Fundamental Glossary / Shareholding & Ownership
Mutual Fund Holding
The stake held by mutual fund schemes.
Formula
Mutual fund shares / total shares. Sometimes disclosed scheme by scheme when a holding crosses a threshold.
What it means
Mutual funds are a subset of DII holding. They matter because monthly flow data and portfolio disclosures show what they bought.
A stock held by many schemes is widely owned by retail investors indirectly. A stock held by one scheme is a single manager's position.
How to read it
Rising mutual fund holding adds a domestic bid. If the stock is a large part of one scheme, that scheme's redemptions become a seller you can see in advance only roughly.
What to watch
Different schemes of the same fund house can buy and sell independently. The aggregate hides that. Also, arbitrage and index schemes are not high-conviction active bets.
This note explains the term. It is not a research recommendation, a target price, or a comment on any security. Ratios and regulatory thresholds change; use the latest filing or circular for a live figure.