SLV Institutional Ownership
Who owns iShares Silver Trust and what the big funds did with it last quarter, from every SEC 13F filing. 1,426 funds reported holding SLV at Jun 30, 2026, together owning 26.0% of the company.
- ▼555 buying vs 703 selling
- ▼Held by funds -1.3 pts
- ▼Funds holding -141
- ▼Superinvestors: 1 added, 3 cut
- ▲Put/call 0.98 to 0.83
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 | 1,426 | 1,567 | −9.0% |
| In funds' top 10 | 31 | 47 | −34.0% |
| 13F shares | 146M | 153M | −4.9% |
| Held by funds | 26.0% | 27.4% | −1.3 pts |
| New positions | 82 | 206 | −60.2% |
| Increased | 473 | 458 | +3.3% |
| Reduced | 484 | 684 | −29.2% |
| Sold out | 219 | 169 | +29.6% |
| Calls (shares) | 32.1M | 43.1M | −25.6% |
| Puts (shares) | 26.8M | 42.1M | −36.2% |
| Put/call ratio | 0.83 | 0.98 | −15.1% |
Buyers vs sellers
adding or new vs cutting or sold outSuperinvestors in SLV
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Who owns SLV
share of fund held shares- Index and passive funds0.1%
- Active managers and hedge funds47.9%
- Banks and brokers51.6%
- Pensions, insurers and other0.4%
The top 10 holders own 44.3% of all SLV 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
955 funds changed their position- Jane Street Group, LLCTrimmed−5.6M sh
- Ctc LLCSold out−2.9M sh
- UBS Group AGAdded+1.6M sh
- Mainstay Capital Management LLC /advTrimmed−1.2M sh
- Jpmorgan Chase & CoTrimmed−1M sh
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Top holders
Q2 2026| # | Fund | Of company | Shares | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morgan Stanley | 2.40% | 13.5M | $720M | +1.2M |
| 2 | UBS Group AG | 1.87% | 10.5M | $560M | +805K |
| 3 | Bank of America Corp /de/ | 1.64% | 9.2M | $491M | +677K |
| 4 | LPL Financial LLC | 1.37% | 7.7M | $410M | +207K |
| 5 | Jane Street Group, LLC | 1.19% | 6.7M | $357M | −2.2M |
| 6 | Wells Fargo & Company/mn | 0.88% | 4.9M | $263M | −257K |
| 7 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 0.74% | 4.1M | $221M | +1.7M |
| 8 | Ctc LLC | 0.52% | 2.9M | $157M | −652K |
| 9 | Jpmorgan Chase & Co | 0.47% | 2.6M | $138M | +911K |
| 10 | Raymond James Financial Inc | 0.46% | 2.6M | $138M | +62K |
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc+1.7M sh+$89.7M
- Morgan Stanley+1.2M sh+$66.7M
- Jpmorgan Chase & Co+911K sh+$48M
- Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc.+854K sh+$45.7M
- UBS Group AG+805K sh+$43M
- Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC+760K sh+$40.7M
- Bank of America Corp /de/+677K sh+$36.2M
- Capitolis Liquid Global Markets LLC+666K sh+$35.6M
- Susquehanna International Group, LLP−6.8M sh−$362M
- Jane Street Group, LLC−2.2M sh−$115M
- Citadel Advisors LLC−2.1M sh−$114M
- Bank of Montreal /can/−1.7M sh−$89M
- Ctc LLC−652K sh−$34.9M
- Optiver Holding B.V.−629K sh−$33.7M
- Mainstay Capital Management LLC /adv−503K sh−$26.9M
- Qube Research & Technologies Ltd−368K sh−$19.7M
SLV institutional ownership FAQ
Who owns the most SLV stock?
In Q2 2026 13F filings the largest holder of SLV was Morgan Stanley, followed by UBS Group AG and Bank of America Corp /de/. Index fund managers are usually the biggest holders of large companies.
What percentage of SLV is owned by institutions?
Funds that file 13F reports held 26.0% of SLV's shares at Jun 30, 2026, compared with 27.4% a quarter earlier. That counts every manager with more than $100 million in US stocks.
Are hedge funds buying SLV?
In Q2 2026, 555 funds bought SLV (82 of them new positions) and 703 sold (219 sold out completely). Among well known investors, 1 added and 3 cut. Our fund sentiment for SLV is bearish.
What is SLV's institutional put/call ratio?
Funds reported $1.4B of SLV puts against $1.7B of calls, a put/call ratio of 0.83 (0.98 the quarter before). Market makers and bank trading desks are left out, since their options are mostly hedges.
How current is this SLV 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.