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
CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Information Technology Services \| Technology	$40.2B 518M Shares	$33.9B 437M Shares 2.57%	$290M 3.74M Calls 4.67%	$471M 6.08M Puts 47.69%	1.6226 Bearish	1,062
CTVA Corteva, Inc. Agricultural Inputs \| Basic Materials	$42.2B 719M Shares	$33.8B 576M Shares 2.02%	$64.4M 1.1M Calls 57.36%	$55.9M 951K Puts 8.62%	0.8677 Bearish	1,351
NVO Novo Nordisk A S Biotechnology \| Healthcare	$238B 2.26B Shares	$33.7B 320M Shares 1.1%	$578M 5.49M Calls 6.04%	$819M 7.78M Puts 36.16%	1.4154 Bearish	1,952
MLM Martin Marietta Materials Inc Building Materials \| Basic Materials	$36.5B 62.4M Shares	$33.6B 57.4M Shares 0.9%	$87.8M 150K Calls 32.01%	$125M 213K Puts 71.3%	1.4197 Bearish	1,022
ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. Trucking \| Industrials	$24B 112M Shares	$33B 154M Shares 0.58%	$177M 826K Calls 14.29%	$135M 630K Puts 0.91%	0.7621 Bearish	962
PEG Public Service Enterprise Group Inc Utilities—Regulated Electric \| Utilities	$45.1B 499M Shares	$33B 364M Shares 1.07%	$185M 2.04M Calls 123.87%	$36M 398K Puts 58.85%	0.1949 Bullish	1,258
NEM Newmont Corp Gold \| Basic Materials	$34.1B 794M Shares	$32.9B 765M Shares 1.83%	$1.07B 24.9M Calls 25.12%	$1.38B 32M Puts 22.33%	1.2832 Bearish	1,391
VICI Vici Properties Inc. REIT—Diversified \| Real Estate	$30.9B 963M Shares	$32.7B 1.02B Shares 0.88%	$65.8M 2.05M Calls 74.35%	$30.3M 944K Puts 3.42%	0.4605 Bullish	880
VMC Vulcan Materials CO Building Materials \| Basic Materials	$36.9B 133M Shares	$32.5B 117M Shares 0.18%	$108M 390K Calls 16.23%	$62.5M 225K Puts 38.69%	0.5766 Bullish	966
A Agilent Technologies, Inc. Diagnostics & Research \| Healthcare	$38.1B 296M Shares	$32.4B 252M Shares 2.2%	$93.8M 729K Calls 9.44%	$125M 970K Puts 0.05%	1.3294 Bearish	1,148
EXR Extra Space Storage Inc. REIT—Industrial \| Real Estate	$22.1B 134M Shares	$32.3B 196M Shares 0.64%	$54.8M 332K Calls 97.15%	$12.2M 73.8K Puts 29.25%	0.2223 Bullish	813
MNST Monster Beverage Corp Beverages—Non-Alcoholic \| Consumer Defensive	$28.3B 527M Shares	$32.2B 599M Shares 0.73%	$188M 3.5M Calls 14.5%	$258M 4.8M Puts 2.06%	1.3719 Bearish	1,016
MCHP Microchip Technology Inc Semiconductors \| Technology	$36B 552M Shares	$32.1B 493M Shares 0.43%	$836M 12.8M Calls 70.68%	$698M 10.7M Puts 44.75%	0.8352 Bearish	1,335
BNS Bank Of Nova Scotia Banks—Diversified \| Financial Services	$67.1B 1.19B Shares	$32.1B 570M Shares 2.58%	$860M 15.3M Calls 53.7%	$663M 11.8M Puts 16.98%	0.7703 Bearish	472
XEL Xcel Energy Inc Utilities—Regulated Electric \| Utilities	$38.3B 547M Shares	$31.9B 455M Shares 4.42%	$117M 1.67M Calls 4.75%	$50M 714K Puts 27.8%	0.4272 Bullish	1,135
HUM Humana Inc Healthcare Plans \| Healthcare	$37.2B 127M Shares	$31.8B 108M Shares 1.0%	$1.63B 5.53M Calls 42.51%	$1.38B 4.7M Puts 58.92%	0.85 Bearish	1,091
DAL Delta Air Lines, Inc. Airlines \| Industrials	$40.8B 641M Shares	$31.8B 499M Shares 2.83%	$2.06B 32.4M Calls 30.98%	$1.97B 31M Puts 46.05%	0.9564 Bearish	1,230
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp Medical Devices \| Healthcare	$43B 618M Shares	$31.7B 456M Shares 1.66%	$679M 9.76M Calls 213.41%	$273M 3.92M Puts 39.26%	0.4021 Bullish	1,350
SQ Block, Inc. Software—Infrastructure \| Technology	$47.5B 530M Shares	$31.6B 353M Shares 0.44%	$1.37B 15.3M Calls 5.83%	$1.72B 19.2M Puts 6.55%	1.2569 Bearish	1,146
DDOG Datadog, Inc. Software—Application \| Technology	$39.4B 291M Shares	$31.4B 232M Shares 1.57%	$1.9B 14.1M Calls 2.14%	$1.79B 13.2M Puts 9.33%	0.9385 Bearish	981
ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd. Insurance—Diversified \| Financial Services	$35.3B 369M Shares	$31.4B 328M Shares 1.22%	$22.5M 235K Calls 47.59%	$12.4M 130K Puts 39.06%	0.5506 Bullish	895
EXC Exelon Corp Utilities—Regulated Electric \| Utilities	$38.5B 993M Shares	$31.2B 806M Shares 0.1%	$126M 3.25M Calls 12.65%	$70.1M 1.81M Puts 26.97%	0.5566 Bullish	1,164
KR Kroger CO Grocery Stores \| Consumer Defensive	$41.2B 716M Shares	$31.2B 541M Shares 3.75%	$391M 6.79M Calls 35.78%	$265M 4.61M Puts 19.28%	0.6784 Bullish	1,323
ABC Amerisourcebergen Corp Medical Distribution \| Healthcare	$38.4B 207M Shares	$31.1B 168M Shares 0.27%	$1.39B 7.52M Calls 59.1%	$1.13B 6.12M Puts 17.26%	0.8139 Bearish	1,262
BABA Alibaba Group Holding LTD Internet Retail \| Consumer Cyclical	$230B 2.65B Shares	$30.9B 356M Shares 7.53%	$8.5B 98M Calls 74.1%	$5.04B 58M Puts 69.85%	0.5924 Bullish	1,464
BMO Bank Of Montreal Banks—Diversified \| Financial Services	$63.4B 674M Shares	$30.9B 329M Shares 4.24%	$819M 8.71M Calls 91.6%	$996M 10.6M Puts 91.25%	1.2161 Bearish	536
IDXX Idexx Laboratories Inc Diagnostics & Research \| Healthcare	$34.9B 83.3M Shares	$30.7B 73.3M Shares 1.5%	$69.8M 167K Calls 4.96%	$144M 343K Puts 12.36%	2.0582 Bearish	1,210
YUM Yum Brands Inc Restaurants \| Consumer Cyclical	$37.8B 285M Shares	$30.6B 230M Shares 1.2%	$535M 4.02M Calls 11.13%	$312M 2.35M Puts 13.84%	0.5828 Bullish	1,373
SYY Sysco Corp Food Distribution \| Consumer Defensive	$37.3B 507M Shares	$30.2B 410M Shares 2.82%	$165M 2.24M Calls 48.72%	$92.3M 1.25M Puts 21.39%	0.5591 Bullish	1,657
AZN Astrazeneca PLC Drug Manufacturers—General \| Healthcare	$196B 3.1B Shares	$30.1B 475M Shares 2.74%	$341M 5.39M Calls 5.56%	$237M 3.75M Puts 1.4%	0.6959 Bullish	1,360
TTWO Take Two Interactive Software Inc Electronic Gaming & Multimedia \| Communication Services	$30.9B 166M Shares	$30B 162M Shares 8.29%	$814M 4.39M Calls 23.43%	$888M 4.79M Puts 26.73%	1.0908 Bearish	881
CPNG Coupang, Inc. Internet Retail \| Consumer Cyclical	$38.2B 1.59B Shares	$30B 1.25B Shares 0.66%	$507M 21.2M Calls 46.66%	$124M 5.16M Puts 22.23%	0.2438 Bullish	591
KHC Kraft Heinz CO Packaged Foods \| Consumer Defensive	$37.8B 1.22B Shares	$29.8B 965M Shares 1.93%	$418M 13.5M Calls 43.37%	$376M 12.2M Puts 37.14%	0.9009 Bearish	1,343
FANG Diamondback Energy, Inc. Oil & Gas E&P \| Energy	$32.3B 178M Shares	$29.6B 163M Shares 6.81%	$472M 2.6M Calls 14.2%	$450M 2.48M Puts 0.7%	0.9536 Bearish	1,316
CSGP Costar Group, Inc. Real Estate Services \| Real Estate	$31B 407M Shares	$29.5B 387M Shares 1.51%	$93.5M 1.23M Calls 25.12%	$51.5M 676K Puts 8.74%	0.5513 Bullish	825
HUBS Hubspot Inc Software—Application \| Technology	$33.3B 48M Shares	$29.5B 42.4M Shares 1.4%	$376M 542K Calls 55.86%	$620M 893K Puts 13.39%	1.6464 Bearish	799
ETR Entergy Corp Utilities—Regulated Electric \| Utilities	$30.7B 203M Shares	$29.4B 195M Shares 4.55%	$88.7M 589K Calls 7.33%	$25.8M 171K Puts 34.29%	0.2908 Bullish	1,030
ARES Ares Management Corp Asset Management \| Financial Services	$29.6B 172M Shares	$29.4B 171M Shares 3.99%	$50.6M 294K Calls 40.7%	$42.5M 248K Puts 99.28%	0.8413 Bearish	700
HIG Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. Insurance—Diversified \| Financial Services	$37.6B 318M Shares	$29B 245M Shares 2.46%	$68.9M 583K Calls 2.6%	$55.3M 468K Puts 23.86%	0.8021 Bearish	1,078
WAB Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies Corp Railroads \| Industrials	$35.4B 182M Shares	$29B 149M Shares 5.26%	$67.4M 347K Calls 74.46%	$101M 520K Puts 23.48%	1.4993 Bearish	1,058
DELL Dell Technologies Inc. Computer Hardware \| Technology	$34.7B 259M Shares	$28.6B 214M Shares 10.05%	$2.34B 17.5M Calls 24.17%	$3.29B 24.6M Puts 49.03%	1.406 Bearish	1,366
GLW Corning Inc Electronic Components \| Technology	$40B 846M Shares	$28.5B 602M Shares 1.98%	$489M 10.3M Calls 21.78%	$243M 5.13M Puts 20.09%	0.4971 Bullish	1,497
AVB Avalonbay Communities Inc REIT—Residential \| Real Estate	$31.9B 140M Shares	$28.2B 124M Shares 1.71%	$43M 188K Calls 19.16%	$73M 320K Puts 9.7%	1.6981 Bearish	800
KDP Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. Beverages—Non-Alcoholic \| Consumer Defensive	$45.4B 1.42B Shares	$28.1B 877M Shares 0.71%	$135M 4.22M Calls 7.27%	$75.6M 2.36M Puts 30.22%	0.5594 Bullish	829
MTB M&T Bank Corp Banks—Regional \| Financial Services	$36.9B 173M Shares	$28.1B 132M Shares 0.29%	$166M 776K Calls 5.65%	$114M 533K Puts 24.95%	0.6866 Bullish	1,029
LULU Lululemon Athletica Inc. Apparel Retail \| Consumer Cyclical	$37.7B 122M Shares	$27.7B 89.9M Shares 0.91%	$2.25B 7.29M Calls 44.03%	$2.45B 7.96M Puts 35.48%	1.0913 Bearish	1,217
EFX Equifax Inc Consulting Services \| Industrials	$30.3B 122M Shares	$27.6B 112M Shares 6.2%	$73.6M 298K Calls 4.61%	$57M 231K Puts 19.12%	0.7741 Bearish	897
IRM Iron Mountain Inc REIT—Specialty \| Real Estate	$33.8B 291M Shares	$27.6B 237M Shares 0.81%	$288M 2.48M Calls 54.81%	$168M 1.45M Puts 75.03%	0.5826 Bullish	1,149
IQV Iqvia Holdings Inc. Diagnostics & Research \| Healthcare	$36.1B 186M Shares	$27.5B 142M Shares 8.22%	$161M 828K Calls 259.98%	$185M 951K Puts 17.73%	1.1492 Bearish	1,140
EIX Edison International Utilities—Regulated Electric \| Utilities	$32.8B 381M Shares	$27.5B 319M Shares 1.15%	$69.3M 805K Calls 24.31%	$87.3M 1.01M Puts 236.28%	1.2594 Bearish	947