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 ($787.4m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 708.9m as of 2025-10-31, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $130.51. Options: 26 managers hold calls ($1.1bn notional), 28 hold puts ($1.7bn).
Trends to Q3 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 |
| Q3 2025 | 580 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Q3 2025 | 266 | 234 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | $839.8m | $1.4bn | 1.64 |
| Q1 2025 | $584.4m | $1.1bn | 1.94 |
| Q2 2025 | $833.8m | $1.9bn | 2.33 |
| Q3 2025 | $1.1bn | $1.7bn | 1.52 |
Biggest buyers
| FIL Ltd | Added | +4.0m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +4.0m |
| FMR LLC | Added | +3.2m |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +2.6m |
| TD Asset Management Inc | Added | +1.8m |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +1.3m |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc | Added | +1.1m |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ | Added | +945.2k |
| OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp | Added | +805.9k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +745.3k |
Biggest sellers
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Reduced | -65.5m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -2.0m |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | Reduced | -1.8m |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND | Reduced | -1.5m |
| BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA | Reduced | -1.2m |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. | Reduced | -1.1m |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK | Reduced | -1.1m |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC | Reduced | -1.0m |
| INTERNATIONAL ASSETS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Sold out | -585.2k |
| JARISLOWSKY, FRASER Ltd | Reduced | -566.3k |
Biggest calls
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | $527.5m4.0m shares |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK | Reduced | $140.5m1.1m shares |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ | Added | $121.4m9.3k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Unchanged | $77.0m591.1k shares |
| SIG North Trading, ULC | Reduced | $72.9m560.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $63.2m485.6k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $24.4m187.3k shares |
| Twin Tree Management, LP | Added | $19.8m151.7k shares |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. | Added | $13.0m100.0k shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Unchanged | $11.5m88.0k shares |
Biggest puts
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Reduced | $656.5m5.0m shares |
| SIG North Trading, ULC | Added | $276.0m2.1m shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $212.8m1.6m shares |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK | Reduced | $120.9m928.2k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $114.3m630.0k shares |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. | Unchanged | $84.7m650.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $69.1m530.4k shares |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ | Added | $42.6m3.3k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $24.0m184.6k shares |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. | New | $22.1m170.0k 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 Q3 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 Q3 2025.
Holders, Q3 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 1.52% of their portfolio | 65.5m $8.5bn | Reduced -65.5m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 32.3m $4.2bn | Added +149.9k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 1.57% of their portfolio | 28.5m $3.7bn | Added +112.0k |
| TD Asset Management Inc 2.02% of their portfolio | 19.1m $2.5bn | Added +1.8m |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. 3.36% of their portfolio | 12.4m $1.6bn | Reduced -1.1m |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 1.65% of their portfolio | 11.3m $1.5bn | Added +945.2k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 1.50% of their portfolio | 9.5m $1.2bn | Reduced -535.4k |
| FIL Ltd 0.84% of their portfolio | 8.2m $1.1bn | Added +4.0m |
| FMR LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 8.1m $1.1bn | Added +3.2m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 8.1m $1.1bn | Added +4.0m |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc 2.75% of their portfolio | 7.3m $949.4m | Added +1.1m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 6.6m $873.5m | Added +745.3k |
| BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 1.47% of their portfolio | 6.4m $830.6m | Reduced -1.2m |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. 1.40% of their portfolio | 6.3m $825.3m | Reduced -519.5k |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK 1.54% of their portfolio | 6.1m $794.7m | Reduced -1.1m |
| JARISLOWSKY, FRASER Ltd 4.18% of their portfolio | 5.8m $760.4m | Reduced -566.3k |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec 1.27% of their portfolio | 5.4m $706.4m | Unchanged |
| Beutel, Goodman & Co Ltd. 4.23% of their portfolio | 5.4m $702.2m | Reduced -380.2k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.13% of their portfolio | 4.5m $589.9m | Added +176.9k |
| Fiera Capital Corp 1.67% of their portfolio | 4.0m $516.3m | Added +101.7k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.35% of their portfolio | 3.9m $501.7m | Added +358.2k |
| SCOTIA CAPITAL INC. 1.97% of their portfolio | 3.6m $462.7m | Reduced -5.4k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 3.6m $463.4m | Added +5.3k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.06% of their portfolio | 3.4m $448.7m | Reduced -2.0m |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec 1.75% of their portfolio | 3.4m $444.6m | Added +283.1k |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND 0.79% of their portfolio | 3.3m $426.4m | Reduced -1.5m |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.1m $407.5m | Reduced -329.3k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.68% of their portfolio | 3.0m $389.9m | Added +2.6m |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.31% of their portfolio | 2.9m $380.8m | Reduced -428.2k |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. 2.01% of their portfolio | 2.4m $308.3m | Added +94.4k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.94% of their portfolio | 2.3m $297.0m | Added +305.7k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.2m $285.1m | Reduced -343.8k |
| UBS Group AG 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.1m $277.1m | Added +1.3m |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.0m $254.4m | Reduced -61.0k |
| LETKO, BROSSEAU & ASSOCIATES INC 3.97% of their portfolio | 1.8m $231.3m | Reduced -34.4k |
| GUARDIAN CAPITAL LP 7.23% of their portfolio | 1.7m $223.8m | Reduced -366.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.6m $209.2m | Added +545.0k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.5m $198.7m | Reduced -57.2k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.4m $179.2m | Added +118.4k |
| Newport Trust Company, LLC 0.39% of their portfolio | 1.3m $172.2m | Reduced -24.0k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 1.3m $168.9m | Reduced -25.8k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.27% of their portfolio | 1.2m $154.9m | Reduced -33.6k |
| MUFG SECURITIES (CANADA), LTD. 4.32% of their portfolio | 1.2m $154.4m | Reduced -42.1k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.1m $147.9m | Reduced -261.2k |
| OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp 1.06% of their portfolio | 1.1m $147.7m | Added +805.9k |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp 1.05% of their portfolio | 1.1m $144.4m | Reduced -373.5k |
| Cardinal Capital Management, Inc. 4.17% of their portfolio | 1.1m $144.5m | Added +1.1k |
| Aviso Financial Inc. 5.31% of their portfolio | 1.0m $130.6m | Added +195.2k |
| Amundi 0.04% of their portfolio | 969.3k $127.7m | Reduced -14.5k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.02% of their portfolio | 756.5k $98.5m | Reduced -8.6k |
| Addenda Capital Inc. 3.94% of their portfolio | 734.6k $133.2m | Added +63.4k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 641.2k $83.5m | Added +46.6k |
| BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp 0.46% of their portfolio | 621.2k $80.9m | Reduced -118.4k |
| Scheer, Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd. 4.62% of their portfolio | 594.3k $77.4m | Reduced -13.4k |
| AVIVA PLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 578.7k $75.3m | Added +34.2k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 543.8k $70.8m | Added +18.4k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 534.6k $69.7m | Reduced -5.5k |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. 2.07% of their portfolio | 525.0k $68.4m | Reduced -27.9k |
| Value Partners Investments Inc. 5.44% of their portfolio | 511.3k $66.6m | Added +4.5k |
| BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST CO 6.12% of their portfolio | 505.5k $65.8m | Reduced -4.8k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.05% of their portfolio | 502.4k $65.5m | Added +134.7k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 499.6k $65.1m | Added +96.4k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 492.9k $64.2m | Added +820 |
| Nearwater Capital Markets, Ltd 0.84% of their portfolio | 485.0k $63.2m | New |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.06% of their portfolio | 478.8k $62.3m | Added +88.9k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.01% of their portfolio | 469.9k $61.2m | Added +5.3k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.08% of their portfolio | 440.6k $57.2m | Added +6.8k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 433.5k $56.5m | Reduced -19.6k |
| State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury 0.18% of their portfolio | 417.7k $54.4m | Reduced -1.0k |
| Korea Investment CORP 0.11% of their portfolio | 412.5k $53.8m | Reduced -102.6k |
| APG Asset Management N.V. 0.13% of their portfolio | 409.3k $45.4m | Added +2.8k |
| PICTON MAHONEY ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.67% of their portfolio | 406.0k $52.9m | Reduced -310.9k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 397.5k $51.8m | Added +12.8k |
| Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 0.05% of their portfolio | 396.8k $51.7m | Reduced -6.0k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.05% of their portfolio | 370.4k $48.2m | Added +67.2k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.17% of their portfolio | 363.9k $47.4m | Reduced -1.8m |
| AGF MANAGEMENT LTD 0.26% of their portfolio | 362.6k $59.6m | Reduced -244.3k |
| Guardian Partners Inc. 3.75% of their portfolio | 338.7k $44.3m | Reduced -4.5k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 300.4k $39.1m | Reduced -70.4k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 299.0k $38.8m | Reduced -35.0k |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) 0.09% of their portfolio | 291.2k $38.0m | Reduced -15.8k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 247.8k $32.3m | Added +41.9k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 243.6k $31.7m | Added +46.9k |
| MONTRUSCO BOLTON INVESTMENTS INC. 0.34% of their portfolio | 227.1k $29.6m | Added +33.3k |
| Rempart Asset Management Inc. 5.35% of their portfolio | 221.8k $28.9m | Added +1.1k |
| INTACT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC. 0.86% of their portfolio | 217.2k $28.3m | Reduced -14.3k |
| FORSTA AP-FONDEN 0.17% of their portfolio | 214.6k $28.0m | Reduced -26.8k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 185.6k $24.2m | Reduced -6.3k |
| Candriam S.C.A. 0.12% of their portfolio | 180.6k $23.5m | Added +173.8k |
| Cardinal Point Capital Management ULC 1.62% of their portfolio | 177.4k $23.1m | Reduced -5.0k |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 164.8k $21.5m | Added +37.0k |
| Lansforsakringar Fondforvaltning AB (publ) 0.11% of their portfolio | 162.3k $21.2m | Added +8.2k |
| O'SHAUGHNESSY ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 159.7k $20.8m | Added +7.3k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 154.4k $20.1m | Reduced -471.9k |
| Varma Mutual Pension Insurance Co 0.12% of their portfolio | 149.1k $19.4m | Added +11.9k |
| AXA Investment Managers S.A. 0.05% of their portfolio | 147.7k $19.2m | First filing |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.02% of their portfolio | 147.6k $19.2m | Reduced -97.1k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.03% of their portfolio | 144.7k $18.7m | Unchanged |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. 0.44% of their portfolio | 142.2k $18.5m | Reduced -16.9k |
| Mn Services Vermogensbeheer B.V. 0.12% of their portfolio | 142.1k $18.5m | Added +3.0k |