Largest Hedge Fund Buys

Stock Fund Market Value Shares Status
MS icon
1976
Morgan Stanley
MS
$251B
DCM
1976
Discovery Capital Management
Connecticut
$137M 4,296,600 New
VZ icon
1977
Verizon
VZ
$184B
BGIM
1977
Brandywine Global Investment Management
Pennsylvania
$137M 2,956,458 Increased
ET icon
1978
Energy Transfer Partners
ET
$59.9B
Morgan Stanley
1978
Morgan Stanley
New York
$137M 9,943,539 Increased
AAL icon
1979
American Airlines Group
AAL
$8.51B
Primecap Management
1979
Primecap Management
California
$137M 3,225,282 Increased
AET
1980
DELISTED
Aetna Inc
AET
BA
1980
BlackRock Advisors
Delaware
$137M 1,263,271 Increased
DFS
1981
DELISTED
Discover Financial Services
DFS
Boston Partners
1981
Boston Partners
Massachusetts
$137M 2,547,030 Increased
KMI icon
1982
Kinder Morgan
KMI
$60.9B
D.E. Shaw & Co
1982
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
$137M 9,149,287 Increased
FRT icon
1983
Federal Realty Investment Trust
FRT
$8.72B
EVM
1983
Eaton Vance Management
Massachusetts
$136M 933,620 Increased
CI icon
1984
Cigna
CI
$81B
Sanders Capital
1984
Sanders Capital
Florida
$136M 931,940 Increased
GBL
1985
DELISTED
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
GBL
GCIA
1985
Gabelli & Co Investment Advisers
New York
$136M 4,393,055 New
GOOGL icon
1986
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$2.88T
OH
1986
Orbis Holdings
Bermuda
$136M 3,503,880 New
PFE icon
1987
Pfizer
PFE
$141B
LCS
1987
Levin Capital Strategies
New York
$136M 4,447,343 Increased
GOOGL icon
1988
Alphabet (Google) Class A
GOOGL
$2.88T
Aviva
1988
Aviva
United Kingdom
$136M 3,501,040 New
ABBV icon
1989
AbbVie
ABBV
$389B
D.E. Shaw & Co
1989
D.E. Shaw & Co
New York
$136M 2,297,831 Increased
NFLX icon
1990
Netflix
NFLX
$518B
SCM
1990
Scopia Capital Management
New York
$136M 1,189,813 New
PSA icon
1991
Public Storage
PSA
$51.2B
Vanguard Group
1991
Vanguard Group
Pennsylvania
$136M 548,943 Increased
WFC icon
1992
Wells Fargo
WFC
$259B
Fidelity International
1992
Fidelity International
Bermuda
$136M 2,500,316 Increased
MSGS icon
1993
Madison Square Garden
MSGS
$4.99B
First Eagle Investment Management
1993
First Eagle Investment Management
New York
$136M 1,177,426 New
KIM icon
1994
Kimco Realty
KIM
$15.1B
JPMorgan Chase & Co
1994
JPMorgan Chase & Co
New York
$136M 5,130,887 Increased
FTNT icon
1995
Fortinet
FTNT
$61.4B
State Street
1995
State Street
Massachusetts
$136M 21,769,680 New
DAL icon
1996
Delta Air Lines
DAL
$40.1B
JPMorgan Chase & Co
1996
JPMorgan Chase & Co
New York
$136M 2,676,720 Increased
D icon
1997
Dominion Energy
D
$51B
Capital World Investors
1997
Capital World Investors
California
$136M 2,005,000 Increased
ZTS icon
1998
Zoetis
ZTS
$66.9B
T. Rowe Price Associates
1998
T. Rowe Price Associates
Maryland
$136M 2,829,469 Increased
CRM icon
1999
Salesforce
CRM
$234B
Morgan Stanley
1999
Morgan Stanley
New York
$136M 1,728,707 Increased
SRCL
2000
DELISTED
Stericycle Inc
SRCL
Wellington Management Group
2000
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
$135M 1,122,457 Increased