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
LPLA Lpl Financial Holdings Inc. Capital Markets \| Financial Services	$29.6B 79.8M Shares	$29.4B 79.4M Shares 0.91%	$76.3M 206K Calls 78.96%	$87.5M 236K Puts 141.66%	1.1472 Bearish	854
WTW Willis Towers Watson PLC Insurance Brokers \| Financial Services	$34.9B 108M Shares	$29B 90M Shares 0.87%	$33.5M 104K Calls 72.55%	$39.2M 122K Puts 60.0%	1.1681 Bearish	808
WPM Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. Gold \| Basic Materials	$47.1B 452M Shares	$28.7B 275M Shares 0.52%	$409M 3.93M Calls 26.76%	$557M 5.35M Puts 175.74%	1.3604 Bearish	851
MFC Manulife Financial Corp Insurance—Life \| Financial Services	$64.9B 1.89B Shares	$28.6B 831M Shares 1.7%	$146M 4.24M Calls 6.37%	$552M 16.1M Puts 39.87%	3.7894 Bearish	811
ATO Atmos Energy Corp Utilities—Regulated Gas \| Utilities	$24.5B 140M Shares	$28.4B 162M Shares 0.76%	$30.5M 174K Calls 32.8%	$8.63M 49.3K Puts 69.62%	0.2832 Bullish	1,001
CSGP Costar Group, Inc. Real Estate Services \| Real Estate	$27.7B 407M Shares	$28.3B 416M Shares 1.09%	$121M 1.78M Calls 8.39%	$54.2M 797K Puts 22.15%	0.4484 Bullish	1,010
KMB Kimberly Clark Corp Household & Personal Products \| Consumer Defensive	$35.1B 337M Shares	$28.3B 272M Shares 1.02%	$238M 2.29M Calls 3.31%	$94.1M 905K Puts 17.65%	0.3958 Bullish	1,998
KEYS Keysight Technologies, Inc. Scientific & Technical Instruments \| Technology	$32B 179M Shares	$28.2B 157M Shares 0.79%	$92.6M 517K Calls 101.36%	$121M 674K Puts 39.02%	1.3036 Bearish	1,019
MTD Mettler Toledo International Inc Diagnostics & Research \| Healthcare	$31.6B 22.5M Shares	$27.8B 19.8M Shares 0.85%	$427M 305K Calls 26.72%	$47.7M 34K Puts 24.11%	0.1117 Bullish	895
TER Teradyne, Inc Semiconductor Equipment & Materials \| Technology	$26.6B 157M Shares	$27.6B 163M Shares 3.11%	$472M 2.77M Calls 44.58%	$890M 5.24M Puts 12.3%	1.8871 Bearish	961
SYF Synchrony Financial Credit Services \| Financial Services	$32.9B 451M Shares	$27.1B 371M Shares 2.31%	$156M 2.13M Calls 38.64%	$146M 2M Puts 17.33%	0.9388 Bearish	1,062
VRSK Verisk Analytics, Inc. Consulting Services \| Industrials	$33.9B 157M Shares	$27.1B 126M Shares 0.45%	$8.31M 38.5K Calls 48.87%	$5.53M 25.6K Puts 81.15%	0.6649 Bullish	1,122
ODFL Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. Trucking \| Industrials	$14.8B 112M Shares	$27B 204M Shares 28.23%	$135M 1.02M Calls 3.44%	$61.7M 466K Puts 0.79%	0.4586 Bullish	979
MCHP Microchip Technology Inc Semiconductors \| Technology	$29.5B 552M Shares	$26.9B 502M Shares 13.64%	$751M 14M Calls 24.82%	$522M 9.77M Puts 29.93%	0.6954 Bullish	1,310
ARES Ares Management Corp Asset Management \| Financial Services	$24.4B 172M Shares	$26.7B 188M Shares 2.65%	$171M 1.21M Calls 80.42%	$213M 1.5M Puts 7.27%	1.243 Bearish	865
HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise CO Communication Equipment \| Technology	$29.4B 1.29B Shares	$26.6B 1.16B Shares 5.2%	$1.01B 44.3M Calls 42.09%	$607M 26.6M Puts 12.33%	0.6005 Bullish	1,309
HUM Humana Inc Healthcare Plans \| Healthcare	$30B 127M Shares	$26.6B 112M Shares 0.22%	$1.83B 7.73M Calls 0.37%	$1.13B 4.77M Puts 1.39%	0.6176 Bullish	1,094
EXR Extra Space Storage Inc. REIT—Industrial \| Real Estate	$17.8B 134M Shares	$26.4B 198M Shares 0.09%	$25.1M 189K Calls 176.39%	$17.1M 129K Puts 33.58%	0.6838 Bullish	875
NUE Nucor Corp Steel \| Basic Materials	$38B 257M Shares	$26.3B 178M Shares 1.22%	$538M 3.64M Calls 9.69%	$489M 3.31M Puts 12.88%	0.9103 Bearish	1,448
MSTR Microstrategy Inc Software—Application \| Technology	$1.87B 9.34M Shares	$25.9B 130M Shares 13.87%	$15.7B 78.7M Calls 30.59%	$16.8B 84.3M Puts 10.51%	1.0711 Bearish	1,320
UAL United Airlines Holdings, Inc. Airlines \| Industrials	$31.1B 327M Shares	$25.9B 273M Shares 2.21%	$1.45B 15.3M Calls 19.03%	$1.91B 20.1M Puts 17.74%	1.3113 Bearish	1,072
MDB Mongo Db, Inc. Software—Infrastructure \| Technology	$24.2B 68.7M Shares	$25.9B 73.4M Shares 7.57%	$2.47B 7.02M Calls 18.64%	$3.56B 10.1M Puts 10.37%	1.4392 Bearish	928
NTRA Natera, Inc. Diagnostics & Research \| Healthcare	$19.8B 97M Shares	$25.9B 127M Shares 3.35%	$231M 1.13M Calls 92.16%	$91.6M 449K Puts 74.01%	0.3959 Bullish	752
LEN Lennar Corp Residential Construction \| Consumer Cyclical	$30.9B 255M Shares	$25.8B 213M Shares 3.2%	$526M 4.34M Calls 13.29%	$579M 4.78M Puts 1.07%	1.1011 Bearish	1,141
ED Consolidated Edison Inc Utilities—Regulated Electric \| Utilities	$36B 355M Shares	$25.8B 254M Shares 3.33%	$122M 1.2M Calls 13.68%	$47M 462K Puts 63.02%	0.3839 Bullish	1,497
CNP Centerpoint Energy Inc Utilities—Regulated Electric \| Utilities	$25B 630M Shares	$25.5B 642M Shares 0.76%	$81.9M 2.06M Calls 24.52%	$48.3M 1.22M Puts 182.57%	0.5901 Bullish	845
DB Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft Banks—Regional \| Financial Services	$75.2B 2.04B Shares	$25.5B 690M Shares 8.86%	$812M 22M Calls 8.44%	$1.21B 32.7M Puts 1.44%	1.4862 Bearish	508
VRT Vertiv Holdings CO Electrical Equipment & Parts \| Industrials	$32.7B 377M Shares	$25.5B 294M Shares 1.85%	$1.67B 19.2M Calls 29.02%	$1.8B 20.8M Puts 20.11%	1.0835 Bearish	1,585
EME Emcor Group, Inc. Engineering & Construction \| Industrials	$29.5B 47.7M Shares	$25.4B 41M Shares 1.89%	$225M 363K Calls 30.91%	$125M 201K Puts 2.34%	0.5543 Bullish	1,146
TSCO Tractor Supply CO Specialty Retail \| Consumer Cyclical	$6.15B 111M Shares	$25.4B 459M Shares 1.56%	$126M 2.28M Calls 27.43%	$95.1M 1.72M Puts 34.94%	0.7538 Bearish	1,400
LYV Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. Entertainment \| Communication Services	$31.2B 230M Shares	$25.4B 187M Shares 8.72%	$1.11B 8.2M Calls 43.39%	$1.08B 7.97M Puts 156.45%	0.9719 Bearish	936
FSLR First Solar, Inc. Solar \| Technology	$27B 107M Shares	$25.3B 99.9M Shares 5.16%	$7.29B 28.8M Calls 19.91%	$6.8B 26.8M Puts 19.47%	0.9322 Bearish	1,115
ZS Zscaler, Inc. Software—Infrastructure \| Technology	$42.8B 143M Shares	$25B 83.6M Shares 38.68%	$1.62B 5.42M Calls 11.64%	$1.76B 5.88M Puts 0.81%	1.0846 Bearish	1,064
EFX Equifax Inc Consulting Services \| Industrials	$25.4B 122M Shares	$24.9B 120M Shares 2.04%	$53.1M 257K Calls 62.45%	$33.6M 162K Puts 38.52%	0.6316 Bullish	954
AWK American Water Works Company, Inc. Utilities—Regulated Water \| Utilities	$23.9B 182M Shares	$24.8B 189M Shares 2.89%	$51.6M 392K Calls 24.6%	$41.6M 316K Puts 15.1%	0.8078 Bearish	1,293
BR Broadridge Financial Solutions, Inc. Information Technology Services \| Technology	$34.9B 154M Shares	$24.8B 110M Shares 2.4%	$22.6M 99.9K Calls 47.35%	$45.8M 203K Puts 245.56%	2.027 Bearish	1,236
FNV Franco Nevada Corp Gold \| Basic Materials	$37.7B 192M Shares	$24.8B 126M Shares 1.41%	$177M 896K Calls 13.05%	$181M 916K Puts 4.36%	1.0224 Bearish	655
AEE Ameren Corp Utilities—Regulated Electric \| Utilities	$27.1B 258M Shares	$24.7B 235M Shares 0.7%	$15.4M 147K Calls 7.62%	$65.6M 624K Puts 0.06%	4.2527 Bearish	922
FANG Diamondback Energy, Inc. Oil & Gas E&P \| Energy	$26.5B 178M Shares	$24.7B 166M Shares 1.67%	$523M 3.5M Calls 3.05%	$396M 2.66M Puts 14.02%	0.7582 Bearish	1,253
STE Steris PLC Medical Devices \| Healthcare	$25.8B 100M Shares	$24.7B 95.6M Shares 0.63%	$12.3M 47.6K Calls 79.26%	$15M 58.1K Puts 52.3%	1.2206 Bearish	938
K Kellogg CO Packaged Foods \| Consumer Defensive	$28.3B 340M Shares	$24.6B 295M Shares 3.04%	$212M 2.54M Calls 133.81%	$713M 8.56M Puts 205.37%	3.3694 Bearish	1,045
KHC Kraft Heinz CO Packaged Foods \| Consumer Defensive	$30.4B 1.22B Shares	$24.5B 986M Shares 1.57%	$351M 14.1M Calls 4.72%	$386M 15.5M Puts 6.2%	1.0999 Bearish	1,325
SQ Block, Inc. Software—Infrastructure \| Technology	$30.3B 530M Shares	$24.4B 427M Shares 6.33%	$1.19B 20.9M Calls 9.53%	$1.2B 20.9M Puts 4.11%	1.0028 Bearish	1,265
FITB Fifth Third Bancorp Banks—Regional \| Financial Services	$29.2B 686M Shares	$24.4B 573M Shares 0.85%	$97.5M 2.29M Calls 23.58%	$107M 2.52M Puts 23.85%	1.1002 Bearish	1,186
HDB Hdfc Bank LTD Banks—Regional \| Financial Services	$68.4B 1.86B Shares	$24.3B 660M Shares 89.77%	$16.2M 439K Calls 71.14%	$26.3M 715K Puts 9.32%	1.6282 Bearish	715
ULTA Ulta Beauty, Inc. Specialty Retail \| Consumer Cyclical	$27.1B 51.2M Shares	$23.7B 44.9M Shares 0.69%	$669M 1.26M Calls 6.73%	$838M 1.58M Puts 15.92%	1.2518 Bearish	1,241
RJF Raymond James Financial Inc Capital Markets \| Financial Services	$34.1B 215M Shares	$23.7B 150M Shares 1.19%	$120M 755K Calls 16.27%	$111M 698K Puts 381.57%	0.9246 Bearish	1,005
MTB M&T Bank Corp Banks—Regional \| Financial Services	$32.3B 173M Shares	$23.7B 127M Shares 0.4%	$109M 584K Calls 16.48%	$85.9M 459K Puts 54.82%	0.7858 Bearish	1,195
ARGX Argenx Se Biotechnology \| Healthcare	$50.2B 55.3M Shares	$23.6B 26M Shares 8.37%	$535M 589K Calls 61.94%	$290M 320K Puts 51.35%	0.5427 Bullish	525
PPL Ppl Corp Utilities—Regulated Electric \| Utilities	$27.1B 736M Shares	$23.5B 639M Shares 8.13%	$82.6M 2.25M Calls 14.37%	$65.7M 1.79M Puts 55.38%	0.7955 Bearish	1,067