data
0.83%	Verizon Ventures	642,222	US$963.3k	0%	100.0%
0.79%	Gregory Coleman	610,420	US$915.6k	48.7%	no data
0.57%	UBS Asset Management AG	440,677	US$661.0k	55.5%	no data
0.51%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	394,020	US$591.0k	35.4%	no data
0.51%	Matthew Omer	392,094	US$588.1k	16.9%	no data
0.44%	Renaissance Technologies LLC	344,354	US$516.5k	2.59%	no data
0.4%	Janet Rolle	308,372	US$462.6k	96.4%	no data
0.29%	David Arroyo	228,783	US$343.2k	42.1%	no data
0.26%	Shay Capital LLC	204,641	US$307.0k	25.1%	0.04%
0.21%	BlackRock, Inc.	162,795	US$244.2k	3.27%	no data
0.19%	Group One Trading LLC	149,070	US$223.6k	5.02%	0.01%
0.16%	Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Company	127,491	US$191.2k	-3.64%	no data
0.15%	XTX Markets Limited	117,862	US$176.8k	296%	no data
0.14%	PanAgora Asset Management, Inc.	109,255	US$163.9k	1.67%	no data
0.12%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	96,328	US$144.5k	0%	no data
0.098%	Jane Street Group, LLC	75,929	US$113.9k	422%	no data
0.073%	Founders Financial, Inc.	56,822	US$85.2k	0%	no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/06/21 03:50
End of Day Share Price	2026/06/18 00:00
Earnings	2026/03/31
Annual Earnings	2025/12/31

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

BuzzFeed, Inc. is covered by 2 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
Brent Navon	BofA Global Research
John Blackledge	TD Cowen