13FPulse
RY

RY ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

2026Q2 · CUSIP 780087102 · Sector: Financials

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
966
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+21
Last quarter 945 → now 966
How unusual is that
Top 20%
Stronger buying than 84% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

966 funds held RY at the end of 2026Q2, up 21 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 83.9% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. RY has had 24 buying rushes in its history, and the price moved +1.5% on average over the six months after (that is the raw price move, not how much it beat the market by). It sits in the Financials 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=336 2013Q4: holders=351 2014Q1: holders=356 2014Q2: holders=370 2014Q3: holders=378 2014Q4: holders=394 2015Q1: holders=387 2015Q2: holders=392 2015Q3: holders=382 2015Q4: holders=422 2016Q1: holders=411 2016Q2: holders=412 2016Q3: holders=414 2016Q4: holders=448 2017Q1: holders=446 2017Q2: holders=450 2017Q3: holders=461 2017Q4: holders=524 2018Q1: holders=524 2018Q2: holders=506 2018Q3: holders=525 2018Q4: holders=521 2019Q1: holders=541 2019Q2: holders=533 2019Q3: holders=541 2019Q4: holders=565 2020Q1: holders=510 2020Q2: holders=503 2020Q3: holders=519 2020Q4: holders=578 2021Q1: holders=582 2021Q2: holders=599 2021Q3: holders=608 2021Q4: holders=653 2022Q1: holders=673 2022Q2: holders=639 2022Q3: holders=611 2022Q4: holders=660 2023Q1: holders=661 2023Q2: holders=646 2023Q3: holders=640 2023Q4: holders=675 2024Q1: holders=667 2024Q2: holders=675 2024Q3: holders=722 2024Q4: holders=776 2025Q1: holders=762 2025Q2: holders=795 2025Q3: holders=832 2025Q4: holders=913 2026Q1: holders=945 2026Q2: holders=966 -81 -40.5 +0 +40.5 +81 3026591015 13Q315Q116Q318Q119Q321Q122Q324Q125Q326Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 24 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 20%
2026Q1 Top 10% +12.6%
2025Q4 Top 5% -3.1% +10.4%
2025Q3 Top 10% +17.7% +16.0%
2025Q2 Top 10% +7.3% +7.4%
2024Q4 Top 10% -3.6% +6.7%
2024Q3 Top 5% -0.7% -2.1%
2023Q4 Top 20% +3.2% +10.3%

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
242
Change in large funds
+14
Total value they hold
$129.4B
Funds buying for the first time
125
Funds that sold out entirely
104
Price change that quarter
+10.8%
Funds holding puts (bearish)
22
Funds holding calls (bullish)
23

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

8,697 institutions have filed for this quarter. 13F permits late filing and a small number arrive in the weeks after the deadline, so the holder counts and changes below may tick up.

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