BANK MONTREAL QUE BMO
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 063671101 · ISIN CA0636711016
Canadian investment bank
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($710.9m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $110.69. Options: 24 managers hold calls ($833.8m notional), 22 hold puts ($1.9bn).
Trends to Q2 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 457 |
| Q4 2022 | 478 |
| Q1 2023 | 472 |
| Q2 2023 | 472 |
| Q3 2023 | 460 |
| Q4 2023 | 491 |
| Q1 2024 | 494 |
| Q2 2024 | 479 |
| Q3 2024 | 472 |
| Q4 2024 | 538 |
| Q1 2025 | 559 |
| Q2 2025 | 567 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 213 | 183 |
| Q4 2023 | 201 | 211 |
| Q1 2024 | 228 | 193 |
| Q2 2024 | 203 | 236 |
| Q3 2024 | 196 | 200 |
| Q4 2024 | 271 | 170 |
| Q1 2025 | 254 | 213 |
| Q2 2025 | 239 | 246 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | $801.7m | $972.3m | 1.21 |
| Q4 2024 | $839.8m | $1.4bn | 1.64 |
| Q1 2025 | $584.4m | $1.1bn | 1.94 |
| Q2 2025 | $833.8m | $1.9bn | 2.33 |
Biggest buyers
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +73.4m |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND | Added | +3.3m |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | Added | +2.1m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +1.4m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +1.2m |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +964.1k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +939.2k |
| PICTON MAHONEY ASSET MANAGEMENT | New | +716.9k |
| INTERNATIONAL ASSETS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | New | +585.2k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +356.9k |
Biggest sellers
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. | Reduced | -3.5m |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE | Reduced | -2.7m |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ | Reduced | -2.7m |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ | Reduced | -2.4m |
| FIL Ltd | Reduced | -1.0m |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK | Reduced | -929.8k |
| BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA | Reduced | -787.5k |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc | Reduced | -442.3k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -316.5k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC | Reduced | -264.7k |
Biggest calls
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | $269.7m2.4m shares |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK | Added | $130.6m1.2m shares |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ | Added | $88.2m8.0k shares |
| SIG North Trading, ULC | Added | $79.7m720.8k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Unchanged | $65.6m591.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $55.5m502.1k shares |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ | Added | $28.2m254.5k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $25.1m226.9k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Unchanged | $15.1m100.0k shares |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Unchanged | $13.8m125.0k shares |
Biggest puts
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | $1.1bn10.1m shares |
| SIG North Trading, ULC | Added | $204.4m1.8m shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $160.6m1.4m shares |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK | Reduced | $128.6m1.2m shares |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. | Unchanged | $71.9m650.0k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $70.9m470.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $53.6m484.4k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Added | $39.8m359.6k shares |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ | Reduced | $33.5m302.1k shares |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ | Added | $22.8m2.1k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution +0.1 pts · filed 2025-07-17 | 5.1% |
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2025
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
None reported in Q2 2025.
Holders, Q2 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 1.41% of their portfolio | 131.0m $14.5bn | Added +73.4m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 32.2m $3.6bn | Added +1.2m |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 1.58% of their portfolio | 28.4m $3.1bn | Reduced -2.4m |
| TD Asset Management Inc 1.63% of their portfolio | 17.3m $1.9bn | Reduced -11.9k |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. 3.32% of their portfolio | 13.6m $1.5bn | Reduced -3.5m |
| NORGES BANK 0.15% of their portfolio | 10.7m $1.2bn | Added +273.1k |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 1.23% of their portfolio | 10.3m $1.1bn | Reduced -2.7m |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 1.44% of their portfolio | 10.1m $1.1bn | Reduced -117.6k |
| BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 1.73% of their portfolio | 7.6m $844.4m | Reduced -787.5k |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK 1.71% of their portfolio | 7.2m $797.7m | Reduced -929.8k |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. 1.32% of their portfolio | 6.9m $758.5m | Reduced -84.6k |
| JARISLOWSKY, FRASER Ltd 4.04% of their portfolio | 6.4m $707.8m | Reduced -149.4k |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc 2.16% of their portfolio | 6.2m $686.7m | Reduced -442.3k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 5.8m $655.7m | Added +939.2k |
| Beutel, Goodman & Co Ltd. 3.63% of their portfolio | 5.8m $637.9m | Reduced -204.7k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.10% of their portfolio | 5.5m $606.8m | Added +1.4m |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec 1.28% of their portfolio | 5.4m $599.4m | Unchanged |
| FMR LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 4.9m $537.8m | Reduced -119.2k |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND 1.06% of their portfolio | 4.8m $528.4m | Added +3.3m |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.12% of their portfolio | 4.3m $481.0m | Added +16.5k |
| FIL Ltd 0.39% of their portfolio | 4.2m $461.3m | Reduced -1.0m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 4.1m $453.2m | Added +158.4k |
| Fiera Capital Corp 1.45% of their portfolio | 3.9m $428.1m | Added +580 |
| SCOTIA CAPITAL INC. 1.87% of their portfolio | 3.6m $395.8m | Added +113.6k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 3.6m $393.0m | Reduced -12.2k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.33% of their portfolio | 3.5m $387.3m | Reduced -184.2k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.5m $382.6m | Reduced -187.9k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.33% of their portfolio | 3.3m $369.3m | Reduced -2.7m |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec 1.53% of their portfolio | 3.1m $347.9m | Reduced -75.4k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.5m $280.2m | Reduced -114.4k |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. 1.82% of their portfolio | 2.3m $253.6m | Reduced -62.5k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 1.03% of their portfolio | 2.2m $240.0m | Added +2.1m |
| GUARDIAN CAPITAL LP 8.15% of their portfolio | 2.1m $230.4m | Added +19.1k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.0m $222.7m | Added +72.2k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.77% of their portfolio | 2.0m $218.9m | Added +43.3k |
| LETKO, BROSSEAU & ASSOCIATES INC 3.83% of their portfolio | 1.8m $200.1m | Reduced -17.3k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.6m $175.1m | Reduced -2.5k |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp 1.29% of their portfolio | 1.5m $164.3m | Reduced -218.5k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.15% of their portfolio | 1.4m $154.8m | Added +964.1k |
| Newport Trust Company, LLC 0.36% of their portfolio | 1.3m $148.9m | Reduced -8.5k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.3m $144.7m | Reduced -70.7k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.05% of their portfolio | 1.3m $139.1m | Added +177.5k |
| MUFG SECURITIES (CANADA), LTD. 4.13% of their portfolio | 1.2m $135.8m | Added +115.4k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.25% of their portfolio | 1.2m $135.3m | Added +24.9k |
| Cardinal Capital Management, Inc. 3.84% of their portfolio | 1.1m $122.6m | Reduced -1.6k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.1m $117.4m | Added +49.1k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.0m $112.4m | Added +13.6k |
| Amundi 0.04% of their portfolio | 983.8k $110.3m | Added +281.9k |
| UBS Group AG 0.02% of their portfolio | 833.2k $92.2m | Added +127.8k |
| Aviso Financial Inc. 4.03% of their portfolio | 806.9k $89.4m | Reduced -234.8k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.02% of their portfolio | 765.1k $84.6m | Added +18.5k |
| BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp 0.48% of their portfolio | 739.6k $82.0m | Added +114.5k |
| PICTON MAHONEY ASSET MANAGEMENT 1.12% of their portfolio | 716.9k $79.1m | New |
| Addenda Capital Inc. 3.64% of their portfolio | 671.2k $101.3m | Reduced -21.8k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.12% of their portfolio | 626.3k $69.3m | Added +162.4k |
| Scheer, Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd. 4.36% of their portfolio | 607.7k $67.4m | Added +44.6k |
| AGF MANAGEMENT LTD 0.35% of their portfolio | 606.9k $77.1m | Reduced -27.9k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 594.6k $65.8m | Reduced -27.9k |
| INTERNATIONAL ASSETS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 585.2k $611.9k | New |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. 2.26% of their portfolio | 552.9k $61.3m | Reduced -87.3k |
| AVIVA PLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 544.5k $60.3m | Added +34.1k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 540.1k $59.7m | Reduced -5.2k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 525.3k $58.1m | Reduced -45.5k |
| Korea Investment CORP 0.13% of their portfolio | 515.1k $57.0m | Added +55.8k |
| BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST CO 5.55% of their portfolio | 510.3k $56.5m | Added +4.0k |
| Value Partners Investments Inc. 4.38% of their portfolio | 506.9k $56.1m | Reduced -1.3k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 492.1k $54.4m | Reduced -1.1k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.01% of their portfolio | 464.6k $51.5m | Reduced -198 |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 453.1k $50.1m | Reduced -11.1k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.08% of their portfolio | 433.7k $48.0m | Reduced -43.9k |
| State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury 0.17% of their portfolio | 418.7k $46.3m | Unchanged |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.06% of their portfolio | 411.1k $45.5m | Added +256.8k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.11% of their portfolio | 406.5k $38.3m | Added +9.4k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 403.2k $44.7m | Added +23.0k |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 0.05% of their portfolio | 402.7k $44.5m | Added +3.9k |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.05% of their portfolio | 389.8k $43.2m | Added +112.4k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 384.7k $42.6m | Added +32.2k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 370.8k $41.0m | Reduced -59.8k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 368.9k $40.8m | Added +356.9k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 367.7k $40.7m | Added +135.9k |
| Guardian Partners Inc. 3.50% of their portfolio | 343.2k $38.9m | Reduced -6.7k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 334.0k $37.0m | Reduced -4.9k |
| OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp 0.28% of their portfolio | 327.1k $36.2m | Added +107.1k |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) 0.08% of their portfolio | 306.9k $33.9m | Added +1.0k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 303.2k $33.5m | Added +43.3k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 272.0k $30.1m | Added +111.2k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.03% of their portfolio | 244.8k $27.1m | Added +2.2k |
| FORSTA AP-FONDEN 0.18% of their portfolio | 241.4k $26.7m | Added +33.0k |
| INTACT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC. 0.87% of their portfolio | 231.6k $25.7m | Reduced -59.5k |
| Rempart Asset Management Inc. 4.69% of their portfolio | 220.6k $24.4m | Reduced -3.2k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 205.9k $22.8m | Added +160.7k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 196.7k $21.8m | Added +280 |
| MONTRUSCO BOLTON INVESTMENTS INC. 0.24% of their portfolio | 193.9k $21.4m | Reduced -48.4k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 191.8k $21.2m | Added +64.4k |
| Cardinal Point Capital Management ULC 1.60% of their portfolio | 182.4k $20.2m | Reduced -975 |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 171.3k $18.9m | Reduced -316.5k |
| AXA S.A. 0.05% of their portfolio | 169.0k $18.7m | Added +56.4k |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. 0.44% of their portfolio | 159.0k $17.6m | Reduced -43.6k |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 155.7k $17.2m | Added +51.4k |
| Lansforsakringar Fondforvaltning AB (publ) 0.10% of their portfolio | 154.1k $17.0m | Reduced -8.4k |