Who Is Buying AMC? Hedge Fund Activity in 2026
See which hedge funds are buying, selling, or holding AMC Entertainment (AMC) based on latest 13F filings. 6 funds buying, but positions are tiny — institutional interest stays minimal.
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Who Is Buying AMC? Hedge Fund Activity in 2026
AMC Entertainment — the movie theater chain turned meme stock phenomenon — trades at around $1.12 per share. That's not a typo. After multiple reverse splits, dilutions, and the fading of 2021's retail mania, AMC has settled into penny stock territory while maintaining one of the most passionate retail investor communities on the internet.
The latest 13F filings reveal a split picture: 6 out of 13 tracked funds are buying or increasing positions, while 4 are selling. But before the ape community celebrates, there's an important caveat — the dollar amounts involved are remarkably small. Even the funds that are buying aren't exactly backing up the truck.
Quick Answer
Across the funds we read directly from SEC filings, the largest AMC Entertainment position in the Q2 2026 13Fs (period ending 30 June 2026) is Citadel Advisors at $39M (20,465,868 shares). Measured against the size of each filer's book rather than in dollars, the most concentrated holder is Renaissance Technologies, where AMC Entertainment is 0.0% of everything they report. Every figure here is aggregated by CUSIP from the filer's own information table with put/call rows excluded — a 13F lists options beside shares, and adding them together is what produces the inflated stakes quoted elsewhere. Filings lag roughly 45 days: this is positioning as of 30 June 2026, not today, and not investment advice.
AMC Institutional Snapshot
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Funds Buying | 6 |
| Funds Selling | 4 |
| Funds Holding | 3 |
| Active Funds | 13 |
| Current Price | ~$1.12 |
A 6-to-4 buying advantage looks encouraging on the surface. But context is everything when every position except Vanguard's could be lost in the cushions of most fund managers' couches.
Who holds AMC Entertainment, and how much it matters to them
Read from each filer's Q2 2026 information table (period ending 30 June 2026).
| Fund | Position | Shares | Share of the fund's 13F book |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citadel Advisors | $39M | 20,465,868 | 0.0% of $171.84B |
| Renaissance Technologies | $18M | 9,274,623 | 0.0% of $72.62B |
| Millennium Management | $1.1M | 575,528 | 0.0% of $142.92B |
The last column is the one worth reading. A multi-strategy fund reporting a $100B+ book can hold a large dollar amount of AMC Entertainment that means almost nothing to it, while a concentrated fund holding less in dollars may have several percent of its entire book in the name. Rankings by dollar value hide exactly that difference.
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Comparing each filer's Q1 2026 table with its Q2 2026 one, by share count — the change is what shows conviction, not the size of the position.
| Fund | Q1 2026 shares | Q2 2026 shares | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citadel Advisors | 2,775,716 | 20,465,868 | +637% |
| Renaissance Technologies | 7,821,423 | 9,274,623 | +19% |
| Millennium Management | 596,591 | 575,528 | -4% |
A fund absent from this table reported no AMC Entertainment position in either quarter.
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FAQ
Which hedge funds are top holders of AMC Entertainment (AMC)?
Index managers such as Vanguard, BlackRock and State Street hold the largest raw positions in almost every large-cap name, because they track the index rather than pick the stock. Among the active filers we read directly from EDGAR, the largest position in the Q2 2026 filings is Citadel Advisors at $39M (20,465,868 shares).
What does institutional positioning suggest about AMC sentiment?
The 6-to-4 buying-to-selling ratio looks supportive on paper, but the dollar amounts are very small outside of passive index allocations. Observers typically read the institutional picture as neutral-to-cautious, with hedge funds treating AMC as a trading vehicle rather than a long-term investment thesis.
How does 13F filing timing affect this view of AMC?
13F filings arrive with up to a 45-day delay after each quarter, which is a long lag for a high-volatility meme name like AMC where positions can change quickly. For AMC in particular, 13F data is more useful for spotting structural shifts in institutional interest than for timing short-term moves driven by retail sentiment.
What are the key risks reflected in AMC's institutional flows?
Heavy share dilution following multiple capital raises has permanently impaired per-share value, debt servicing remains a structural headwind, and the post-meme-era retail attention cycle is uneven. Coatue's complete exit and Citadel's reduction underline how some sophisticated funds see limited fundamental upside at current price levels.
How does AMC's hedge fund activity compare to other meme-stock peers?
Compared to peers like GameStop, AMC shows similarly minimal institutional dollar exposure relative to its retail-driven float, with hedge fund participation concentrated in quant strategies rather than fundamental long-only books. This pattern reinforces the broader read that AMC's price action is governed more by retail flows than by institutional positioning.