ALB Institutional Ownership
Who owns Albemarle Corp and what the big funds did with it last quarter, from every SEC 13F filing. 945 funds reported holding ALB at Jun 30, 2026, together owning 98.3% of the company.
- ▼427 buying vs 511 selling
- ▲Held by funds +6.2 pts
- ▼Funds holding -49
- ●Superinvestors: 2 added, 2 cut
- ▲Put/call 2.70 to 1.90
What the filings show, not a forecast. Positions can be up to 45 days old and leave out short sales.
Funds holding and ownership
8 quartersQuarter over quarter
all 13F filers| Q2 2026 | This quarter | Q1 2026 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Funds holding | 945 | 994 | −4.9% |
| In funds' top 10 | 2 | 4 | −50.0% |
| 13F shares | 116M | 109M | +6.8% |
| Held by funds | 98.3% | 92.1% | +6.2 pts |
| New positions | 114 | 187 | −39.0% |
| Increased | 313 | 323 | −3.1% |
| Reduced | 353 | 303 | +16.5% |
| Sold out | 158 | 111 | +42.3% |
| Calls (shares) | 1.3M | 976K | +35.0% |
| Puts (shares) | 2.4M | 2.6M | −7.7% |
| Put/call ratio | 1.90 | 2.70 | −29.4% |
Buyers vs sellers
adding or new vs cutting or sold outSuperinvestors in ALB
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Who owns ALB
share of fund held shares- Index and passive funds36.5%
- Active managers and hedge funds41.3%
- Banks and brokers19.4%
- Pensions, insurers and other2.9%
The top 10 holders own 46.3% of all ALB shares that funds reported. Groups are our own grouping of filers by name.
Put/call ratio
funds' options, market makers left outAbove 1 means funds hold more puts than calls, a sign of hedging or bets on a fall. Options are valued at the underlying shares.
Filed so far for Q3 2026
282 funds changed their position- ProShare Advisors LLCAdded+590K sh
- Assenagon Asset Management S.A.Trimmed−226K sh
- Vest Financial, LLCAdded+172K sh
- J. Safra Sarasin Holding AGTrimmed−117K sh
- Fideuram Asset Management (Ireland) dacNew+59K sh
🔒 Free account: see all 20.
Top holders
Q2 2026| # | Fund | Of company | Shares | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Capital World Investors | 8.39% | 9.9M | $1.3B | +66K |
| 2 | BlackRock, Inc. | 8.05% | 9.5M | $1.3B | +767K |
| 3 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 6.53% | 7.7M | $1B | +41K |
| 4 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 5.45% | 6.4M | $869M | +122K |
| 5 | State Street Corp | 4.66% | 5.5M | $745M | +276K |
| 6 | Barclays PLC | 2.79% | 3.3M | $445M | +2.1M |
| 7 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 2.65% | 3.1M | $422M | −304K |
| 8 | Morgan Stanley | 2.45% | 2.9M | $391M | +648K |
| 9 | Fmr LLC | 2.28% | 2.7M | $363M | +2.5M |
| 10 | Primecap Management Co/ca/ | 2.25% | 2.7M | $358M | −13K |
- Fmr LLC+2.5M sh+$331M
- Barclays PLC+2.1M sh+$278M
- Norges Bank+1.4M sh+$188M
- Qube Research & Technologies Ltd+888K sh+$120M
- BlackRock, Inc.+767K sh+$104M
- Price T Rowe Associates Inc /md/+702K sh+$94.9M
- Citadel Advisors LLC+693K sh+$93.6M
- Morgan Stanley+648K sh+$87.5M
- D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.−1.2M sh−$163M
- Two Sigma Investments, LP−860K sh−$116M
- UBS Group AG−466K sh−$62.9M
- Jpmorgan Chase & Co−452K sh−$58.8M
- Bank of America Corp /de/−433K sh−$58.5M
- Millennium Management LLC−404K sh−$54.6M
- Geode Capital Management, LLC−304K sh−$41M
- Thrivent Financial for Lutherans−298K sh−$40.2M
ALB institutional ownership FAQ
Who owns the most ALB stock?
In Q2 2026 13F filings the largest holder of ALB was Capital World Investors, followed by BlackRock, Inc. and Vanguard Capital Management LLC. Index fund managers are usually the biggest holders of large companies.
What percentage of ALB is owned by institutions?
Funds that file 13F reports held 98.3% of ALB's shares at Jun 30, 2026, compared with 92.1% a quarter earlier. That counts every manager with more than $100 million in US stocks.
Are hedge funds buying ALB?
In Q2 2026, 427 funds bought ALB (114 of them new positions) and 511 sold (158 sold out completely). Among well known investors, 2 added and 2 cut. Our fund sentiment for ALB is neutral.
What is ALB's institutional put/call ratio?
Funds reported $328M of ALB puts against $172M of calls, a put/call ratio of 1.90 (2.70 the quarter before). Market makers and bank trading desks are left out, since their options are mostly hedges.
How current is this ALB ownership data?
13F filings show holdings at the end of each quarter and are due within 45 days, so positions can be up to six weeks old when they appear. We add each new filing within minutes, and the "filed so far" list shows funds that have already reported the next quarter.
For informational and educational purposes only. Not investment advice, and not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Fund sentiment summarises what 13F filings show and is not a forecast. Holdings come from SEC Form 13F filings as reported and show positions at the end of the quarter, up to 45 days before the filing. A 13F leaves out short positions, cash, bonds and most foreign holdings. See all hedge fund holdings.