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
CSGP Costar Group, Inc. Real Estate Services \| Real Estate	$35.8B 407M Shares	$37.5B 426M Shares 1.82%	$144M 1.63M Calls 52.73%	$89.9M 1.02M Puts 17.26%	0.6243 Bullish	964
PAYX Paychex Inc Staffing & Employment Services \| Industrials	$48.8B 360M Shares	$37.5B 277M Shares 0.88%	$256M 1.89M Calls 6.36%	$262M 1.93M Puts 44.09%	1.02 Bearish	1,912
AME Ametek Inc Specialty Industrial Machinery \| Industrials	$43.3B 230M Shares	$37.4B 198M Shares 4.46%	$31M 164K Calls 54.68%	$16.5M 87.4K Puts 57.37%	0.5326 Bullish	1,106
HES Hess Corp Oil & Gas E&P \| Energy	$46.1B 310M Shares	$37.2B 250M Shares 6.74%	$338M 2.27M Calls 35.25%	$866M 5.81M Puts 1.87%	2.5647 Bearish	967
VMC Vulcan Materials CO Building Materials \| Basic Materials	$39.7B 133M Shares	$36.8B 123M Shares 4.06%	$83.5M 279K Calls 10.44%	$46.5M 156K Puts 36.32%	0.5569 Bullish	1,068
XEL Xcel Energy Inc Utilities—Regulated Electric \| Utilities	$39.2B 547M Shares	$36.6B 511M Shares 4.87%	$181M 2.53M Calls 19.91%	$63.5M 886K Puts 185.48%	0.3501 Bullish	1,279
DDOG Datadog, Inc. Software—Application \| Technology	$39.7B 291M Shares	$36.5B 267M Shares 5.88%	$2.28B 16.7M Calls 22.53%	$1.63B 12M Puts 7.3%	0.7156 Bearish	1,161
STX Seagate Technology Holdings PLC Computer Hardware \| Technology	$39.1B 206M Shares	$36.2B 191M Shares 1.31%	$1.06B 5.61M Calls 45.35%	$1.11B 5.89M Puts 21.35%	1.0489 Bearish	1,074
MLM Martin Marietta Materials Inc Building Materials \| Basic Materials	$39.1B 62.4M Shares	$36.1B 57.5M Shares 2.21%	$102M 163K Calls 5.59%	$96.7M 154K Puts 27.86%	0.9489 Bearish	1,099
FIS Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. Information Technology Services \| Technology	$41.9B 608M Shares	$35.9B 520M Shares 1.06%	$176M 2.56M Calls 2.51%	$122M 1.77M Puts 35.57%	0.6915 Bullish	1,204
EXC Exelon Corp Utilities—Regulated Electric \| Utilities	$42.7B 993M Shares	$35.7B 831M Shares 6.05%	$323M 7.52M Calls 7.46%	$109M 2.54M Puts 1.47%	0.3376 Bullish	1,339
VICI Vici Properties Inc. REIT—Diversified \| Real Estate	$32.1B 963M Shares	$35.6B 1.07B Shares 2.09%	$94.3M 2.83M Calls 59.75%	$26.5M 796K Puts 5.85%	0.2812 Bullish	1,000
PCAR Paccar Inc Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery \| Industrials	$34.2B 348M Shares	$35.5B 361M Shares 0.01%	$73.2M 745K Calls 1.15%	$101M 1.03M Puts 19.31%	1.3858 Bearish	1,104
MCHP Microchip Technology Inc Semiconductors \| Technology	$36.1B 552M Shares	$35.4B 543M Shares 4.55%	$1.24B 19M Calls 43.75%	$926M 14.2M Puts 36.42%	0.7462 Bearish	1,310
CM Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce Banks—Diversified \| Financial Services	$70.7B 905M Shares	$35.2B 450M Shares 0.86%	$626M 8.01M Calls 21.79%	$1.05B 13.4M Puts 12.89%	1.6739 Bearish	551
KMB Kimberly Clark Corp Household & Personal Products \| Consumer Defensive	$43.8B 337M Shares	$35.1B 270M Shares 3.21%	$282M 2.17M Calls 7.42%	$97M 748K Puts 18.78%	0.3441 Bullish	2,021
HUM Humana Inc Healthcare Plans \| Healthcare	$39.3B 127M Shares	$34.9B 113M Shares 0.71%	$2.43B 7.82M Calls 7.78%	$1.49B 4.81M Puts 5.37%	0.6152 Bullish	1,067
TGT Target Corp Discount Stores \| Consumer Defensive	$42.1B 460M Shares	$34.7B 380M Shares 4.1%	$2.69B 29.4M Calls 67.01%	$2.51B 27.4M Puts 21.26%	0.9336 Bearish	2,122
VRSK Verisk Analytics, Inc. Consulting Services \| Industrials	$42.9B 157M Shares	$34.4B 126M Shares 0.19%	$20M 73.3K Calls 1.66%	$37.1M 136K Puts 179.98%	1.8527 Bearish	1,174
GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. Industrial Distribution \| Industrials	$50.4B 50.5M Shares	$34.3B 34.4M Shares 1.71%	$1.35B 1.35M Calls 17.78%	$449M 450K Puts 8.27%	0.3332 Bullish	1,427
SYY Sysco Corp Food Distribution \| Consumer Defensive	$41.3B 507M Shares	$34.3B 421M Shares 2.6%	$246M 3.01M Calls 9.5%	$68.3M 837K Puts 26.23%	0.2777 Bullish	1,736
YUM Yum Brands Inc Restaurants \| Consumer Cyclical	$42.1B 285M Shares	$34.1B 231M Shares 1.44%	$246M 1.67M Calls 21.34%	$216M 1.46M Puts 22.79%	0.8774 Bearish	1,531
ETR Entergy Corp Utilities—Regulated Electric \| Utilities	$17.7B 203M Shares	$33.8B 389M Shares 1.48%	$143M 1.64M Calls 2.76%	$137M 1.57M Puts 53.72%	0.9578 Bearish	1,275
A Agilent Technologies, Inc. Diagnostics & Research \| Healthcare	$37.9B 296M Shares	$33.8B 263M Shares 3.25%	$177M 1.38M Calls 32.45%	$112M 871K Puts 4.27%	0.6316 Bullish	1,165
OXY Occidental Petroleum Corp Oil & Gas E&P \| Energy	$42.3B 931M Shares	$33.7B 743M Shares 58.41%	$1.32B 29M Calls 10.98%	$1.59B 34.9M Puts 18.63%	1.2033 Bearish	1,356
SU Suncor Energy Inc Oil & Gas Integrated \| Energy	$54.9B 1.36B Shares	$33.2B 824M Shares 4.0%	$388M 9.65M Calls 7.97%	$623M 15.5M Puts 13.31%	1.6052 Bearish	768
ARES Ares Management Corp Asset Management \| Financial Services	$30.3B 172M Shares	$33B 187M Shares 5.86%	$128M 727K Calls 70.04%	$286M 1.62M Puts 59.58%	2.2303 Bearish	858
IR Ingersoll Rand Inc. Specialty Industrial Machinery \| Industrials	$32.4B 403M Shares	$33B 411M Shares 6.51%	$35.2M 438K Calls 13.14%	$21.4M 266K Puts 90.69%	0.6079 Bullish	977
FICO Fair Isaac Corp Software—Application \| Technology	$38.8B 25.3M Shares	$32.9B 21.4M Shares 0.8%	$385M 250K Calls 14.92%	$535M 348K Puts 136.44%	1.389 Bearish	1,127
ROK Rockwell Automation, Inc Specialty Industrial Machinery \| Industrials	$39.8B 115M Shares	$32.8B 95.3M Shares 3.84%	$303M 879K Calls 36.6%	$119M 346K Puts 30.9%	0.3933 Bullish	1,437
OKE Oneok Inc Oil & Gas Midstream \| Energy	$31.9B 447M Shares	$32.8B 459M Shares 2.18%	$267M 3.74M Calls 16.8%	$168M 2.36M Puts 32.16%	0.6308 Bullish	1,764
CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Information Technology Services \| Technology	$36.9B 518M Shares	$32.7B 459M Shares 2.49%	$218M 3.06M Calls 15.77%	$251M 3.53M Puts 34.76%	1.1559 Bearish	1,157
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corp Specialty Industrial Machinery \| Industrials	$36.4B 417M Shares	$32.6B 373M Shares 6.28%	$57.3M 656K Calls 2.26%	$27.3M 312K Puts 3.27%	0.4764 Bullish	1,425
LEN Lennar Corp Residential Construction \| Consumer Cyclical	$36.3B 255M Shares	$32.5B 228M Shares 5.93%	$548M 3.85M Calls 11.05%	$675M 4.74M Puts 6.32%	1.2309 Bearish	1,094
DAL Delta Air Lines, Inc. Airlines \| Industrials	$39.6B 641M Shares	$32.4B 524M Shares 1.14%	$1.61B 26.1M Calls 27.64%	$1.62B 26.2M Puts 13.83%	1.005 Bearish	1,391
ABC Amerisourcebergen Corp Medical Distribution \| Healthcare	$38.4B 207M Shares	$32.2B 174M Shares 1.47%	$868M 4.69M Calls 3.0%	$773M 4.18M Puts 35.64%	0.8911 Bearish	1,507
XYL Xylem Inc. Specialty Industrial Machinery \| Industrials	$25.2B 180M Shares	$32.1B 229M Shares 0.55%	$67.3M 481K Calls 27.22%	$25.6M 183K Puts 39.18%	0.3807 Bullish	1,192
HIG Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. Insurance—Diversified \| Financial Services	$41.6B 318M Shares	$31.9B 244M Shares 0.31%	$34.4M 263K Calls 21.61%	$11.5M 88.3K Puts 27.45%	0.3352 Bullish	1,209
ACGL Arch Capital Group Ltd. Insurance—Diversified \| Financial Services	$33.6B 369M Shares	$31.7B 349M Shares 4.89%	$17.5M 193K Calls 20.81%	$33.5M 368K Puts 214.68%	1.9127 Bearish	930
PEG Public Service Enterprise Group Inc Utilities—Regulated Electric \| Utilities	$40B 499M Shares	$31.4B 391M Shares 3.86%	$182M 2.27M Calls 78.71%	$40.7M 507K Puts 67.64%	0.2232 Bullish	1,368
TRGP Targa Resources Corp. Oil & Gas Midstream \| Energy	$36.4B 227M Shares	$31.3B 195M Shares 2.14%	$175M 1.09M Calls 14.8%	$73.4M 458K Puts 0.26%	0.4192 Bullish	1,011
LYV Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. Entertainment \| Communication Services	$39B 230M Shares	$31.3B 185M Shares 6.0%	$995M 5.87M Calls 83.34%	$497M 2.93M Puts 41.36%	0.4996 Bullish	906
ANSS Ansys Inc Software—Application \| Technology	$32.6B 87.1M Shares	$31.2B 83.4M Shares 3.11%	$38.3M 102K Calls 27.09%	$184M 491K Puts 25.76%	4.7936 Bearish	966
WDC Western Digital Corp Computer Hardware \| Technology	$29.6B 318M Shares	$30.7B 329M Shares 2.43%	$1.43B 15.3M Calls 39.07%	$1.26B 13.5M Puts 43.26%	0.8841 Bearish	890
KDP Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. Beverages—Non-Alcoholic \| Consumer Defensive	$39.1B 1.42B Shares	$30.3B 1.1B Shares 9.21%	$188M 6.82M Calls 13.82%	$34.5M 1.25M Puts 54.13%	0.1832 Bullish	942
WTW Willis Towers Watson PLC Insurance Brokers \| Financial Services	$35.7B 108M Shares	$30.3B 91.9M Shares 2.95%	$125M 379K Calls 11.85%	$25M 76K Puts 72.1%	0.2004 Bullish	799
CAH Cardinal Health Inc Medical Distribution \| Healthcare	$39.4B 262M Shares	$30.2B 201M Shares 2.95%	$306M 2.04M Calls 0.97%	$288M 1.92M Puts 33.3%	0.9393 Bearish	1,394
EXR Extra Space Storage Inc. REIT—Industrial \| Real Estate	$19.7B 134M Shares	$30.1B 205M Shares 3.45%	$10M 68.1K Calls 12.92%	$14.4M 97.9K Puts 57.4%	1.4376 Bearish	880
IQV Iqvia Holdings Inc. Diagnostics & Research \| Healthcare	$34.9B 186M Shares	$30B 160M Shares 5.01%	$526M 2.8M Calls 306.49%	$266M 1.42M Puts 36.13%	0.5051 Bullish	1,118
EFX Equifax Inc Consulting Services \| Industrials	$31B 122M Shares	$30B 118M Shares 2.45%	$48.6M 192K Calls 22.33%	$66.7M 264K Puts 5.02%	1.3724 Bearish	951