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
NUE Nucor Corp Steel \| Basic Materials	$30.9B 257M Shares	$21.4B 178M Shares 0.82%	$717M 5.96M Calls 18.87%	$399M 3.32M Puts 4.1%	0.5565 Bullish	1,346
SHEL Shell PLC Oil & Gas Integrated \| Energy	$259B 3.56B Shares	$21.4B 295M Shares 3.88%	$704M 9.69M Calls 5.13%	$303M 4.17M Puts 3.98%	0.4303 Bullish	1,522
WPM Wheaton Precious Metals Corp. Gold \| Basic Materials	$35.1B 452M Shares	$21.4B 275M Shares 3.71%	$277M 3.57M Calls 32.67%	$152M 1.96M Puts 8.42%	0.5486 Bullish	699
TDY Teledyne Technologies Inc Scientific & Technical Instruments \| Technology	$23.3B 46.9M Shares	$21.4B 42.9M Shares 2.81%	$8.36M 16.8K Calls 26.32%	$2.14M 4.3K Puts 80.45%	0.256 Bullish	766
STE Steris PLC Medical Devices \| Healthcare	$22.7B 100M Shares	$21.3B 94M Shares 0.05%	$7.86M 34.7K Calls 52.53%	$1.77M 7.8K Puts 57.38%	0.2248 Bullish	827
LYV Live Nation Entertainment, Inc. Entertainment \| Communication Services	$30B 230M Shares	$21.2B 163M Shares 2.15%	$429M 3.29M Calls 22.85%	$504M 3.86M Puts 23.22%	1.175 Bearish	802
SQ Block, Inc. Software—Infrastructure \| Technology	$30.3B 530M Shares	$21.2B 371M Shares 5.75%	$1.52B 26.5M Calls 62.88%	$1.52B 26.6M Puts 39.48%	1.0009 Bearish	1,321
PPG Ppg Industries Inc Specialty Chemicals \| Basic Materials	$25.7B 235M Shares	$21.1B 193M Shares 1.58%	$230M 2.1M Calls 8.61%	$139M 1.27M Puts 13.81%	0.6064 Bullish	1,199
HSY Hershey CO Confectioners \| Consumer Defensive	$25.1B 147M Shares	$21.1B 123M Shares 0.01%	$1.2B 7.02M Calls 210.55%	$533M 3.11M Puts 38.45%	0.4439 Bullish	1,517
FNV Franco Nevada Corp Gold \| Basic Materials	$30.2B 192M Shares	$20.8B 132M Shares 5.91%	$97.4M 618K Calls 60.86%	$163M 1.04M Puts 7.53%	1.6739 Bearish	551
HPQ Hp Inc Computer Hardware \| Technology	$28.6B 1.03B Shares	$20.6B 745M Shares 1.31%	$328M 11.8M Calls 16.98%	$272M 9.82M Puts 31.1%	0.8292 Bearish	1,328
DELL Dell Technologies Inc. Computer Hardware \| Technology	$23.6B 259M Shares	$20.6B 226M Shares 8.47%	$1.84B 20.2M Calls 16.49%	$2.7B 29.6M Puts 23.71%	1.4624 Bearish	1,453
ZBH Zimmer Biomet Holdings, Inc. Medical Devices \| Healthcare	$23.7B 210M Shares	$20.5B 181M Shares 1.28%	$51M 450K Calls 49.49%	$70.1M 619K Puts 41.1%	1.3748 Bearish	1,130
INVH Invitation Homes Inc. REIT—Residential \| Real Estate	$21.3B 611M Shares	$20.4B 585M Shares 14.56%	$13.7M 395K Calls 8.26%	$31.9M 917K Puts 45.67%	2.3232 Bearish	574
IFF International Flavors & Fragrances Inc Specialty Chemicals \| Basic Materials	$19.8B 255M Shares	$20.3B 262M Shares 15.92%	$180M 2.31M Calls 19.83%	$60M 774K Puts 2.9%	0.3345 Bullish	843
ET Energy Transfer LP Oil & Gas Midstream \| Energy	$57.4B 3.09B Shares	$20.3B 1.09B Shares 0.58%	$535M 28.8M Calls 7.11%	$266M 14.3M Puts 59.45%	0.4969 Bullish	1,338
IRM Iron Mountain Inc REIT—Specialty \| Real Estate	$25B 291M Shares	$20.1B 234M Shares 1.24%	$175M 2.03M Calls 6.59%	$137M 1.59M Puts 9.8%	0.7811 Bearish	1,169
WAT Waters Corp Diagnostics & Research \| Healthcare	$22.1B 59.9M Shares	$20.1B 54.5M Shares 3.81%	$30M 81.5K Calls 45.56%	$13.5M 36.7K Puts 49.31%	0.4503 Bullish	813
SYF Synchrony Financial Credit Services \| Financial Services	$23.9B 451M Shares	$20B 378M Shares 0.55%	$531M 10M Calls 104.65%	$268M 5.06M Puts 18.1%	0.5051 Bullish	998
CBOE Cboe Global Markets, Inc. Financial Data & Stock Exchanges \| Financial Services	$24B 106M Shares	$19.9B 88.1M Shares 1.86%	$261M 1.15M Calls 7.55%	$143M 633K Puts 38.11%	0.549 Bullish	849
DOV Dover Corp Specialty Industrial Machinery \| Industrials	$24.7B 140M Shares	$19.8B 113M Shares 0.11%	$115M 657K Calls 6.09%	$47.6M 271K Puts 1.42%	0.4124 Bullish	1,146
PHM Pultegroup Inc Residential Construction \| Consumer Cyclical	$23.4B 228M Shares	$19.6B 191M Shares 3.19%	$236M 2.29M Calls 3.14%	$293M 2.85M Puts 0.98%	1.242 Bearish	1,095
PPL Ppl Corp Utilities—Regulated Electric \| Utilities	$26.6B 736M Shares	$19.6B 542M Shares 1.33%	$105M 2.9M Calls 17.55%	$69.4M 1.92M Puts 12.7%	0.6635 Bullish	956
NRG Nrg Energy, Inc. Utilities—Independent Power Producers \| Utilities	$22.4B 235M Shares	$19.5B 204M Shares 1.19%	$343M 3.6M Calls 0.09%	$648M 6.79M Puts 6.63%	1.8861 Bearish	926
RJF Raymond James Financial Inc Capital Markets \| Financial Services	$29.9B 215M Shares	$19.4B 140M Shares 6.09%	$144M 1.04M Calls 75.49%	$46.6M 335K Puts 44.84%	0.3235 Bullish	918
EXPE Expedia Group, Inc. Travel Services \| Consumer Cyclical	$25.6B 152M Shares	$19.3B 115M Shares 2.63%	$686M 4.08M Calls 64.38%	$560M 3.33M Puts 6.41%	0.8173 Bearish	1,023
CDW Cdw Corp Information Technology Services \| Technology	$21.7B 135M Shares	$19.3B 120M Shares 0.56%	$65.2M 407K Calls 21.1%	$71.8M 448K Puts 69.08%	1.101 Bearish	949
UAL United Airlines Holdings, Inc. Airlines \| Industrials	$22.6B 327M Shares	$19.2B 279M Shares 6.38%	$1.98B 28.6M Calls 5.63%	$2.41B 34.9M Puts 6.86%	1.2213 Bearish	980
IBN Icici Bank LTD Banks—Regional \| Financial Services	$110B 3.48B Shares	$19.2B 609M Shares 1.82%	$62.6M 1.99M Calls 87.86%	$58.6M 1.86M Puts 156.11%	0.9369 Bearish	615
MKL Markel Corp Insurance—Property & Casualty \| Financial Services	$25.3B 13.5M Shares	$19.1B 10.2M Shares 6.04%	$115M 61.7K Calls 210.05%	$38.1M 20.4K Puts 21.24%	0.3306 Bullish	886
IP International Paper CO Packaging & Containers \| Consumer Cyclical	$19B 356M Shares	$19.1B 358M Shares 10.64%	$506M 9.48M Calls 20.18%	$268M 5.02M Puts 20.63%	0.5296 Bullish	1,057
FE Firstenergy Corp Utilities—Regulated Electric \| Utilities	$23.1B 572M Shares	$19B 471M Shares 2.96%	$99M 2.45M Calls 23.89%	$40M 990K Puts 5.22%	0.4043 Bullish	885
TTD Trade Desk, Inc. Software—Application \| Technology	$24.3B 444M Shares	$18.9B 345M Shares 1.71%	$452M 8.27M Calls 9.07%	$525M 9.59M Puts 18.71%	1.1601 Bearish	1,347
DVN Devon Energy Corp Oil & Gas E&P \| Energy	$24.5B 655M Shares	$18.7B 501M Shares 2.12%	$664M 17.8M Calls 3.05%	$835M 22.3M Puts 18.07%	1.2571 Bearish	1,342
EPD Enterprise Products Partners L.P. Oil & Gas Midstream \| Energy	$74.3B 2.18B Shares	$18.7B 548M Shares 0.25%	$396M 11.6M Calls 5.69%	$188M 5.5M Puts 9.14%	0.4744 Bullish	1,593
WRB Berkley W R Corp Insurance—Property & Casualty \| Financial Services	$18.9B 266M Shares	$18.7B 262M Shares 5.62%	$12.2M 172K Calls 19.39%	$7.47M 105K Puts 32.12%	0.6111 Bullish	928
PTC Ptc Inc. Software—Application \| Technology	$18.2B 117M Shares	$18.6B 120M Shares 2.11%	$32.1M 207K Calls 39.19%	$18.5M 120K Puts 12.64%	0.5778 Bullish	715
LUV Southwest Airlines CO Airlines \| Industrials	$19.9B 594M Shares	$18.6B 554M Shares 2.12%	$337M 10M Calls 29.83%	$496M 14.8M Puts 11.6%	1.4706 Bearish	957
EIX Edison International Utilities—Regulated Electric \| Utilities	$22.5B 381M Shares	$18.6B 316M Shares 0.52%	$43.3M 736K Calls 10.63%	$39.6M 673K Puts 24.09%	0.9147 Bearish	1,000
RMD Resmed Inc Medical Instruments & Supplies \| Healthcare	$32.2B 146M Shares	$18.5B 83.9M Shares 3.23%	$78.8M 358K Calls 60.67%	$291M 1.32M Puts 44.29%	3.698 Bearish	966
HAL Halliburton CO Oil & Gas Equipment & Services \| Energy	$23B 908M Shares	$18.2B 719M Shares 0.38%	$294M 11.6M Calls 19.5%	$457M 18M Puts 8.95%	1.5539 Bearish	1,098
HBAN Huntington Bancshares Inc Banks—Regional \| Financial Services	$21.7B 1.44B Shares	$18.2B 1.21B Shares 3.2%	$50M 3.33M Calls 15.5%	$38.1M 2.54M Puts 31.33%	0.7631 Bearish	1,079
DG Dollar General Corp Discount Stores \| Consumer Defensive	$19.8B 226M Shares	$18.1B 205M Shares 2.88%	$765M 8.7M Calls 1.83%	$1.11B 12.6M Puts 49.04%	1.4509 Bearish	1,051
MAA Mid America Apartment Communities Inc. REIT—Residential \| Real Estate	$19.4B 115M Shares	$18.1B 108M Shares 9.72%	$17.7M 106K Calls 64.51%	$17.2M 102K Puts 65.92%	0.9706 Bearish	778
MKC Mccormick & CO Inc Packaged Foods \| Consumer Defensive	$20.6B 251M Shares	$18B 219M Shares 2.81%	$72.1M 877K Calls 14.57%	$60.5M 735K Puts 56.88%	0.839 Bearish	1,134
NVR Nvr Inc Residential Construction \| Consumer Cyclical	$23.3B 3.21M Shares	$17.9B 2.47M Shares 22.73%	$0 0 Calls	$0 0 Puts	0.0	738
WY Weyerhaeuser CO REIT—Specialty \| Real Estate	$21.7B 740M Shares	$17.7B 603M Shares 0.5%	$37.3M 1.27M Calls 32.22%	$15.2M 519K Puts 13.59%	0.4078 Bullish	1,021
GOLD Barrick Gold Corp Gold \| Basic Materials	$34.3B 1.77B Shares	$17.6B 907M Shares 4.84%	$1.14B 58.9M Calls 30.51%	$852M 43.8M Puts 10.85%	0.7442 Bearish	875
CRBG Corebridge Financial, Inc. Asset Management \| Financial Services	$20.2B 645M Shares	$17.4B 555M Shares 1.04%	$43.8M 1.4M Calls 5.62%	$32.3M 1.03M Puts 76.23%	0.7372 Bearish	427
ES Eversource Energy Utilities—Regulated Electric \| Utilities	$21.5B 346M Shares	$17.4B 280M Shares 4.56%	$19.4M 312K Calls 30.65%	$8.62M 139K Puts 32.23%	0.4454 Bullish	956