Capital World Investors and Capital Research Global Investors: where the books meet
At Q2 2026, at least 53% of the two 13F books was the same, across 229 stocks both listed, against 38% at Q2 2013. Overlap is the smaller of each shared stock’s two weights, added up: the part of one book that could be swapped for the other’s without a trade.
- Q2 2013: 38%, 206 in both
- Q3 2013: 38%, 223 in both
- Q4 2013: 37%, 206 in both
- Q1 2014: 36%, 206 in both
- Q2 2014: 36%, 208 in both
- Q3 2014: 36%, 207 in both
- Q4 2014: 35%, 209 in both
- Q1 2015: 35%, 214 in both
- Q2 2015: 37%, 211 in both
- Q3 2015: 39%, 214 in both
- Q4 2015: 39%, 210 in both
- Q1 2016: 41%, 200 in both
- Q2 2016: 42%, 204 in both
- Q3 2016: 41%, 191 in both
- Q4 2016: 41%, 199 in both
- Q1 2017: 41%, 195 in both
- Q2 2017: 42%, 194 in both
- Q3 2017: 41%, 192 in both
- Q4 2017: 41%, 196 in both
- Q1 2018: 42%, 201 in both
- Q2 2018: 44%, 231 in both
- Q3 2018: 48%, 247 in both
- Q4 2018: 47%, 220 in both
- Q1 2019: 47%, 219 in both
- Q2 2019: 47%, 210 in both
- Q3 2019: 46%, 208 in both
- Q4 2019: 46%, 216 in both
- Q1 2020: 46%, 218 in both
- Q2 2020: 49%, 217 in both
- Q3 2020: 49%, 223 in both
- Q4 2020: 47%, 221 in both
- Q1 2021: 48%, 229 in both
- Q2 2021: 47%, 224 in both
- Q3 2021: 47%, 216 in both
- Q4 2021: 46%, 208 in both
- Q1 2022: 44%, 206 in both
- Q2 2022: 45%, 200 in both
- Q3 2022: 44%, 205 in both
- Q4 2022: 45%, 211 in both
- Q1 2023: 46%, 202 in both
- Q2 2023: 47%, 200 in both
- Q3 2023: 49%, 202 in both
- Q4 2023: 50%, 199 in both
- Q1 2024: 50%, 209 in both
- Q2 2024: 51%, 213 in both
- Q3 2024: 50%, 213 in both
- Q4 2024: 51%, 217 in both
- Q1 2025: 54%, 222 in both
- Q2 2025: 53%, 213 in both
- Q3 2025: 53%, 216 in both
- Q4 2025: 50%, 214 in both
- Q1 2026: 54%, 240 in both
- Q2 2026: 53%, 229 in both
Only quarters both managers filed. Where either filing has more positions than are read each quarter, a stock both hold below that range is not counted, so the figure is a floor.
What the overlap is made of, Q2 2026
Stocks both listed, by the smaller of the two weights. A weight is the stock’s share of that manager’s reported book, which says how large the position is, not how strongly it is held.
| Stock | Capital World Investors | Capital Research Global Investors |
|---|---|---|
| Broadcom Inc(AVGO) | 5.4%Added | 6.0%Trimmed |
| Alphabet Inc CL A(GOOGL) | 3.1%Added | 3.1%Added |
| Facebook Inc CL A(META) | 2.7%Trimmed | 3.1%Added |
| Nvidia Corp(NVDA) | 2.6%Trimmed | 5.7%Added |
| Microsoft Corp(MSFT) | 2.4%Trimmed | 4.9%Trimmed |
| Eli Lilly & Co(LLY) | 2.3%Added | 3.5%Trimmed |
| Philip Morris International(PM) | 2.8%Trimmed | 2.1%Added |
| Alphabet Inc CL C(GOOG) | 1.8%Trimmed | 2.1%Added |
| Amazon.com Inc(AMZN) | 1.7%Added | 4.0%Added |
| Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc(VRTX) | 1.5%Added | 1.4%Trimmed |
| Apple Inc(AAPL) | 1.3%Added | 2.4%Trimmed |
| Starbucks Corp(SBUX) | 1.1%Trimmed | 1.6%Added |
| Intel Corp(INTC) | 0.9%Trimmed | 1.4%Trimmed |
| Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD(RCL) | 0.7%Trimmed | 1.5%Added |
| Taiwan Semiconductor MFG Co ADR(TSM) | 1.9%Added | 0.7%Added |
| General Electric Co(GE) | 0.7%Added | 1.6%Trimmed |
| Netflix Inc(NFLX) | 0.7%Trimmed | 0.7%Added |
| Union Pacific Corp(UNP) | 0.9%Added | 0.6%Added |
| Canadian Natural Resources LTD(CNQ) | 1.0%Added | 0.6%Trimmed |
| Micron Technology Inc(MU) | 4.0%Trimmed | 0.6%Trimmed |
and 209 smaller ones
Moved different ways in Q2 2026
Stocks one manager started or added to while the other trimmed or sold out, between the same two quarter ends. A 13F shows the quarter ends, never when in between anything was bought or sold, or why.
- Broadcom Inc(AVGO)Capital World Investors added; Capital Research Global Investors trimmed
- Nvidia Corp(NVDA)Capital World Investors trimmed; Capital Research Global Investors added
- Eli Lilly & Co(LLY)Capital World Investors added; Capital Research Global Investors trimmed
- Philip Morris International(PM)Capital World Investors trimmed; Capital Research Global Investors added
- Facebook Inc CL A(META)Capital World Investors trimmed; Capital Research Global Investors added
- Tesla Motors Inc(TSLA)Capital World Investors added; Capital Research Global Investors trimmed
- Apple Inc(AAPL)Capital World Investors added; Capital Research Global Investors trimmed
- Applied Materials Inc(AMAT)Capital World Investors added; Capital Research Global Investors trimmed
- Alphabet Inc CL C(GOOG)Capital World Investors trimmed; Capital Research Global Investors added
- Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc(VRTX)Capital World Investors added; Capital Research Global Investors trimmed
- Unitedhealth Group Inc(UNH)Capital World Investors added; Capital Research Global Investors trimmed
- General Electric Co(GE)Capital World Investors added; Capital Research Global Investors trimmed
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