50% buyers of institutions opening or closing positions this quarter
2 more new buyers than exits, ownership rose 124.64 percentage points vs the prior quarter, and no widely-followed fund managers in the top 25.
50% buyers of institutions opening or closing positions this quarter
200.0% institutional ownership
Artisan Partners Limited portfolio allocation
Institutional ownership vs Banks - Diversified peers
No Form 4 insider transactions on file
Latest positioning in C across 13F flow, ownership shift, marquee holders, and holder-count growth.
Ranked by reported Q1 2026 13F market value
Share of total reported institutional value in C held by the largest 10 / 25 filers.
| # | Institution | Shares Held | Market Value | QoQ Change | Ownership % | % of Fund |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Employees Provident Fund Board | 21.3M | $1.03T | — | 1.219% | 1.60% |
| 2 | BlackRock, Inc. | 153.8M | $17.44B | -5.7% | 8.800% | 0.30% |
| 3 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 109.7M | $12.44B | — | 6.275% | 0.31% |
| 4 | American State Bank (Iowa) | 468K | $9.45B | — | 0.027% | 0.93% |
| 5 | STATE STREET CORP | 78.0M | $8.85B | -2.3% | 4.466% | 0.31% |
| 6 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 42.3M | $4.79B | -2.2% | 2.421% | 0.30% |
| 7 | Capital World Investors | 40.7M | $4.62B | -12.8% | 2.330% | 0.63% |
| 8 | FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | 39.0M | $4.42B | +14.0% | 2.230% | 1.08% |
| 9 | Fisher Asset Management, LLC | 35.2M | $3.99B | +3.9% | 2.015% | 1.35% |
| 10 | VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 32.5M | $3.68B | — | 1.857% | 0.20% |
| 11 | FMR LLC | 30.0M | $3.40B | -3.2% | 1.714% | 0.18% |
| 12 | SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | 27.9M | $3.16B | -3.2% | 1.596% | 0.35% |
| 13 | MORGAN STANLEY | 27.8M | $3.16B | +3.3% | 1.593% | 0.19% |
| 14 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | 26.9M | $3.05B | +2.8% | 1.538% | 0.22% |
| 15 | Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 23.4M | $2.66B | -0.5% | 1.341% | 0.49% |
| 16 | NORTHERN TRUST CORP | 18.9M | $2.14B | -1.7% | 1.080% | 0.28% |
| 17 | Invesco Ltd. | 16.3M | $1.85B | +7.7% | 0.933% | 0.28% |
| 18 | Legal & General Group Plc | 13.6M | $1.55B | -1.4% | 0.780% | 0.36% |
| 19 | MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ | 13.4M | $1.52B | -12.2% | 0.764% | 0.51% |
| 20 | CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | 12.6M | $1.43B | -0.1% | 0.722% | 0.22% |
| 21 | Nuveen, LLC | 12.5M | $1.41B | -5.3% | 0.713% | 0.38% |
| 22 | Amundi | 12.1M | $1.38B | +3.2% | 0.694% | 0.37% |
| 23 | AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | 11.6M | $1.32B | -13.1% | 0.665% | 0.31% |
| 24 | Artisan Partners Limited Partnership | 11.5M | $1.30B | -1.1% | 0.658% | 2.09% |
| 25 | UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC | 11.3M | $1.28B | -1.3% | 0.644% | 0.27% |
denotes a marquee investor (Buffett, Burry, ARK, Tiger Global, Pershing Square, Baupost and other widely-followed managers). “% of Fund” shows how much of that investor’s total 13F portfolio is invested in C — a direct measure of their conviction.
Filings activity in C during Q1 2026, grouped by how each filer changed its position.
Institutions that opened a new C position in Q1 2026
Institutions that fully closed their C position in Q1 2026
8 quarters of 13F filings · Δ columns show change vs prior quarter
| Quarter | Inst. Holders | Δ Holders | Ownership % | Δ Ownership | Total 13F Value | Δ Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | 2,385 | +0.1% | 199.99% | +124.64 pp | $1.19T | +610% |
| Q4 2025 | 2,383 | +11% | 75.35% | +11.22 pp | $167.03B | +17% |
| Q3 2025 | 2,149 | +6.9% | 64.13% | 109.53 pp | $142.16B | 63% |
| Q2 2025 | 2,011 | +2.8% | 173.66% | +124.61 pp | $384.95B | +254% |
| Q1 2025 | 1,957 | +2.5% | 49.05% | 6.65 pp | $108.72B | 12% |
| Q4 2024 | 1,909 | +11% | 55.70% | +10.62 pp | $123.47B | +24% |
| Q3 2024 | 1,719 | +0.3% | 45.08% | 55.55 pp | $99.94B | 55% |
| Q2 2024 | 1,714 | — | 100.63% | — | $223.06B | — |
Source: SEC 13F institutional filings. Ownership % requires market cap data and will show once linked. Δ columns compare to the immediately prior filed quarter.
No recent Form 4 insider transactions on file for C.
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying C stock.
Based on Q1 2026 13F filings, institutional ownership of Citigroup Inc. stands at 200.0%, held across 2,385 reporting institutions.
Employees Provident Fund Board is the largest reported institutional holder of C, with approximately 21,294,255 shares worth $1030.60B as of Q1 2026.
No marquee "smart money" managers (Berkshire, Burry, ARK, Tiger Global, Pershing Square, Baupost, etc.) currently appear among the top 25 institutional holders of C.
Our composite Smart Money Score for C is 45 out of 100 (Neutral). It combines net institutional buying activity, ownership shift, marquee investor presence, and holder-count growth.
246 institutions opened new positions in C during Q1 2026, while 244 fully exited. 633 added to existing positions and 1,494 trimmed.
C institutional ownership rose by 124.64 percentage points quarter-over-quarter, with a net change of — holders.
The top 10 institutions account for 92.8% of all reported 13F value in C, and the top 25 account for 95.4%.
All data is sourced from SEC Form 13F filings, which institutional investment managers with at least $100M in assets are required to file each quarter. We process every 13F filing from EDGAR and recompute the aggregates after each cycle. Insider transactions are sourced from Form 4 filings.