Banco Santander, S.A.
SEC Form 13F institutional filer · CIK 0000891478
13F-HR · 269 reported holdings · 2026-03-31
Spanish banking group with asset management operations.
Reported long-US-equity value
$6.78B
Top-10 concentration
41.1%
Banco Santander, S.A. — $6.78B AUM allocation strategy
Banco Santander, S.A. files SEC Form 13F and reports $6.78B of long US equity value across 269 reported holdings for 2026-03-31.
Its largest sector bet is Information Technology 24.3%, followed by Communication Services 9.3% and Consumer Discretionary 4.3%.
The top 10 holdings account for 41% of reported value — a broadly spread portfolio. The sector and industry splits below are of the same reported value. Track quarter-over-quarter adds, trims, new positions and exits below — sourced from SEC 13F filings, public domain.
Banco Santander, S.A. — latest SEC 13F insights
Reported long-US-equity value (13F AUM)
$6.78B
total across 269 reported holdings · 2026-03-31 · excludes shorts, cash, non-US
Top-10 concentration
41% of value
higher = narrower conviction; lower = spread / hedging
Biggest adds (shares)
+$MSFT +802K sh · +$179M+$MDLZ +573K sh · +$33.2M+$KO +330K sh · +$29.5M
Biggest trims (shares)
−$KHC −382K sh · −$9.49M−$AVGO −326K sh · −$130M−$HAS −287K sh · −$23.2M
Exited to nil (held last quarter, gone now)
$KKR ($23.6M last qtr)$NDAQ ($10.2M last qtr)$XLK ($9.1M last qtr)$RL ($7.89M last qtr)$NI ($7.54M last qtr)
Sector allocation (share of reported value)
each slice is a share of the reported long-US-equity value — smaller sectors and the rest of the book roll into “Other holdings”
Qtr shift = share-point change vs the prior quarter's filing — first period tracked for this filer; the column fills in with the next quarterly refresh.
Industry allocation (share of reported value)
- Systems Software10.0%—
- Semiconductors9.0%—
- Interactive Media & Services8.0%—
- Technology Hardware, Storage & Peripherals5.3%—
- Broadline Retail4.3%—
- Diversified Banks3.4%—
- Pharmaceuticals1.6%—
- Integrated Oil & Gas1.5%—
- Other holdings56.9%—
the finer GICS cut of the same book — same denominator — smaller industries roll into “Other holdings”
Qtr shift = share-point change vs the prior quarter's filing — first period tracked for this filer; the column fills in with the next quarterly refresh.
Top S&P 500 holdings
9 of 9 rows · sorted by Value ↓
| Ticker | Holding | Shares | Value | Δ QoQ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 1.84M | $680M | +802K | 10.0% |
| $NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 2.64M | $460M | -248K | 6.8% |
| $AAPL | Apple Inc | 1.4M | $356M | -230K | 5.3% |
| $AMZN | Amazon.com Inc | 1.4M | $292M | -268K | 4.3% |
| $GOOG | Alphabet Inc. Class C Capital Stock | 718K | $207M | -61.8K | 3.0% |
| $META | Meta Platforms Inc | 308K | $176M | -195K | 2.6% |
| $GOOGL | Alphabet Inc | 555K | $159M | -42.8K | 2.3% |
| $JPM | JP Morgan Chase & Co | 524K | $154M | +47.7K | 2.3% |
| $AVGO | Broadcom Inc | 480K | $149M | -326K | 2.2% |
…and 260 more holdings in the full 13F filing (top positions only shown).
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How to read Δ QoQ — the five insight categories, and the caveats
The categories. Analysts, quants and retail traders look past total portfolio value to isolate actionable signals. Five categories matter.
Conviction & concentration shifts
New positions vs complete exits — a brand-new stock signals high conviction; a full liquidation suggests a broken thesis or tax-loss harvesting. Aggressive sizing — look at share count, not dollars: a 20% share increase during a drawdown is strong dip-buying. Concentration — a narrowing top-5/10 means conviction; spreading capital across more names means hedging.
Sector & macro allocation rotations
Aggregating Δ QoQ moves across sectors shows where smart money is leaning in or sneaking out — rotating out of growth into defensives or energy, for example. The fund's total long equity exposure quarter-over-quarter is a proxy for overall institutional risk appetite.
Crowding & smart-money consensus
When several managers initiate or expand the same stock in the same quarter, that is institutional consensus. Contrarian reads: top pickers buying hard into a beaten-down name the market is selling.
Derivative & option overlays
Reported call/put changes indicate whether managers are adding downside hedges or leveraging upside exposure. Note: a long increase may be half of a market-neutral pair trade.
Who reads this
| Retail "cloners" | High-conviction ideas to replicate ~45 days after quarter-end. |
| Corporate IR | Which funds bought or dumped the stock, before the next call. |
| Quant / algo traders | Cross-sectional factor inputs: flow, momentum, ownership. |
Four caveats before you trade on it
- 45-day lag — holdings are quarter-end; positions may already be closed.
- Long-only — 13Fs miss shorts, pair trades and cash.
- No non-US / fixed income — the picture is US equities plus options.
- Corporate actions — splits and spinoffs distort raw share deltas.
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