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SLF SUN LIFE FINANCIAL INC

2026Q2 · CUSIP 866796105 · Sector: Financials

Piling in

Net holder growth ranks near the top of the market

Funds that own it
483
Institutions that reported holding it to the SEC
Net increase in holders
+35
Last quarter 448 → now 483
How unusual is that
Top 10%
Stronger buying than 91% of US stocks
What the filings say, in one paragraph

483 funds held SLF at the end of 2026Q2, up 35 from the quarter before. That is stronger buying than 91.4% of US stocks — among the most piled-into names this quarter. SLF has had 12 buying rushes in its history, and the price moved +0.4% 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=190 2013Q4: holders=214 2014Q1: holders=216 2014Q2: holders=209 2014Q3: holders=209 2014Q4: holders=221 2015Q1: holders=229 2015Q2: holders=234 2015Q3: holders=232 2015Q4: holders=248 2016Q1: holders=249 2016Q2: holders=252 2016Q3: holders=251 2016Q4: holders=278 2017Q1: holders=268 2017Q2: holders=270 2017Q3: holders=279 2017Q4: holders=311 2018Q1: holders=310 2018Q2: holders=308 2018Q3: holders=314 2018Q4: holders=299 2019Q1: holders=305 2019Q2: holders=302 2019Q3: holders=306 2019Q4: holders=325 2020Q1: holders=303 2020Q2: holders=298 2020Q3: holders=306 2020Q4: holders=344 2021Q1: holders=341 2021Q2: holders=323 2021Q3: holders=323 2021Q4: holders=351 2022Q1: holders=350 2022Q2: holders=347 2022Q3: holders=350 2022Q4: holders=361 2023Q1: holders=379 2023Q2: holders=379 2023Q3: holders=378 2023Q4: holders=399 2024Q1: holders=422 2024Q2: holders=397 2024Q3: holders=421 2024Q4: holders=440 2025Q1: holders=419 2025Q2: holders=445 2025Q3: holders=434 2025Q4: holders=438 2026Q1: holders=448 2026Q2: holders=483 -38 -19 +0 +19 +38 171340508 13Q315Q116Q318Q119Q321Q122Q324Q125Q326Q2 Net change in holders (bars) Total funds holding (line)

What happened after each past buying rush 12 times in its history

Quarter of the rush How unusual then Price, next 3 months Price, next 6 months
2026Q2 Top 10%
2025Q2 Top 20% +3.1% +1.4%
2024Q3 Top 20% -1.4% -9.0%
2024Q1 Top 20% -4.1% +2.9%
2023Q1 Top 10% +5.6% -1.4%
2021Q4 Top 20% +3.6% -10.4%
2020Q4 Top 20% +5.8% +11.3%
2017Q4 Top 20% -3.5% +2.1%

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
195
Change in large funds
+16
Total value they hold
$20.0B
Funds buying for the first time
77
Funds that sold out entirely
42
Price change that quarter
+10.2%
Funds holding puts (bearish)
11
Funds holding calls (bullish)
10

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