Hedge funds, university endowments, pension funds, and sovereign wealth funds have been pouring money into an elite group of 13 stocks.
Institutional investors don’t get easily swayed by the hot stocks of the day that are popular with retail investors. They are disciplined. They don’t take dumb losses. When institutions start to pour money into a company, it’s because they have done extensive analysis and believe a company is undervalued compared to the broader market. On this list, you will find real companies that are backed by real earnings and real fundamentals. These stocks have solid future growth prospects. If they didn’t, institutional investors wouldn’t be writing them a check.
You might ask, where did this proprietary list of companies even come from? No, it wasn’t stolen from a trading desk at a major bank. MarketBeat has combed through more than 5,000 SEC 13D and 13F filings issued with the SEC in the last quarter to see where institutional money is flowing. The 13 stocks on this list stick out like a sore thumb – big money investors are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into these companies.
- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Dollars
- $405,416,964,275.00
- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Shares
- 2,733,946,764
- Number of Institutional Transactions in the Last 90 Days
- 4,793
NVIDIA Corporation provides graphics and compute and networking solutions in the United States, Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, and internationally. The Graphics segment offers GeForce GPUs for gaming and PCs, the GeForce NOW game streaming service and related infrastructure, and solutions for gaming platforms; Quadro/NVIDIA RTX GPUs for enterprise workstation graphics; virtual GPU or vGPU software for cloud-based visual and virtual computing; automotive platforms for infotainment systems; and Omniverse software for building and operating metaverse and 3D internet applications.
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- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Dollars
- $59,549,913,241.00
- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Shares
- 337,929,373
- Number of Institutional Transactions in the Last 90 Days
- 2,853
Broadcom Inc designs, develops, and supplies various semiconductor devices with a focus on complex digital and mixed signal complementary metal oxide semiconductor based devices and analog III-V based products worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Semiconductor Solutions and Infrastructure Software.
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- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Dollars
- $51,897,445,001.00
- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Shares
- 231,447,375
- Number of Institutional Transactions in the Last 90 Days
- 5,135
Apple Inc designs, manufactures, and markets smartphones, personal computers, tablets, wearables, and accessories worldwide. The company offers iPhone, a line of smartphones; Mac, a line of personal computers; iPad, a line of multi-purpose tablets; and wearables, home, and accessories comprising AirPods, Apple TV, Apple Watch, Beats products, and HomePod.
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- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Dollars
- $28,930,739,103.00
- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Shares
- 138,484,226
- Number of Institutional Transactions in the Last 90 Days
- 4,501
Amazon.com, Inc engages in the retail sale of consumer products, advertising, and subscriptions service through online and physical stores in North America and internationally. The company operates through three segments: North America, International, and Amazon Web Services (AWS). It also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, Echo, Ring, Blink, and eero; and develops and produces media content.
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- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Dollars
- $28,867,480,675.00
- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Shares
- 68,239,796
- Number of Institutional Transactions in the Last 90 Days
- 5,049
Microsoft Corporation develops and supports software, services, devices and solutions worldwide. The Productivity and Business Processes segment offers office, exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, office 365 Security and Compliance, Microsoft viva, and Microsoft 365 copilot; and office consumer services, such as Microsoft 365 consumer subscriptions, Office licensed on-premises, and other office services.
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- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Dollars
- $21,626,299,034.00
- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Shares
- 42,163,926
- Number of Institutional Transactions in the Last 90 Days
- 2,672
PowerShares QQQ Trust, Series 1 is a unit investment trust that issues securities called Nasdaq-100 Index Tracking Stock. The Trust's investment objective is to provide investment results that generally correspond to the price and yield performance of the Nasdaq-100 Index. The Trust provides investors with the opportunity to purchase units of beneficial interest in the Trust representing proportionate undivided interests in the portfolio of securities held by the Trust, which consists of substantially all of the securities, in substantially the same weighting, as the component securities of the Nasdaq-100 Index.
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#7 - Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY)
- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Dollars
- $13,876,122,344.00
- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Shares
- 16,947,108
- Number of Institutional Transactions in the Last 90 Days
- 3,102
Eli Lilly and Company discovers, develops, and markets human pharmaceuticals worldwide. The company offers Basaglar, Humalog, Humalog Mix 75/25, Humalog U-100, Humalog U-200, Humalog Mix 50/50, insulin lispro, insulin lispro protamine, insulin lispro mix 75/25, Humulin, Humulin 70/30, Humulin N, Humulin R, and Humulin U-500 for diabetes; Jardiance, Mounjaro, and Trulicity for type 2 diabetes; and Zepbound for obesity.
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#8 - Chipotle Mexican Grill (NYSE:CMG)
- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Dollars
- $13,503,963,143.00
- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Shares
- 223,242,909
- Number of Institutional Transactions in the Last 90 Days
- 1,225
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, owns and operates Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurants. It sells food and beverages through offering burritos, burrito bowls, quesadillas, tacos, and salads. The company also provides delivery and related services its app and website. It has operations in the United States, Canada, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom.
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#9 - GE Vernova (NYSE:GEV)
- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Dollars
- $12,550,185,754.00
- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Shares
- 38,793,812
- Number of Institutional Transactions in the Last 90 Days
- 1,097
GE Vernova LLC, an energy business company, generates electricity. It operates under three segments: Power, Wind, and Electrification. The Power segments generates and sells electricity through hydro, gas, nuclear, and steam power. Wind segment engages in the manufacturing and sale of wind turbine blades; and Electrification segment provides grid solutions, power conversion, solar, and storage solutions.
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#10 - Exxon Mobil (NYSE:XOM)
- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Dollars
- $11,172,182,620.00
- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Shares
- 92,830,769
- Number of Institutional Transactions in the Last 90 Days
- 3,364
Exxon Mobil Corporation engages in the exploration and production of crude oil and natural gas in the United States and internationally. It operates through Upstream, Energy Products, Chemical Products, and Specialty Products segments. The Upstream segment explores for and produces crude oil and natural gas.
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- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Dollars
- $11,171,050,303.00
- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Shares
- 53,439,774
- Number of Institutional Transactions in the Last 90 Days
- 376
Zscaler, Inc operates as a cloud security company worldwide. The company offers Zscaler Internet Access solution that provides users, workloads, IoT, and OT devices secure access to externally managed applications, including software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications and internet destinations; and Zscaler Private Access solution, which is designed to provide access to managed applications hosted internally in data centers, and private or public clouds.
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#12 - Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ:COST)
- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Dollars
- $10,670,725,316.00
- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Shares
- 11,444,610
- Number of Institutional Transactions in the Last 90 Days
- 3,008
Costco Wholesale Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the operation of membership warehouses in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan, the United Kingdom, Korea, Australia, Taiwan, China, Spain, France, Iceland, New Zealand, and Sweden. The company offers branded and private-label products in a range of merchandise categories.
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- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Dollars
- $8,497,910,944.00
- Net Inflows of from Institutional Investors in Shares
- 25,869,619
- Number of Institutional Transactions in the Last 90 Days
- 2,616
Tesla, Inc designs, develops, manufactures, leases, and sells electric vehicles, and energy generation and storage systems in the United States, China, and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Automotive, and Energy Generation and Storage. The Automotive segment offers electric vehicles, as well as sells automotive regulatory credits; and non-warranty after-sales vehicle, used vehicles, body shop and parts, supercharging, retail merchandise, and vehicle insurance services.
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