Capital Research Global Investors

Long only active Low signal CIK 1422848
League rank
#6
in Long only active · #1922 overall
Long book
$644.55B
Q1 2026
Positions
458
Top-10 weight
35%
concentration
Last quarter
+14.3%
SPY +14.8%
Turnover
22%
of book per quarter

Strategy in plain words

auto-generated from filings

Capital Research Global Investors is an active long-only manager, running a $644.55B US long book across 458 positions.

The portfolio is moderately concentrated (top 10 ≈ 35% of the book). Turnover is modest: positions are typically held for years. Current anchor positions: BROADCOM INC, MICROSOFT CORP, NVIDIA CORP, AMAZON.COM INC, ELI LILLY & CO.

Over the last 9 quarters its long book ran on average 0.2pp per quarter behind the S&P 500, beating the index in 4 of 9 quarters. Signal value of individual moves is limited — treat changes as weak evidence.

Implied long-book return vs S&P 500

methodology: positions priced quarterly, no shorts/options
Fund long book S&P 500
Q1 2024
+2.3%
Q2 2024
+7.7%
Q3 2024
+0.9%
Q4 2024
-3.0%
Q1 2025
+12.2%
Q2 2025
+6.1%
Q3 2025
+2.0%
Q4 2025
-4.0%
Q1 2026
+14.3%

Sector allocation

Technology
35%
Industrials
12%
Healthcare
11%
Financials
9%
Consumer discretionary
8%
Services media
6%
Utilities
4%
Energy
4%

Long book by quarter

$441.98B
Q1 2024
$455.74B
Q2 2024
$481.14B
Q3 2024
$486.30B
Q4 2024
$459.86B
Q1 2025
$499.38B
Q2 2025
$532.97B
Q3 2025
$541.72B
Q4 2025
$644.55B
Q1 2026

What does Capital Research own?

Q1 2026 13F
CompanySectorSharesValue% of bookChange
AVGO BROADCOM INCTechnology116.0M$35.91B5.6%+34.3%
MSFT MICROSOFT CORPTechnology96.1M$35.57B5.5%+31.1%
NVDA NVIDIA CORPTechnology193.0M$33.66B5.2%+12.5%
AMZN AMAZON.COM INCConsumer discretionary118.4M$24.66B3.8%+31.5%
LLY ELI LILLY & COHealthcare24.6M$22.65B3.5%+0.3%
META META PLATFORMS INC-CLASS ATechnology30.9M$17.68B2.7%+72.9%
GOOGL ALPHABET INC-CL ATechnology57.5M$16.55B2.6%+10.5%
AAPL APPLE INCTechnology64.0M$16.25B2.5%+15.4%
PM PHILIP MORRIS INTERNATIONALConsumer staples79.8M$13.20B2.0%+46.3%
GOOG ALPHABET INC-CL CTechnology40.3M$11.56B1.8%+43.4%
RTX RTX CORPIndustrials52.3M$10.10B1.6%-31.3%
AMAT APPLIED MATERIALS INCTechnology29.5M$10.07B1.6%-9.9%
GE GENERAL ELECTRICIndustrials34.7M$9.85B1.5%+40.4%
VRTX VERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS INCHealthcare21.1M$9.43B1.5%+22.0%
SBUX STARBUCKS CORPConsumer discretionary102.3M$9.17B1.4%+24.5%
UBER UBER TECHNOLOGIES INCServices media116.3M$8.37B1.3%+2.5%
JPM JPMORGAN CHASE & COFinancials27.4M$8.06B1.3%+25.0%
CNQ CANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCESEnergy164.4M$8.02B1.2%+12.4%
LIN LINDE PLCMaterials16.1M$7.96B1.2%+58.5%
RCL ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES LTDIndustrials28.3M$7.77B1.2%+40.0%
MA MASTERCARD INC - AServices media13.9M$6.94B1.1%+28.7%
ABBV ABBVIE INCHealthcare31.3M$6.80B1.1%+23.0%
CARR CARRIER GLOBAL CORPIndustrials116.4M$6.55B1.0%+55.7%
NFLX NETFLIX INCServices media68.0M$6.54B1.0%+60.6%
WFC WELLS FARGO & COFinancials72.9M$5.80B0.9%+94.8%
XOM EXXON MOBIL CORPEnergy33.7M$5.72B0.9%+0.7%
ABT ABBOTT LABORATORIESHealthcare49.8M$5.11B0.8%+27.1%
CSCO CISCO SYSTEMS INCTechnology63.9M$4.96B0.8%New
HD HOME DEPOT INCConsumer discretionary15.0M$4.93B0.8%+47.3%
ORCL ORACLE CORPTechnology32.1M$4.73B0.7%+6.6%
MELI MERCADOLIBRE INCServices media2.7M$4.70B0.7%+22.1%
UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCFinancials17.1M$4.63B0.7%+173.3%
PGR PROGRESSIVE CORPFinancials22.6M$4.48B0.7%+102.6%
BLK BLACKROCK INCFinancials4.6M$4.43B0.7%+20.1%
UNP UNION PACIFIC CORPIndustrials16.9M$4.10B0.6%+54.0%
MDLZ MONDELEZ INTERNATIONAL INC-AConsumer staples68.3M$3.94B0.6%+131.4%
GILD GILEAD SCIENCES INCHealthcare27.1M$3.78B0.6%+7.2%
EOG EOG RESOURCES INCEnergy26.1M$3.77B0.6%+6.7%
TDG TRANSDIGM GROUP INCIndustrials3.1M$3.64B0.6%+26.9%
MDT MEDTRONIC PLCHealthcare41.9M$3.63B0.6%+21.3%
INTC INTEL CORPTechnology77.3M$3.41B0.5%+190.4%
CVNA CARVANA COConsumer discretionary10.9M$3.41B0.5%+90.3%
APH AMPHENOL CORP-CL ATechnology26.6M$3.36B0.5%+61.8%
MS MORGAN STANLEYFinancials20.3M$3.34B0.5%+31.4%
NEE NEXTERA ENERGY INCUtilities35.7M$3.31B0.5%+20.7%
TSLA TESLA INCIndustrials8.6M$3.21B0.5%+5.1%
ALNY ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS INCHealthcare9.5M$3.13B0.5%+39.7%
CNP CENTERPOINT ENERGY INCUtilities72.3M$3.12B0.5%+245.1%
D DOMINION ENERGY INCUtilities49.0M$3.03B0.5%-18.1%
APD AIR PRODUCTS & CHEMICALS INCMaterials10.4M$3.02B0.5%-12.6%

13F filing history

PeriodFormFiledEntriesReported valueFlagsSource
Q1 202613F-HRMay 13, 2026459$644.56B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202513F-HRFeb 11, 2026434$541.73B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202513F-HRNov 13, 2025433$532.97B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202513F-HRAug 13, 2025431$499.46B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202513F-HRMay 12, 2025456$459.90B canonicalSEC ↗
Q4 202413F-HRFeb 13, 2025438$486.38B canonicalSEC ↗
Q3 202413F-HRNov 13, 2024415$481.14B canonicalSEC ↗
Q2 202413F-HRAug 13, 2024414$455.74B canonicalSEC ↗
Q1 202413F-HRMay 14, 2024410$441.98B canonicalSEC ↗