Who Owns META Stock? Q2 2026 Institutional Holders

Published: 2026-09-23 · Data: 2026-Q2 13F Filings

5,060 institutional investors reported holding Meta Platforms stock in Q2 2026, up 0.5% from 5,034 in Q1 2026. Turnover was heavier than the net number suggests: 165 funds opened new positions while 190 closed theirs out entirely.

Holder count trend

The number of 13F filers reporting a META position has climbed for four of the last five quarters, with the sharpest jump — 4.9% — in Q4 2025. Growth has slowed since then: Q1 2026 actually saw a slight dip of -0.2%, before Q2 2026 returned to modest growth of 0.5%. Over the full five-quarter window, the holder base has grown from 4,717 to 5,060, a cumulative increase of 7.3%.

New vs. closed positions

Among managers that filed both Q1 and Q2 2026, 165 opened a brand-new META position and 190 closed one out completely. That's a net decline of 25 in new-versus-closed activity, even though the total holder count still rose by 26 — implying some managers who held META in Q1 but weren't captured in the both-quarters comparison set, or funds newly registering as 13F filers this quarter, offset the gap. In relative terms, closures (190) outnumbered new positions (165) by about 15%, meaning more managers walked away from META than picked it up fresh, even as the headline holder count edged higher.

Largest new positions

These are the biggest new META stakes by how large a share of each fund's own portfolio the position represents, not by dollar size:

Full exits

The largest full exits, ranked by how big the position had been in each fund's Q1 2026 portfolio:

Cat Rock Capital Management had made META its largest disclosed conviction bet of the group before exiting — 17.65% of its own book in Q1 2026.

Highest-conviction holders

These funds have the largest share of their own reported portfolio in META. Several are small, single- or few-stock vehicles where one position can dominate the filing — this is a measure of concentration, not a signal to follow:

None of these positions imply a fund is bullish on META or that readers should follow it — they simply made META a large part of their own book, which for a small vehicle can be one or two trades.

What to watch at the Q3 2026 deadline

Q3 2026 13F filings are due by 2026-11-16. Worth tracking: whether the 165-vs-190 new-versus-closed gap narrows or widens, whether any of the six full exits above show up as re-entries, and whether the holder count keeps climbing after two quarters of near-flat growth. Readers can track META fund activity in aggregate on the sector heatmap, check how crowded the trade is, or see which funds overlap on the position. The fund rankings page and early filer tracker are also useful once Q3 filings start landing.

Methodology: Counts include every 13F filer (hedge funds, asset managers, banks, advisers). New/closed positions compare only managers that filed both Q1 and Q2 2026. Options (puts/calls) excluded. Conviction is position size as a percentage of the manager's own reported portfolio. Stocks whose CUSIP changed this quarter (spin-offs, re-domiciles) are excluded from buy/sell rankings. 13F filings are due up to 45 days after quarter end, cover US long equity positions only (no shorts, no cash, no bonds), and options are excluded from these counts. Source data: SEC EDGAR 13F filings, processed by 13Foresight.

Source: 13Foresight analysis of SEC Form 13F filings. 13F data reflects long US equity positions held at quarter-end and is filed up to 45 days after quarter close. This article is for information only and is not investment advice.