Data from 13f.info showed that the number of institutional holders of MicroStrategy jumped from 667 to 738, with a total reported value of $15.3 billion.
The world's second-largest asset manager, Vanguard Group, and Capital International Investors each bought nearly 16 million shares of MicroStrategy in the third quarter, with both firms increasing their MSTR holdings by about 1,000%.
Investment banking giant Morgan Stanley bought 8 million shares, a 500% quarter-over-quarter surge. Goldman Sachs and Bank of America bought smaller amounts (696,000 and 766,00 respectively), but that followed big purchases in the previous quarter. Meanwhile, State Street and Susquehanna also bought 5.3 million shares of MSTR.
It’s worth noting that these holdings are relatively minuscule compared to the companies’ larger holdings: Vanguard, for example, owns 800 million shares of Amazon.