The 10 Stocks Hedge Funds Own Most in 2026, From Their Own Filings
Ask ten market commentators what the smart money owns and you will get ten guesses. Ask the SEC and you get an answer: every institution running over $100 million must file its US holdings quarterly on form 13F. We track 100+ of the most followed funds and aggregate their latest filings, counting common stock only, not options.
The most crowded holdings among 105 funds
Counted from the 13F filings themselves. Microsoft is held by more of the funds we track than any other company, which is exactly what makes it a crowded trade rather than a clever one.
Source: SteadyShares analysis of 107,302 SEC 13F holdings, Q1 2026
The consensus list
1. Microsoft (MSFT), held by 56 of our tracked funds, $38.9 billion combined
2. Alphabet Class A (GOOGL), 53 funds, $57.4 billion
3. Amazon (AMZN), 51 funds, $40.7 billion
4. Alphabet Class C (GOOG), 49 funds, $25.5 billion
5. Meta Platforms (META), 45 funds, $25.4 billion
6. Visa (V), 42 funds, $23.9 billion
7. Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM), 40 funds, $24.3 billion
8. Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.B), 38 funds, $20.0 billion
9. Apple (AAPL), 37 funds, $95.5 billion
10. Mastercard (MA), 35 funds, $10.3 billion
Apple is a good reminder that holder count and conviction are different things: fewer funds own it than own Microsoft, but the ones that do own it in size, led by Berkshire's $57.8 billion stake.
Crowding cuts both ways
A name on every book can mean fifty independent teams reached the same conclusion, or it can mean everyone is standing in the same doorway. The interesting work starts when you ask which funds own it, at what weight, and whether they added or trimmed last quarter. That per-fund detail, weights, quarter-over-quarter changes and all, is on [SteadyShares's Smart Money desk](/app/gurus), free to browse.
13F filings report US-listed long positions only, with up to 45 days' delay. Educational information, not financial advice.
The bottom line
We read the latest 13F filings of 100+ tracked funds. These ten stocks appear in the most books, and the dollar amounts are larger than you might guess.
We publish the underlying analysis, with the method and the limitations printed next to it, in our 13F research. If you want the theory first, start with what a 13F cannot tell you.
This is educational information, not financial advice.
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