Crowding Universe

Most Crowded 13F Stocks — Q3 2023

This archive ranks Q3 2023's 15 most crowded stocks by the number of distinct institutional investors — hedge funds, family offices, and endowments — reporting the name in SEC Form 13F filings, alongside each position's median portfolio weight.

Data as of Q3 2023

In Q3 2023, AMZN (Amazon.com) was the most institutionally crowded stock in the 13F universe, held by 96 funds.

The Q3 2023 crowding universe covers the 150 most-held stocks reported in SEC Form 13F filings across 347 institutional investors.

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Top 15 Most Crowded Stocks Q3 2023

Ranked by the number of distinct institutions holding the name from SEC Form 13F-HR filings · change versus Q2 2023.

Top 15 most crowded stocks reported in SEC Form 13F-HR filings as of Q3 2023 — ranked by the number of distinct 13F filers holding the name.
# Ticker / Company Sector Funds Δ QoQ Median Wt Trend
1 AMZN AMAZON.COM Consumer Cyclical 96 ↑ 6 4.8%
2 MSFT MICROSOFT Technology 94 ↑ 3 6.0%
3 GOOGL ALPHABET CL A Communication Services 75 ↑ 10 4.2%
4 META META PLATFORMS INC Communication Services 75 ↑ 3 7.4%
5 GOOG ALPHABET CL C Communication Services 62 ↑ 5 5.2%
6 V VISA Financial Services 57 0 4.6%
7 TSM TAIWAN SEMIC-ADR Technology 40 ↑ 1 2.3%
8 CRM SALESFORCE INC Technology 40 0 4.0%
9 NVDA NVIDIA CORPORATION COM Technology 40 ↑ 2 4.9%
10 BABA ALIBABA GRP-ADR Consumer Cyclical 38 ↑ 2 1.6%
11 MA MASTERCARD INCORPORATED Financial Services 37 ↓ 1 4.6%
12 BRK/B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY B Financial Services 34 0 2.4%
13 UBER UBER TECHNOLOGIES INC Technology 33 ↑ 3 2.9%
14 UNKNOWN ABOVENET INC Unknown 31 ↓ 6 0.0%
15 AAPL APPLE Technology 31 ↑ 2 1.0%

Crowding metrics are derived from SEC Form 13F-HR filings submitted by institutional investment managers. For each security we count the number of distinct filers reporting a long position and the median portfolio weight across those filers. See the full crowding tracker for methodology, FAQ, and the interactive 3D universe.