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
PSA Public Storage REIT—Industrial \| Real Estate	$52.5B 176M Shares	$40B 134M Shares 2.39%	$49.7M 166K Calls 13.43%	$60.9M 204K Puts 43.96%	1.2242 Bearish	1,221
PDD Pinduoduo Inc. Internet Retail \| Consumer Cyclical	$127B 1.26B Shares	$39.1B 389M Shares 2.32%	$7.04B 69.9M Calls 174.29%	$4.46B 44.4M Puts 48.61%	0.6342 Bullish	716
UBS Ubs Group Ag Banks—Diversified \| Financial Services	$96.4B 3.18B Shares	$38.8B 1.28B Shares 1.53%	$588M 19.4M Calls 41.07%	$745M 24.6M Puts 23.8%	1.2672 Bearish	620
KMI Kinder Morgan, Inc. Oil & Gas Midstream \| Energy	$60.8B 2.25B Shares	$38.7B 1.43B Shares 1.14%	$691M 25.5M Calls 13.65%	$397M 14.7M Puts 23.6%	0.5749 Bullish	1,603
NSC Norfolk Southern Corp Railroads \| Industrials	$54.6B 232M Shares	$38.4B 163M Shares 3.52%	$190M 805K Calls 17.01%	$138M 585K Puts 19.8%	0.7261 Bearish	1,775
VST Vistra Corp. Utilities—Independent Power Producers \| Utilities	$58.6B 416M Shares	$38.3B 272M Shares 4.46%	$1.89B 13.4M Calls 53.11%	$1.48B 10.5M Puts 42.23%	0.784 Bearish	1,009
AFL Aflac Inc Insurance—Life \| Financial Services	$64.9B 632M Shares	$38.1B 371M Shares 3.67%	$424M 4.13M Calls 37.18%	$237M 2.31M Puts 50.51%	0.5586 Bullish	1,697
ALL Allstate Corp Insurance—Property & Casualty \| Financial Services	$52.3B 270M Shares	$37.7B 195M Shares 2.08%	$191M 989K Calls 9.57%	$271M 1.4M Puts 63.72%	1.4163 Bearish	1,564
AEP American Electric Power CO Inc Utilities—Regulated Electric \| Utilities	$47.7B 514M Shares	$37.5B 404M Shares 1.98%	$290M 3.12M Calls 8.9%	$189M 2.04M Puts 50.92%	0.6524 Bullish	1,661
HWM Howmet Aerospace Inc. Aerospace & Defense \| Industrials	$45.9B 415M Shares	$37.4B 338M Shares 0.21%	$140M 1.27M Calls 31.17%	$89.1M 806K Puts 37.12%	0.6355 Bullish	927
WCN Waste Connections, Inc. Waste Management \| Industrials	$44B 257M Shares	$37.4B 219M Shares 1.62%	$35.7M 209K Calls 35.04%	$14.7M 85.9K Puts 70.15%	0.4116 Bullish	773
PAYX Paychex Inc Staffing & Employment Services \| Industrials	$50.2B 360M Shares	$37.4B 268M Shares 1.93%	$327M 2.35M Calls 51.69%	$344M 2.47M Puts 55.94%	1.0514 Bearish	1,693
RSG Republic Services, Inc. Waste Management \| Industrials	$63.9B 316M Shares	$37.2B 184M Shares 1.57%	$58.8M 291K Calls 37.94%	$81.4M 402K Puts 27.71%	1.3838 Bearish	1,270
AXON Axon Enterprise, Inc. Aerospace & Defense \| Industrials	$44.4B 71.1M Shares	$36.7B 58.1M Shares 1.19%	$729M 1.15M Calls 51.54%	$804M 1.27M Puts 23.08%	1.1033 Bearish	932
CBRE Cbre Group, Inc. Real Estate Services \| Real Estate	$41.9B 321M Shares	$36B 276M Shares 4.25%	$68.8M 527K Calls 29.34%	$48.2M 370K Puts 23.6%	0.7011 Bearish	926
GWW W.W. Grainger, Inc. Industrial Distribution \| Industrials	$54.7B 50.5M Shares	$35.9B 33.2M Shares 0.45%	$1.36B 1.26M Calls 92.24%	$794M 733K Puts 17.13%	0.5833 Bullish	1,290
PCAR Paccar Inc Farm & Heavy Construction Machinery \| Industrials	$36.4B 348M Shares	$35.9B 343M Shares 1.53%	$152M 1.45M Calls 2.65%	$95.8M 915K Puts 6.81%	0.6303 Bullish	1,055
TRP Tc Energy Corp Oil & Gas Midstream \| Energy	$46.7B 1.01B Shares	$35.8B 775M Shares 0.33%	$177M 3.84M Calls 27.07%	$567M 12.3M Puts 50.26%	3.2005 Bearish	624
NDAQ Nasdaq, Inc. Financial Data & Stock Exchanges \| Financial Services	$38.3B 491M Shares	$35.7B 459M Shares 3.69%	$71.9M 922K Calls 31.33%	$78.6M 1.01M Puts 107.47%	1.0928 Bearish	916
PCG Pg&E Corp Utilities—Regulated Electric \| Utilities	$39.7B 1.99B Shares	$35.7B 1.79B Shares 1.07%	$398M 19.9M Calls 0.2%	$196M 9.8M Puts 0.54%	0.4923 Bullish	765
EA Electronic Arts Inc. Electronic Gaming & Multimedia \| Communication Services	$41B 278M Shares	$35.7B 243M Shares 12.78%	$384M 2.6M Calls 28.52%	$501M 3.4M Puts 28.33%	1.3051 Bearish	1,095
BKR Baker Hughes CO Oil & Gas Equipment & Services \| Energy	$40.2B 1B Shares	$35.6B 888M Shares 0.81%	$135M 3.36M Calls 36.32%	$240M 5.98M Puts 67.67%	1.779 Bearish	885
CCI Crown Castle International Corp REIT—Specialty \| Real Estate	$39.3B 433M Shares	$35.5B 391M Shares 2.91%	$254M 2.8M Calls 7.69%	$159M 1.76M Puts 27.97%	0.6265 Bullish	1,286
DHI Horton D R Inc Residential Construction \| Consumer Cyclical	$48.7B 347M Shares	$35.5B 253M Shares 5.18%	$572M 4.08M Calls 37.58%	$586M 4.18M Puts 83.59%	1.0238 Bearish	1,341
IR Ingersoll Rand Inc. Specialty Industrial Machinery \| Industrials	$37B 403M Shares	$35.4B 385M Shares 0.82%	$83.1M 906K Calls 21.57%	$25.1M 273K Puts 55.04%	0.3017 Bullish	931
O Realty Income Corp REIT—Retail \| Real Estate	$32.7B 618M Shares	$35.2B 664M Shares 3.11%	$220M 4.15M Calls 12.06%	$132M 2.48M Puts 12.09%	0.5979 Bullish	1,373
DFS Discover Financial Services Credit Services \| Financial Services	$47.7B 273M Shares	$35.1B 201M Shares 1.52%	$293M 1.68M Calls 100.5%	$405M 2.32M Puts 113.67%	1.3838 Bearish	1,171
CHTR Charter Communications, Inc. Telecom Services \| Communication Services	$56.1B 161M Shares	$34.9B 99.7M Shares 4.01%	$733M 2.1M Calls 20.09%	$669M 1.91M Puts 26.31%	0.9132 Bearish	981
CTSH Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp Information Technology Services \| Technology	$40.9B 518M Shares	$34.4B 436M Shares 2.73%	$296M 3.74M Calls 4.67%	$480M 6.08M Puts 47.69%	1.6226 Bearish	1,065
LULU Lululemon Athletica Inc. Apparel Retail \| Consumer Cyclical	$46.9B 122M Shares	$34.3B 89.5M Shares 1.01%	$2.8B 7.29M Calls 44.03%	$3.05B 7.96M Puts 35.48%	1.0913 Bearish	1,217
DDOG Datadog, Inc. Software—Application \| Technology	$42.9B 291M Shares	$34.2B 232M Shares 1.78%	$2.07B 14.1M Calls 2.14%	$1.95B 13.2M Puts 9.33%	0.9385 Bearish	982
EW Edwards Lifesciences Corp Medical Devices \| Healthcare	$46.3B 618M Shares	$34.2B 457M Shares 1.3%	$730M 9.76M Calls 213.41%	$293M 3.92M Puts 39.26%	0.4021 Bullish	1,350
A Agilent Technologies, Inc. Diagnostics & Research \| Healthcare	$39.8B 296M Shares	$33.9B 252M Shares 1.52%	$98.2M 729K Calls 9.44%	$131M 970K Puts 0.05%	1.3294 Bearish	1,149
TRGP Targa Resources Corp. Oil & Gas Midstream \| Energy	$40.4B 227M Shares	$33.8B 189M Shares 1.97%	$241M 1.35M Calls 20.77%	$211M 1.18M Puts 6.53%	0.8737 Bearish	901
OXY Occidental Petroleum Corp Oil & Gas E&P \| Energy	$44.6B 931M Shares	$33.8B 706M Shares 2.02%	$1.11B 23.1M Calls 9.15%	$1.77B 37.1M Puts 21.95%	1.6016 Bearish	1,377
LHX L3 Harris Technologies, Inc. Aerospace & Defense \| Industrials	$40.8B 191M Shares	$33.7B 158M Shares 0.84%	$154M 721K Calls 7.85%	$114M 534K Puts 9.4%	0.7408 Bearish	1,484
VRSK Verisk Analytics, Inc. Consulting Services \| Industrials	$43.4B 157M Shares	$33.7B 122M Shares 1.6%	$76.2M 275K Calls 284.1%	$6.06M 21.9K Puts 29.13%	0.0795 Bullish	1,019
OTIS Otis Worldwide Corp Specialty Industrial Machinery \| Industrials	$39B 417M Shares	$33.2B 355M Shares 0.8%	$142M 1.52M Calls 12.27%	$76.4M 818K Puts 35.48%	0.537 Bullish	1,323
D Dominion Energy, Inc Utilities—Regulated Electric \| Utilities	$44.7B 833M Shares	$33.2B 618M Shares 0.38%	$303M 5.64M Calls 6.98%	$134M 2.5M Puts 19.68%	0.4428 Bullish	1,498
KMB Kimberly Clark Corp Household & Personal Products \| Consumer Defensive	$44.4B 337M Shares	$33.1B 251M Shares 0.99%	$266M 2.03M Calls 0.36%	$162M 1.23M Puts 35.88%	0.6093 Bullish	1,922
KR Kroger CO Grocery Stores \| Consumer Defensive	$43.6B 716M Shares	$33B 541M Shares 3.88%	$414M 6.79M Calls 35.78%	$281M 4.61M Puts 19.28%	0.6784 Bullish	1,325
SE Sea LTD Internet Retail \| Consumer Cyclical	$61.4B 562M Shares	$33B 301M Shares 14.14%	$1.67B 15.2M Calls 35.45%	$1.37B 12.5M Puts 51.69%	0.8207 Bearish	694
AME Ametek Inc Specialty Industrial Machinery \| Industrials	$41.8B 230M Shares	$32.9B 181M Shares 5.21%	$37.7M 207K Calls 141.61%	$9.32M 51.2K Puts 46.78%	0.247 Bullish	980
FAST Fastenal CO Industrial Distribution \| Industrials	$42.7B 573M Shares	$32.8B 441M Shares 0.84%	$194M 2.6M Calls 1.0%	$165M 2.22M Puts 3.4%	0.8538 Bearish	1,299
IT Gartner Inc Information Technology Services \| Technology	$38.5B 79.1M Shares	$32.5B 66.6M Shares 3.72%	$29.1M 59.8K Calls	$14.7M 30.1K Puts 11.47%	0.5033 Bullish	957
STZ Constellation Brands, Inc. Beverages—Wineries & Distilleries \| Consumer Defensive	$36.5B 161M Shares	$32.5B 143M Shares 0.51%	$292M 1.29M Calls 12.89%	$507M 2.24M Puts 40.73%	1.7328 Bearish	1,477
CTVA Corteva, Inc. Agricultural Inputs \| Basic Materials	$40.9B 719M Shares	$32.4B 569M Shares 0.06%	$62.4M 1.1M Calls 57.36%	$54.2M 951K Puts 8.62%	0.8677 Bearish	1,351
BMO Bank Of Montreal Banks—Diversified \| Financial Services	$65.4B 674M Shares	$31.9B 329M Shares 4.24%	$845M 8.71M Calls 91.6%	$1.03B 10.6M Puts 91.25%	1.2161 Bearish	536
AZN Astrazeneca PLC Drug Manufacturers—General \| Healthcare	$206B 3.1B Shares	$31.7B 475M Shares 3.11%	$359M 5.39M Calls 5.56%	$250M 3.75M Puts 1.4%	0.6959 Bullish	1,361
SQ Block, Inc. Software—Infrastructure \| Technology	$47.3B 530M Shares	$31.5B 353M Shares 0.44%	$1.36B 15.3M Calls 5.86%	$1.71B 19.2M Puts 6.55%	1.2569 Bearish	1,145