Top Companies Owned by Institutional Investors

A ranking of the top companies owned by financial institutions, based on a summary of thousands of 13F forms filed by these institutions. These companies represent some of the biggest and most successful companies in the world, and their inclusion on the list suggests that institutions have confidence in their long-term growth potential.

Company List

Stock	Mkt. Cap	Shares Held	Calls	Puts	Put/Call Ratio	Institutions
ACN Accenture PLC Information Technology Services \| Technology	$188B 630M Shares	$142B 480M Shares 5.69%	$1.06B 3.58M Calls 15.15%	$915M 3.1M Puts 1.81%	0.8639 Bearish	2,771
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. Diagnostics & Research \| Healthcare	$159B 392M Shares	$139B 340M Shares 2.42%	$782M 1.91M Calls 8.34%	$882M 2.16M Puts 21.2%	1.1288 Bearish	2,910
SPGI S&P Global Inc. Financial Data & Stock Exchanges \| Financial Services	$172B 326M Shares	$136B 263M Shares 4.45%	$693M 1.34M Calls 14.27%	$538M 1.04M Puts 15.74%	0.7753 Bearish	2,316
PEP Pepsico Inc Beverages—Non-Alcoholic \| Consumer Defensive	$182B 1.38B Shares	$134B 1.02B Shares 2.78%	$1.59B 12.1M Calls 13.45%	$1.62B 12.4M Puts 7.22%	1.0185 Bearish	3,872
SCHW Schwab Charles Corp Capital Markets \| Financial Services	$166B 1.82B Shares	$132B 1.47B Shares 0.93%	$1.61B 17.9M Calls 0.86%	$1.79B 19.9M Puts 25.78%	1.1111 Bearish	2,314
ADBE Adobe Inc. Software—Infrastructure \| Technology	$180B 465M Shares	$131B 339M Shares 0.66%	$3.95B 10.2M Calls 3.39%	$5.25B 13.6M Puts 9.84%	1.331 Bearish	3,080
PGR Progressive Corp Insurance—Property & Casualty \| Financial Services	$156B 585M Shares	$131B 495M Shares 3.84%	$392M 1.48M Calls 19.52%	$448M 1.7M Puts 7.69%	1.1427 Bearish	2,033
QCOM Qualcomm Inc Semiconductors \| Technology	$179B 1.12B Shares	$129B 816M Shares 1.1%	$2.89B 18.2M Calls 15.78%	$3.84B 24.2M Puts 22.3%	1.3293 Bearish	3,139
BSX Boston Scientific Corp Medical Devices \| Healthcare	$154B 1.43B Shares	$129B 1.21B Shares 5.06%	$1.03B 9.66M Calls 16.42%	$743M 6.98M Puts 25.42%	0.7223 Bearish	1,833
CAT Caterpillar Inc Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery \| Industrials	$205B 528M Shares	$128B 332M Shares 0.33%	$2.64B 6.85M Calls 1.59%	$2.36B 6.13M Puts 15.4%	0.8947 Bearish	3,271
T At&T Inc. Telecom Services \| Communication Services	$206B 7.13B Shares	$125B 4.46B Shares 3.31%	$1.46B 52M Calls 19.92%	$1.02B 36.3M Puts 3.34%	0.6974 Bullish	3,217
TJX Tjx Companies Inc Apparel Retail \| Consumer Cyclical	$143B 1.16B Shares	$120B 972M Shares 5.72%	$1.12B 9.09M Calls 3.81%	$748M 6.06M Puts 38.65%	0.6668 Bullish	2,629
AMGN Amgen Inc Drug Manufacturers—General \| Healthcare	$149B 535M Shares	$119B 429M Shares 3.16%	$2.23B 8.06M Calls 8.08%	$2.13B 7.7M Puts 22.54%	0.9553 Bearish	3,312
C Citigroup Inc Banks—Diversified \| Financial Services	$165B 1.94B Shares	$118B 1.4B Shares 2.81%	$6.11B 72.5M Calls 1.88%	$6.11B 72.4M Puts 23.13%	0.9996 Bearish	2,328
HON Honeywell International Inc Conglomerates \| Industrials	$157B 672M Shares	$118B 514M Shares 0.86%	$2.64B 11.5M Calls 21.81%	$968M 4.23M Puts 39.77%	0.3668 Bullish	3,005
NEE Nextera Energy Inc Utilities—Regulated Electric \| Utilities	$136B 1.96B Shares	$117B 1.65B Shares 2.02%	$1.88B 26.6M Calls 1.7%	$1.35B 19M Puts 2.99%	0.7159 Bearish	3,102
ETN Eaton Corp PLC Specialty Industrial Machinery \| Industrials	$142B 398M Shares	$116B 328M Shares 5.31%	$1.75B 4.95M Calls 49.28%	$1.17B 3.32M Puts 16.1%	0.6718 Bullish	2,471
SYK Stryker Corp Medical Devices \| Healthcare	$150B 378M Shares	$115B 292M Shares 6.31%	$545M 1.39M Calls 6.72%	$362M 920K Puts 33.78%	0.6636 Bullish	2,480
VZ Verizon Communications Inc Telecom Services \| Communication Services	$182B 4.2B Shares	$114B 2.71B Shares 2.96%	$1.87B 44.1M Calls 15.56%	$1.74B 41.2M Puts 2.18%	0.934 Bearish	3,453
AMAT Applied Materials Inc Semiconductor Equipment & Materials \| Technology	$157B 860M Shares	$114B 622M Shares 0.57%	$2B 10.9M Calls 10.33%	$2.44B 13.3M Puts 5.12%	1.22 Bearish	2,473
UNP Union Pacific Corp Railroads \| Industrials	$141B 615M Shares	$112B 486M Shares 3.11%	$1.11B 4.8M Calls 7.89%	$851M 3.68M Puts 3.98%	0.7659 Bearish	3,040
DHR Danaher Corp Diagnostics & Research \| Healthcare	$144B 728M Shares	$111B 558M Shares 6.44%	$1.34B 6.75M Calls 7.5%	$670M 3.37M Puts 21.85%	0.4994 Bullish	2,502
TMUS T Mobile Us, Inc. Telecom Services \| Communication Services	$296B 1.24B Shares	$111B 471M Shares 1.91%	$1.6B 6.81M Calls 23.53%	$2.06B 8.75M Puts 21.16%	1.2836 Bearish	1,992
BA Boeing CO Aerospace & Defense \| Industrials	$125B 596M Shares	$111B 515M Shares 0.43%	$6.93B 32.3M Calls 25.09%	$9.16B 42.7M Puts 11.84%	1.3205 Bearish	2,511
GILD Gilead Sciences, Inc. Drug Manufacturers—General \| Healthcare	$139B 1.25B Shares	$110B 997M Shares 3.19%	$1.06B 9.62M Calls 8.33%	$1.11B 10M Puts 7.89%	1.0406 Bearish	2,289
CMCSA Comcast Corp Telecom Services \| Communication Services	$157B 4.4B Shares	$106B 3B Shares 0.42%	$1.28B 36.4M Calls 7.11%	$697M 19.7M Puts 2.56%	0.543 Bullish	2,708
VRTX Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc Biotechnology \| Healthcare	$114B 257M Shares	$103B 233M Shares 6.33%	$611M 1.38M Calls 11.73%	$476M 1.08M Puts 28.59%	0.7788 Bearish	1,834
MU Micron Technology Inc Semiconductors \| Technology	$134B 1.09B Shares	$103B 824M Shares 2.53%	$7.44B 59.6M Calls 14.44%	$9.07B 72.7M Puts 5.92%	1.2191 Bearish	2,004
ADI Analog Devices Inc Semiconductors \| Technology	$122B 514M Shares	$102B 432M Shares 1.28%	$1.04B 4.39M Calls 5.05%	$1.31B 5.55M Puts 13.22%	1.2623 Bearish	2,011
CB Chubb LTD Insurance—Property & Casualty \| Financial Services	$120B 415M Shares	$102B 356M Shares 3.67%	$440M 1.54M Calls 20.96%	$313M 1.1M Puts 13.7%	0.7115 Bearish	2,139
KLAC Kla Corp Semiconductor Equipment & Materials \| Technology	$127B 142M Shares	$100B 113M Shares 1.86%	$758M 851K Calls 13.84%	$730M 820K Puts 30.0%	0.963 Bearish	1,755
MELI Mercadolibre Inc Internet Retail \| Consumer Cyclical	$132B 50.3M Shares	$99.9B 39M Shares 1.34%	$2.46B 961K Calls 12.19%	$2.88B 1.13M Puts 22.89%	1.1724 Bearish	1,579
ADP Automatic Data Processing Inc Staffing & Employment Services \| Industrials	$128B 415M Shares	$98.9B 326M Shares 3.66%	$496M 1.64M Calls 23.49%	$602M 1.98M Puts 16.62%	1.2128 Bearish	2,737
APH Amphenol Corp Electronic Components \| Technology	$58.7B 595M Shares	$98.2B 1.01B Shares 8.14%	$328M 3.35M Calls 23.45%	$259M 2.65M Puts 13.21%	0.7901 Bearish	1,583
DE Deere & CO Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery \| Industrials	$153B 302M Shares	$97.5B 190M Shares 4.48%	$1.63B 3.18M Calls 18.42%	$1.5B 2.92M Puts 13.56%	0.9203 Bearish	2,654
PANW Palo Alto Networks Inc Software—Infrastructure \| Technology	$61.2B 299M Shares	$96.7B 482M Shares 3.74%	$3.36B 16.7M Calls 9.87%	$6.21B 30.9M Puts 19.28%	1.849 Bearish	2,548
SPOT Spotify Technology S.A. Internet Content & Information \| Communication Services	$149B 193M Shares	$95.1B 123M Shares 0.07%	$4.26B 5.51M Calls 3.99%	$3.81B 4.94M Puts 31.26%	0.8959 Bearish	1,278
COP Conocophillips Oil & Gas E&P \| Energy	$114B 1.27B Shares	$94.8B 1.05B Shares 4.23%	$1.45B 16M Calls 2.85%	$1.14B 12.6M Puts 8.13%	0.7857 Bearish	2,734
ICE Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. Financial Data & Stock Exchanges \| Financial Services	$102B 558M Shares	$93.1B 512M Shares 4.33%	$433M 2.38M Calls 37.93%	$327M 1.8M Puts 25.74%	0.7544 Bearish	1,902
AMT American Tower Corp REIT—Specialty \| Real Estate	$103B 466M Shares	$92.6B 425M Shares 4.71%	$658M 3.02M Calls 42.48%	$346M 1.59M Puts 21.09%	0.5264 Bullish	2,087
MMC Marsh & Mclennan Companies, Inc. Insurance Brokers \| Financial Services	$108B 496M Shares	$91.9B 423M Shares 3.56%	$100M 462K Calls 5.65%	$99.4M 458K Puts 8.3%	0.9911 Bearish	1,799
MDT Medtronic PLC Medical Devices \| Healthcare	$116B 1.33B Shares	$90.8B 1.06B Shares 2.24%	$889M 10.3M Calls 23.71%	$827M 9.61M Puts 28.25%	0.9303 Bearish	2,449
LOW Lowes Companies Inc Home Improvement Retail \| Consumer Cyclical	$138B 621M Shares	$90.6B 405M Shares 2.75%	$1.19B 5.31M Calls 1.47%	$1.1B 4.9M Puts 19.25%	0.9219 Bearish	2,992
PLD Prologis, Inc. REIT—Industrial \| Real Estate	$97.1B 923M Shares	$90.3B 855M Shares 2.24%	$294M 2.78M Calls 35.94%	$282M 2.67M Puts 9.41%	0.9605 Bearish	1,711
SHOP Shopify Inc. Software—Application \| Technology	$135B 1.19B Shares	$89.8B 794M Shares 1.99%	$1.81B 16M Calls 49.6%	$1.86B 16.5M Puts 25.73%	1.0313 Bearish	1,676
WELL Welltower Inc. REIT—Healthcare Facilities \| Real Estate	$71.2B 463M Shares	$88.7B 583M Shares 7.13%	$261M 1.71M Calls 28.49%	$190M 1.25M Puts 43.69%	0.728 Bearish	1,363
PFE Pfizer Inc Drug Manufacturers—General \| Healthcare	$136B 5.61B Shares	$87.2B 3.61B Shares 3.43%	$2.46B 102M Calls 6.65%	$3.14B 130M Puts 10.03%	1.2732 Bearish	3,371
CME Cme Group Inc. Financial Data & Stock Exchanges \| Financial Services	$99.1B 359M Shares	$86.7B 316M Shares 1.75%	$545M 1.99M Calls 4.37%	$417M 1.52M Puts 24.24%	0.7647 Bearish	1,790
CRWD Crowd Strike Holdings, Inc. Software—Infrastructure \| Technology	$109B 215M Shares	$86.3B 173M Shares 5.91%	$6.08B 12.2M Calls 5.29%	$7.92B 15.9M Puts 16.75%	1.3031 Bearish	2,076
SBUX Starbucks Corp Restaurants \| Consumer Cyclical	$106B 1.15B Shares	$84.1B 913M Shares 9.58%	$2.76B 30M Calls 26.39%	$1.94B 21.1M Puts 27.37%	0.7027 Bearish	2,757