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SPY SS SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST-US

2026Q2 · CUSIP 78462F103 · Sector: Other

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
4,633
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+77
Last quarter 4,556 → now 4,633
How unusual is that
Top 5%
Stronger buying than 96% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

4,633 funds held SPY at the end of 2026Q2, up 77 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 95.9% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. SPY has had 30 buying rushes in its history. It sits in the Other sector.

How many funds owned it, quarter by quarter

Bars = net change in institutional holders, positive (green) or negative (red). Line = total institutional holders.

2013Q3: holders=982 2013Q4: holders=1127 2014Q1: holders=1115 2014Q2: holders=1131 2014Q3: holders=1153 2014Q4: holders=1336 2015Q1: holders=1289 2015Q2: holders=1297 2015Q3: holders=1312 2015Q4: holders=1467 2016Q1: holders=1409 2016Q2: holders=1418 2016Q3: holders=1450 2016Q4: holders=1576 2017Q1: holders=1569 2017Q2: holders=1569 2017Q3: holders=1588 2017Q4: holders=1824 2018Q1: holders=1834 2018Q2: holders=1819 2018Q3: holders=1839 2018Q4: holders=2119 2019Q1: holders=2059 2019Q2: holders=2058 2019Q3: holders=2075 2019Q4: holders=2363 2020Q1: holders=2335 2020Q2: holders=2338 2020Q3: holders=2360 2020Q4: holders=2653 2021Q1: holders=2653 2021Q2: holders=2662 2021Q3: holders=2679 2021Q4: holders=3111 2022Q1: holders=3073 2022Q2: holders=3026 2022Q3: holders=2996 2022Q4: holders=3239 2023Q1: holders=3209 2023Q2: holders=3254 2023Q3: holders=3279 2023Q4: holders=3641 2024Q1: holders=3648 2024Q2: holders=3703 2024Q3: holders=3749 2024Q4: holders=4186 2025Q1: holders=4137 2025Q2: holders=4188 2025Q3: holders=4215 2025Q4: holders=4599 2026Q1: holders=4556 2026Q2: holders=4633 -437 -218.5 +0 +218.5 +437 88328744865 13Q315Q116Q318Q119Q321Q122Q324Q125Q326Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 30 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 5% — —
2025Q4 Top 1% in the market — —
2025Q3 Top 20% — —
2025Q2 Top 5% — —
2024Q4 Top 1% in the market — —
2024Q3 Top 5% — —
2024Q2 Top 5% — —
2023Q4 Top 1% in the market — —

These are the raw price moves, not how much it beat the market by. Compare them against the market over the same months — in a strong bull market almost everything is up.

Show all the numbers (large funds, value held, options…) ▾
Of them, large funds
289
Change in large funds
+29
Total value they hold
$449.0B
Funds buying for the first time
263
Funds that sold out entirely
186
Price change that quarter
—
Funds holding puts (bearish)
352
Funds holding calls (bullish)
181

These are for people who want to dig. Skip them if they do not mean anything to you — the three numbers above are enough.

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2026 Q3 holdings are due 2026-11-16. We will email you when the refreshed lists are live.