Backblaze Ownership | Who Owns Backblaze?

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Backblaze Ownership Summary

Backblaze is owned by 37.40% institutional investors, 19.66% insiders, and 42.95% retail investors. Blackrock is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 6.46% of BLZE shares. iShares Russell 2000 ETF is the top mutual fund, with 2.47% of its assets in Backblaze shares.

BLZE Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Backblaze	37.40%	19.66%	42.95%
Sector	Technology Stocks	54.54%	11.27%	34.19%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock	2.60M	6.46%	$16.02M
Vanguard group	1.77M	4.39%	$10.88M
Whetstone capital advisors	1.60M	3.98%	$9.86M
First eagle investment management	1.09M	2.72%	$6.74M
Geode capital management	842.97K	2.10%	$5.19M
Millennium management	647.83K	1.61%	$3.99M
Acadian asset management	632.77K	1.57%	$3.90M
Oberweis asset management inc/	538.70K	1.34%	$3.32M
State street	467.40K	1.16%	$2.88M
Marshall wace, llp	358.22K	0.89%	$2.21M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Whetstone capital advisors	1.60M	4.58%	$9.86M
Scalar gauge management	250.89K	0.90%	$1.55M
Perkins capital management	106.83K	0.62%	$658.00K
Oberweis asset management inc/	538.70K	0.20%	$3.32M
Gagnon securities	55.04K	0.08%	$339.07K
Olympiad research lp	13.12K	0.06%	$80.80K
Clarivest asset management	75.55K	0.05%	$465.41K
Castleknight management lp	141.00K	0.04%	$868.56K
Dynamic technology lab private	43.86K	0.03%	$270.00K
Pdt partners	50.65K	0.03%	$312.00K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Blackrock	2.60M	0.00%	1.97M
Geode capital management	842.97K	0.00%	487.69K
First eagle investment management	1.09M	0.02%	367.50K
State street	467.40K	0.00%	352.80K
Vanguard group	1.77M	0.00%	312.26K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Driehaus capital management	-	-	-732.19K
Susquehanna group, llp	35.90K	-	-364.80K
Invesco	19.26K	-	-309.68K
Goldman sachs group	46.30K	-	-282.45K
Jane street group	-	-	-223.08K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	169.30K	0.00%	169.30K	$1.04M
Nuveen asset management	119.26K	0.00%	119.26K	$734.65K
Pdt partners	50.65K	0.03%	50.65K	$312.00K
Deutsche bank ag\	26.57K	0.00%	26.57K	$163.70K
Simplex trading	25.77K	0.00%	25.77K	$158.00K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Sjs investment consulting	-152.00
Advisor group	-180.00
Cibc private wealth group	-500.00
Federated hermes	-641.00
Macquarie group	-1.59K

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Sep 30, 2024	106	6.00%	16,272,505	5.27%	37	2.53%	59	11.32%	27	-6.90%
Jun 30, 2024	100	-1.96%	15,457,701	6.05%	38	2.35%	53	-22.06%	29	70.59%
Mar 31, 2024	102	36.00%	14,576,529	36.29%	40	5170810.36%	68	28.30%	17	88.89%
Dec 31, 2023	75	27.12%	10,694,861	37.36%	-	0.01%	53	17.78%	9	125.00%
Sep 30, 2023	59	47.50%	7,785,952	49.09%	22	9.35%	45	87.50%	4	-60.00%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	1.06M	2.47%	-2.38K
First Eagle US Small Cap Strategy	1.02M	2.37%	18.51K
First Eagle Small Cap Opportunity I	1.02M	2.29%	-
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	949.30K	2.14%	-
Oberweis Micro-Cap Growth	538.70K	1.26%	180.90K
Oberweis Micro-Cap	538.70K	1.26%	180.90K
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	532.08K	1.20%	-
Fidelity Small Cap Index	410.10K	0.96%	-10.74K
iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF	355.43K	0.83%	-
Fidelity Extended Market Index	215.69K	0.50%	-6.89K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Nov 26, 2024	Budman Gleb	CEO and Chairperson	Sell	$66.26K
Nov 26, 2024	Cessna Tina	Senior VP, Engineering	Sell	$56.97K
Aug 23, 2024	Budman Gleb	CEO and Chairperson	Sell	$29.20K
Aug 21, 2024	Budman Gleb	CEO and Chairperson	Sell	$22.82K
Aug 22, 2024	Budman Gleb	CEO and Chairperson	Sell	$21.66K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2024 Q3	-	11
2024 Q2	-	8
2024 Q1	-	27
2023 Q4	-	9
2023 Q3	1	15

BLZE Ownership FAQ

Who owns the most shares of Backblaze?

Backblaze’s largest shareholders are Blackrock (2.6M shares, 6.46%), Vanguard group (1.77M shares, 4.39%), and Whetstone capital advisors (1.6M shares, 3.98%). Together, they hold 14.83% of Backblaze’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Backblaze?

Yes, BlackRock owns 6.46% of Backblaze, totaling 2.6M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.00% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 16.02M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 1.97M shares, a 313.10% change.

Who is Backblaze’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Whetstone capital advisors is Backblaze’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 4.58% of its assets in 1.6M Backblaze shares, valued at 9.86M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Backblaze shares?

iShares Russell 2000 ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Backblaze shares, with 2.47% of its total shares outstanding invested in 1.06M Backblaze shares.

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