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REST API · MCP for AI agents

QW Research Data API

Clean, canonical SEC 13F institutional-holdings data — deduplicated filers, canonical tickers (no CUSIP fragmentation), ownership, crowding, consensus, and fund skill/alpha metrics. The messy part of EDGAR, already solved, over a simple JSON API.

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Base URL
https://qwresearch.com/api/v1
Authentication

Currently open for evaluation. Production plans use an X-API-Key header — request one.

Quickstart

Every endpoint returns JSON. No key needed to try it right now:

Request
curl "https://qwresearch.com/api/v1/data/top-filers?limit=5"

Popular endpoints

A sample of what the API returns — real responses from the live data.

GET/data/top-filers?limit=25

Top institutional filers

The largest 13F filers ranked by portfolio value, with quarter-over-quarter change and skill (alpha) metrics attached.

Request
curl "https://qwresearch.com/api/v1/data/top-filers?limit=25"
Response
{
  "period": "2026-03-31",
  "count": 25,
  "items": [
    {
      "cik": "0002012383",
      "company_name": "BlackRock, Inc.",
      "period_of_report": "2026-03-31",
      "total_value_thousands": 5723531457,
      "holdings_count": 50651,
      "value_change_pct": -3.3,
      "annualized_alpha": -0.027409,
      "alpha_consistency": 0.0,
      "alpha_quarters": 5
    }
  ]
}
GET/institutional/most-held?limit=25

Most widely held stocks

The stocks held by the most institutions, with institutional ownership %, total value, and shares — grouped by canonical ticker (no CUSIP fragmentation).

Request
curl "https://qwresearch.com/api/v1/institutional/most-held?limit=25"
Response
{
  "period": "2026-03-31",
  "items": [
    {
      "ticker": "MSFT",
      "company_name": "Microsoft Corporation",
      "cusip": "594918104",
      "total_institutions_holding": 5944,
      "institutional_ownership_pct": 71.84,
      "total_value_thousands": 1897624733611,
      "total_shares_held": 5336395214
    }
  ]
}
GET/stocks/{ticker}/ownership

Stock institutional ownership

Institutional ownership for any stock: % of shares held, number of institutions, total shares, quarter-over-quarter change, and a crowding signal.

Request
curl "https://qwresearch.com/api/v1/stocks/AAPL/ownership"
Response
{
  "ticker": "AAPL",
  "company_name": "Apple Inc.",
  "period": "2026-03-31",
  "institutional_ownership_pct": 63.38,
  "total_institutions_holding": 5858,
  "total_shares_held": 9309145113,
  "company_shares_outstanding": 14687356000,
  "signal": "neutral"
}
GET/funds/{cik}/overview

Fund profile & skill

Any fund's profile: AUM, rank, holdings, plus raw price-return alpha and Fama-French "skill" alpha (with t-stat and significance) — the metrics behind our research.

Request
curl "https://qwresearch.com/api/v1/funds/0001067983/overview"
Response
{
  "fund": {
    "cik": "0001067983",
    "fund_name": "BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC",
    "aum_usd": 263095703570,
    "total_positions": 29,
    "aum_rank": 76,
    "annualized_alpha": -0.044819,
    "alpha_consistency": 44.2,
    "ff_alpha_tstat": -0.8557,
    "ff_alpha_significant": false,
    "skill_badge": "No Clear Edge"
  }
}

57 endpoints, fully documented

Funds (behavior, sectors, turnover, factor decomposition, hit-rate), stocks (holders, ownership history), institutional flows (top buys/sells, ownership race), crowding & consensus, capital migration, and natural-language /ask endpoints — with a live “try it” playground.

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Tell us your use case and we'll set you up with a key, higher limits, or bulk exports. We can also collect custom datasets. Email us:

info@qwresearch.com