Barclays Significantly Raises Stakes in Tesla and Intel During Q3, Purchases Nasdaq ETF Options as a Hedge

Stock News11-09

According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Barclays has submitted its third-quarter 13F position report for the period ending September 30, 2026.

Statistics show that Barclays' total holdings value in the third quarter reached $500 billion, compared to $520 billion in the previous quarter. During the third quarter, Barclays added 545 new individual stocks to its portfolio and increased its stakes in 2,929 stocks. At the same time, the firm reduced its positions in 1,525 stocks and completely liquidated 495 stocks. Its top ten holdings accounted for 39.98% of the total portfolio value.

In terms of sector preference, IT, financials, and consumer discretionary stocks ranked as the top three, representing 33.49%, 22.59%, and 12.90% of the total portfolio, respectively.

Among the top five holdings, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF put option (SPY.US, PUT) ranked first, with approximately 47.926 million shares held, a market value of about $36.55 billion, representing 7.31% of the portfolio, a decrease of 40.74% in share count from the previous quarter. The Microsoft (MSFT.US, CALL) call option ranked second, with approximately 68.359 million shares held, a market value of about $35.06 billion, accounting for 7.01% of the portfolio, an increase of 9.95% in share count from the previous quarter. The iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF (EEM.US) ranked third, with approximately 398 million shares held, a market value of about $26.61 billion, representing 5.32% of the portfolio, a decrease of 57.61% in share count from the previous quarter. The Invesco QQQ Trust put option (QQQ.US, PUT) ranked fourth, with approximately 29.875 million shares held, a market value of about $22.10 billion, accounting for 4.42% of the portfolio, an increase of 27.24% in share count from the previous quarter. Tesla (TSLA.US) ranked fifth, with approximately 60.377 million shares held, a market value of about $21.42 billion, representing 4.28% of the portfolio, an increase of 424.02% in share count from the previous quarter.

The sixth through tenth largest holdings were: NVIDIA (NVDA.US), the Invesco QQQ Trust call option (QQQ.US, CALL), Microsoft (MSFT.US), the iShares Russell 2000 ETF put option (IWM.US, PUT), and Apple (AAPL.US).

Additionally, among the top twenty holdings, Barclays also significantly increased its stakes in Broadcom (AVGO.US) and Intel (INTC.US) during the third quarter, with share counts rising 28.42% and 90.32% respectively from the previous quarter.

In terms of changes in portfolio proportions, the top five buy targets were: Tesla, Microsoft, the Invesco QQQ Trust put option, NVIDIA, and the Invesco QQQ Trust call option. The top five sell targets were: the iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF put option, the Micron Technology put option (MU.US, PUT), the iShares Semiconductor ETF put option (SOXX.US, PUT), and Caterpillar (CAT.US).

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