Who Are Expedia's Major Shareholders?

Who Are Expedia's Major Shareholders?

Since its founding over 20 years ago, Expedia (NASDAQ: EXPE) has been a top name in the online travel-agency (OTA) space. Today, the company is one of the two big entities in the segment next to arch-rival Priceline Group. It's worth taking a look, then, at who and what heads Expedia's list of top stockholders.

In addition to being half of that OTA duopoly, Expedia is a longtime component of the benchmark S&P 500 index.

So it's fitting that its top two shareholders operate a host of index funds. No. 1 is mutual fund king Vanguard Group, which as of March 30, held over 11.6 million Expedia shares, nearly 8.5% of the outstanding amount. Numerous Vanguard funds have money in Expedia. The company's Mid-Cap Index, Total Stock Market Index, 500 Index, and Institutional Index funds all boast large holdings.

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Source: Fool.com