ROYAL BK CDA RY
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 780087102 · ISIN CA7800871021
Financial institution in Canada
* 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 ($1.5bn this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $100.25. Options: 23 managers hold calls ($552.3m notional), 25 hold puts ($425.4m).
Trends to Q1 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 612 |
| Q4 2022 | 658 |
| Q1 2023 | 662 |
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 2022 | 250 | 240 |
| Q1 2023 | 266 | 261 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $436.9m | $479.3m | 1.10 |
| Q4 2022 | $579.0m | $802.2m | 1.39 |
| Q1 2023 | $552.3m | $425.4m | 0.77 |
Biggest buyers
| FMR LLC | Added | +16.9m |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ | Added | +3.3m |
| BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA | Added | +2.4m |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK | Added | +2.0m |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. | Added | +1.5m |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ | Added | +890.3k |
| NORGES BANK | Added | +840.6k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board | Added | +656.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | +564.5k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +319.0k |
Biggest sellers
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -3.8m |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Reduced | -3.3m |
| FIL Ltd | Reduced | -1.2m |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. | Reduced | -1.1m |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD | Reduced | -982.2k |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp | Reduced | -784.2k |
| TD Asset Management Inc | Reduced | -637.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -515.6k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE | Reduced | -376.5k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -375.6k |
Biggest calls
| SIG North Trading, ULC | Added | $99.5m1.0m shares |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. | Added | $92.7m969.8k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $83.8m876.2k shares |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | $81.2m850.0k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $67.9m525.0k shares |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ | Reduced | $25.9m196.3k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $21.5m225.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $21.1m220.3k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $19.5m204.5k shares |
| NewGen Asset Management Ltd | New | $6.7m70.0k shares |
Biggest puts
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $80.8m625.0k shares |
| SIG North Trading, ULC | Reduced | $66.2m693.0k shares |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. | Added | $50.7m530.3k shares |
| Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. | New | $48.1m500.0k shares |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | $40.6m425.0k shares |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ | Added | $39.1m297.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $16.8m176.0k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $15.0m156.4k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $13.1m137.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $12.9m135.2k 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.
Insider purchases and sales in Q1 2023
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 Q1 2023.
Holders, Q1 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 2.12% of their portfolio | 73.9m $7.1bn | Reduced -3.3m |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 4.04% of their portfolio | 72.7m $9.6bn | Added +3.3m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.13% of their portfolio | 52.0m $5.0bn | Added +262.5k |
| FMR LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 31.4m $3.0bn | Added +16.9m |
| TD Asset Management Inc 3.10% of their portfolio | 26.9m $2.6bn | Reduced -637.2k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 3.99% of their portfolio | 26.7m $2.6bn | Reduced -360.6k |
| BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA 7.53% of their portfolio | 26.6m $2.5bn | Added +2.4m |
| CIBC WORLD MARKET INC. 7.80% of their portfolio | 22.6m $2.2bn | Added +1.5m |
| FIL Ltd 2.47% of their portfolio | 22.5m $2.2bn | Reduced -1.2m |
| TORONTO DOMINION BANK 3.30% of their portfolio | 21.1m $2.0bn | Added +2.0m |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 4.69% of their portfolio | 18.2m $1.7bn | Added +890.3k |
| 1832 Asset Management L.P. 3.56% of their portfolio | 18.1m $1.7bn | Reduced -342.7k |
| NORGES BANK 0.37% of their portfolio | 17.7m $1.7bn | Added +840.6k |
| CIBC Asset Management Inc 4.85% of their portfolio | 12.5m $1.2bn | Reduced -208.0k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.22% of their portfolio | 11.6m $1.1bn | Added +310.2k |
| Beutel, Goodman & Co Ltd. 6.12% of their portfolio | 10.9m $1.0bn | Reduced -37.8k |
| SCOTIA CAPITAL INC. 5.71% of their portfolio | 8.2m $782.8m | Added +42.8k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 3.95% of their portfolio | 7.6m $729.1m | Reduced -1.1m |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.40% of their portfolio | 7.5m $715.8m | Reduced -376.5k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.25% of their portfolio | 7.3m $701.9m | Reduced -29.3k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.99% of their portfolio | 6.5m $623.6m | Reduced -982.2k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.07% of their portfolio | 5.8m $552.0m | Added +79.9k |
| TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. 6.99% of their portfolio | 5.2m $675.1m | Reduced -147.6k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 4.6m $438.1m | Added +85.2k |
| Fiera Capital Corp 1.23% of their portfolio | 4.3m $412.7m | Reduced -182.4k |
| Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec 4.18% of their portfolio | 3.8m $379.7m | Reduced -104.9k |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND 1.96% of their portfolio | 3.6m $345.4m | Reduced -1.9k |
| Alberta Investment Management Corp 3.34% of their portfolio | 3.6m $344.0m | Reduced -784.2k |
| Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Group, Inc. 0.25% of their portfolio | 3.5m $332.9m | Reduced -43.2k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.3m $318.8m | Added +319.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.08% of their portfolio | 3.2m $303.3m | Reduced -3.8m |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.08% of their portfolio | 3.0m $283.4m | Reduced -515.6k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.8m $268.9m | Added +564.5k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.09% of their portfolio | 2.8m $266.5m | Reduced -6.1k |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec 0.75% of their portfolio | 2.8m $262.7m | Added +158.4k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.12% of their portfolio | 2.6m $245.2m | Reduced -12.1k |
| JARISLOWSKY, FRASER Ltd 1.35% of their portfolio | 2.3m $219.2m | Reduced -27.3k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 2.3m $216.2m | Reduced -22.7k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.22% of their portfolio | 2.2m $213.1m | Added +72.8k |
| GUARDIAN CAPITAL LP 6.75% of their portfolio | 2.2m $211.7m | Reduced -68.6k |
| BRITISH COLUMBIA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT Corp 2.06% of their portfolio | 2.1m $197.2m | Reduced -150.5k |
| LETKO, BROSSEAU & ASSOCIATES INC 3.63% of their portfolio | 2.0m $193.9m | Reduced -18.0k |
| AGF MANAGEMENT LTD 1.28% of their portfolio | 2.0m $186.9m | Added +54.7k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.8m $168.3m | Reduced -285.5k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.7m $160.3m | Added +1.6k |
| Canoe Financial LP 2.14% of their portfolio | 1.6m $153.4m | First filing |
| OMERS ADMINISTRATION Corp 2.33% of their portfolio | 1.6m $151.0m | Unchanged |
| CIDEL ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 6.83% of their portfolio | 1.6m $148.8m | Reduced -5.5k |
| MONTRUSCO BOLTON INVESTMENTS INC. 2.77% of their portfolio | 1.4m $134.2m | Reduced -27.7k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.2m $117.0m | Reduced -25.4k |
| Triasima Portfolio Management inc. 9.53% of their portfolio | 1.2m $115.2m | Reduced -39.2k |
| Cardinal Capital Management, Inc. 6.15% of their portfolio | 1.2m $113.2m | Reduced -33.1k |
| Korea Investment CORP 0.32% of their portfolio | 1.1m $108.6m | Reduced -69.5k |
| BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA TRUST CO 11.57% of their portfolio | 1.1m $105.3m | Reduced -18.8k |
| Amundi 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.1m $104.3m | Added +90.3k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 1.0m $98.6m | Reduced -66.4k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.74% of their portfolio | 1.0m $98.2m | Added +656.1k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 993.8k $95.0m | Added +90.1k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.18% of their portfolio | 967.9k $92.4m | Reduced -67.9k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.22% of their portfolio | 937.6k $89.6m | Added +8.9k |
| DekaBank Deutsche Girozentrale 0.21% of their portfolio | 892.0k $84.1m | Reduced -55.1k |
| Addenda Capital Inc. 4.48% of their portfolio | 842.8k $108.9m | Reduced -21.2k |
| Scheer, Rowlett & Associates Investment Management Ltd. 6.64% of their portfolio | 837.4k $80.1m | Reduced -45.0k |
| MORGUARD LINCLUDEN GLOBAL INVESTMENTS Ltd 8.98% of their portfolio | 806.9k $77.0m | Added +12.2k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 802.5k $76.7m | Added +1.6k |
| REGIONS FINANCIAL CORP 0.68% of their portfolio | 795.4k $76.0m | Reduced -1.2k |
| Candriam S.C.A. 0.44% of their portfolio | 723.3k $63.6m | Added +98.6k |
| Dixon Mitchell Investment Counsel Inc. 4.27% of their portfolio | 714.9k $68.3m | Added +11.8k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.20% of their portfolio | 686.1k $65.5m | Reduced -69.6k |
| Value Partners Investments Inc. 5.26% of their portfolio | 671.6k $64.1m | Reduced -3.5k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 640.2k $61.2m | Added +10.5k |
| QV Investors Inc. 5.45% of their portfolio | 611.5k $58.4m | Reduced -19.1k |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. 0.67% of their portfolio | 563.3k $53.8m | Reduced -17.0k |
| INTACT INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC. 2.18% of their portfolio | 552.2k $52.8m | Added +240.8k |
| PICTET ASSET MANAGEMENT SA 0.06% of their portfolio | 526.6k $50.3m | Reduced -6.8k |
| GUARDIAN CAPITAL ADVISORS LP 5.80% of their portfolio | 517.0k $50.4m | Reduced -3.6k |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) 0.24% of their portfolio | 514.4k $49.1m | Added +29.3k |
| Onex Canada Asset Management Inc. 2.66% of their portfolio | 509.9k $48.8m | Reduced -43.5k |
| Nexus Investment Management ULC 5.33% of their portfolio | 505.4k $48.3m | Reduced -3.5k |
| Northwest & Ethical Investments L.P. 1.57% of their portfolio | 496.0k $47.4m | Reduced -8.2k |
| Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (publ) 0.32% of their portfolio | 474.9k $45.4m | Added +2.7k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 421.7k $40.3m | Reduced -285.2k |
| Ilmarinen Mutual Pension Insurance Co 0.55% of their portfolio | 420.6k $40.4m | Unchanged |
| UBS Group AG 0.02% of their portfolio | 419.5k $40.1m | Reduced -49.2k |
| AVIVA PLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 410.1k $39.2m | Reduced -14.6k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 407.7k $41.4m | Added +37.1k |
| Cumberland Partners Ltd 3.81% of their portfolio | 406.9k $38.9m | Added +6.0k |
| AXA S.A. 0.13% of their portfolio | 403.0k $38.5m | Added +31.9k |
| FORSTA AP-FONDEN 0.44% of their portfolio | 393.9k $37.6m | Added +46.5k |
| VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT N.V. 0.95% of their portfolio | 384.0k $50.0m | Reduced -3.0k |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. 2.86% of their portfolio | 350.2k $33.5m | Reduced -34.0k |
| O'SHAUGHNESSY ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.51% of their portfolio | 341.7k $32.7m | Reduced -1.5k |
| Unigestion Holding SA 1.75% of their portfolio | 340.0k $32.3m | Reduced -2.6k |
| CAPTRUST FINANCIAL ADVISORS 0.14% of their portfolio | 335.2k $32.0m | Reduced -311 |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 322.6k $30.8m | Reduced -256 |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 316.4k $30.2m | Added +93.8k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.03% of their portfolio | 303.0k $29.0m | Reduced -3.6k |
| USS Investment Management Ltd 0.37% of their portfolio | 282.1k $27.0m | Unchanged |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.01% of their portfolio | 280.7k $27.0m | Added +2.5k |
| NICOLA WEALTH MANAGEMENT LTD. 2.60% of their portfolio | 276.1k $26.4m | Unchanged |