API ReferenceFunds & Institutional
Top shareholders
/api/v3/intel/top_shareholders/{ticker}- Plan
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intel_top_ shareholders
Top institutional / fund / insider shareholders for a ticker (13F archive first, alternative-data fallback), as two lists — ownership (shares) and ownership_options (contracts) — because options exposure reads differently from equity holdings. Call this when the user asks 'who owns X?' or wants the largest holders. Archive answers hold share positions only: ownership_options is null (unknown, not empty) and pct_outstanding is null, each with a *_reason. Archive answers carry newest_report_period, vendor_ceiling and is_stale, security_key (read on the share class's CUSIP), missing_known_filers for manager families the archive does not carry that quarter, and holder_current_name where a holder label is a former name; when neither source can answer the route returns 503 upstream_unavailable (not billed), never an empty list.
Parameters
Path
tickerstringRequiredResponse
A 200 is a JSON envelope: ok: true and this endpoint's own fields (see Funds & Institutional). It carries X-Request-ID, the credit headers (X-Credits-Cost, X-Credits-Remaining, X-Credits-Receipt, X-Credits-Settlement) and the rate-limit headers.
A 200 is billed even when it holds no data (an empty list, null, found: false), so check those fields. Pricing & credits explains the credit headers.
Errors
No error is billed. The body is { "ok": false, "error", "detail", "request_; read the code from error.
| Error | Meaning |
|---|---|
400 invalid_ticker | The request is malformed, for example a ticker that is not a symbol: invalid_ticker, refused before any credit is reserved, with param naming the parameter. Not billed. |
401 unauthorized | Missing or invalid API key. |
402 plan_required | Your plan does not include this tool, you are out of credits, or your workspace's spend cap paused its keys. plan_required names the plan that unlocks the tool; usage_exceeded means the credit balance is spent; spend_cap_reached means the key is paused until the cap resets or is raised: detail names the cap and the reset, cap_usd and resets_at (ISO 8601) carry them, and doc_url links pricing and credits. Not billed. |
403 scope_denied | This API key is limited to some products and this tool is not one of them. product names the tool's product and scopes the key's products. An upgrade does not change it: use a key whose scopes include the product, or change this key's scopes. Not billed. |
404 unknown_ticker | No data source lists this ticker, active or delisted: the market-data listing and the security master both say it does not exist. param names the parameter. Not billed. Best-effort: it is answered only when the route itself found nothing, and after 20 lookups of new symbols per API key per minute the route's own answer stands. |
422 validation | A parameter is missing, out of range or the wrong type; param names it. Not billed. |
429 rate_limited | Your plan's rate limit is spent for this window. Retry after Retry-After seconds. Not billed. |
503 paid_ | The data could not be served completely right now; retry later. Not billed. |
504 request_timeout | The request ran past the server's time budget; retry. Not billed. |
This table lists what the spec declares for this route. Error responses lists every code FIRM sends, with when to retry.
Guides
Read the Funds & Institutional guide for this endpoint's fields and examples.