Bank of Montreal Ownership | Who Owns Bank of Montreal?

Bank of Montreal Ownership Summary

Bank of Montreal is owned by 47.92% institutional investors, 0.16% insiders, and 51.92% retail investors. Royal bank of canada is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 8.32% of BMO shares. Vanguard Total Intl Stock Index Inv is the top mutual fund, with 1.46% of its assets in Bank of Montreal shares.

BMO Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Bank of Montreal	47.92%	0.16%	51.92%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	51.64%	15.54%	32.82%
Industry	Diversified Banks Stocks	39.43%	0.80%	59.78%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Royal bank of canada	60.56M	8.32%	$5.88B
Vanguard group	30.49M	4.19%	$2.96B
Bank of montreal /can/	29.87M	4.10%	$2.90B
Td asset management	17.62M	2.42%	$1.71B
Cibc world market	13.55M	1.87%	$1.50B
Norges bank	10.46M	1.44%	$1.01B
National bank of canada /fi/	10.31M	1.42%	$1.14B
Mackenzie financial	10.05M	1.39%	$1.11B
Bank of nova scotia	7.62M	1.05%	$844.41M
Toronto dominion bank	7.19M	0.99%	$797.67M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Guardian capital lp	2.08M	8.14%	$230.40M
Bank of nova scotia trust	510.28K	5.55%	$56.45M
Value partners investments	511.32K	5.44%	$66.61M
Rempart asset management	221.77K	5.35%	$28.92M
Aviso financial	1.03M	5.04%	$99.76M
Spartan fund management	14.20K	4.60%	$1.38M
Scheer, rowlett & associates investment management	607.70K	4.36%	$67.39M
Barometer capital management	105.57K	4.36%	$15.77M
Jarislowsky, fraser	5.83M	4.18%	$760.36M
Cardinal capital management	1.11M	4.17%	$144.47M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	10.46M	0.13%	10.46M
Royal bank of canada	60.56M	1.17%	5.23M
Healthcare of ontario pension plan trust fund	4.76M	1.03%	3.33M
Bank of montreal /can/	29.87M	1.35%	2.18M
Manufacturers life insurance company, the	6.84M	0.58%	2.04M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Canoe financial lp	-	-	-105.51M
Cibc world market	13.55M	2.97%	-3.54M
National bank of canada /fi/	10.31M	1.08%	-2.73M
Sumitomo mitsui trust	-	-	-1.71M
Alberta investment management	-	-	-1.70M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	10.46M	0.13%	10.46M	$1.01B
Campbell & co investment adviser	104.10K	0.73%	104.10K	$11.52M
Quadrature capital	29.70K	0.06%	29.70K	$3.29M
Ewing morris & co. investment partners	25.74K	1.24%	25.74K	$3.59M
Vise	21.82K	0.10%	21.82K	$2.41M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Moisand fitzgerald tamayo	-1.00
Van hulzen asset management	-2.00
Atlantic edge private wealth management	-5.00
Continuum advisory	-8.00
Cullen/frost bankers	-12.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2025	582	-	347,587,631	3.88%	47	2.27%	252	-3.08%	191	11.70%
Mar 31, 2025	578	2.66%	334,721,357	-2.74%	45	2.06%	258	-10.42%	170	22.30%
Dec 31, 2024	543	7.95%	347,459,704	4.84%	47	2.30%	278	40.40%	135	-16.15%
Sep 30, 2024	500	-1.38%	331,395,246	-6.17%	44	1.87%	197	-6.19%	160	-7.51%
Jun 30, 2024	497	-4.61%	351,000,057	-21.40%	48	1.27%	205	-9.69%	170	9.68%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard Total Intl Stock Index Inv	10.57M	1.46%	3.05K
Vanguard Developed Markets Index Admiral	6.65M	0.92%	73.58K
RBC Canadian Dividend Fund A	6.39M	0.88%	-
Vanguard Instl Ttl Intl Stk Mkt Idx TrII	5.46M	0.76%	-3.98K
BMO Equal Weight Banks ETF	5.03M	0.70%	1.04M
TD Dividend Growth - I	4.39M	0.60%	-
iShares S&P/TSX 60 ETF	3.84M	0.54%	21.27K
iShares Core S&P/TSX Capped Compost ETF	3.32M	0.46%	-3.23K
Fidelity Series Canada	3.01M	0.42%	-7.00K
JPMorgan BetaBuilders Canada ETF	2.54M	0.35%	-

BMO Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Bank of Montreal?

Bank of Montreal shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 47.92%, followed by 0.16% insiders and 51.92% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Bank of Montreal's industry, Diversified Banks Stocks, is 39.43%, which Bank of Montreal exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Bank of Montreal?

Bank of Montreal’s largest shareholders are Royal bank of canada (60.56M shares, 8.32%), Vanguard group (30.49M shares, 4.19%), and Bank of montreal /can/ (29.87M shares, 4.10%). Together, they hold 16.62% of Bank of Montreal’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Bank of Montreal?

BlackRock is not among the top 10 institutional shareholders of Bank of Montreal.

Who is Bank of Montreal’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Guardian capital lp is Bank of Montreal’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 8.14% of its assets in 2.08M Bank of Montreal shares, valued at 230.4M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Bank of Montreal shares?

Vanguard Total Intl Stock Index Inv is the top mutual fund holder of Bank of Montreal shares, with 1.46% of its total shares outstanding invested in 10.57M Bank of Montreal shares.

Try Tickergate Pro Free

Customize Everything. 100% Flexibility. Fast and Easy to Use (No code or Excel Needed)

Customize your own personal stocks lists, views and charts
Choose from hundreds of fields, up to 15 years of history
Conduct deep comparison analysis

Discover trending investment themes
Find your next best investment
Research stocks using tools