Fintel is a dozen dashboards. This is one verdict. Late on a research night, one ticker, six Fintel dashboards: 13F owners, 13D/G stakes, NPORT funds, UK disclosures, official NASDAQ and NYSE short interest, options flow. That breadth is the product — the widest ownership-research surface in the category, from a free tier up to Gold at about $1,068 a year — and every number on it is good. HoldingsIntel makes the opposite bet: $19 a month buys the 551 largest managers read deeply and four SEC filing types fused into one scored verdict per stock, with the method in the open.
We build HoldingsIntel. Every number below is sourced and dated so you can check it — and where Fintel is the better tool, the table says so.
HoldingsIntel vs. Fintel
Fintel is a dozen dashboards. This is one verdict.
Late on a research night, one ticker, six Fintel dashboards: 13F owners, 13D/G stakes, NPORT funds, UK disclosures, official NASDAQ and NYSE short interest, options flow. That breadth is the product — the widest ownership-research surface in the category, from a free tier up to Gold at about $1,068 a year — and every number on it is good. HoldingsIntel makes the opposite bet: $19 a month buys the 551 largest managers read deeply and four SEC filing types fused into one scored verdict per stock, with the method in the open.
| Dimension | HoldingsIntel | Fintel |
|---|---|---|
| One verdict per stock | four filing types weighted into a single read, weights published | separate dashboards per dataset |
| Short interest | not offered | official NASDAQ/NYSE data plus FINRA dark-pool short volume |
| Options flow | not offered | real-time flow on premium tiers |
| Ownership filing breadth | 13F + Form 4 + 13D/G + STOCK Act, scored | 13F, 13D/G, NPORT, UK disclosures |
| Depth per institutional position | each buy rated 0–100 and backtested1 | ticker-level ownership and sentiment metrics |
| Congressional trades | STOCK Act feed, members benchmarked trade by trade | not offered |
| Coverage | 551 largest managers holding 90% of US 13F capital2 | all SEC filers plus global markets |
| Price | $19/mo unlocks the full analytics suite | ~$155/yr entry; $1,068/yr for the datasets that define it |
1Position ratings are validated against realized forward returns, band by band, across 46 quarters; the results table is public.
2Dollar-weighted: total holdings value reported by tracked managers ÷ total value reported across all SEC Form 13F filings, computed from SEC 13F datasets and re-verified quarterly (as of 2026-07-11). Measures disclosed institutional holdings — not the whole US stock market, and not assets we manage.
Breadth is not a verdict
Pull up one ticker on Fintel and you can study a dozen datasets on it: institutional owners, short interest, borrow rates, options flow, insider trades. Each is accurate, and each ends the same way — with you deciding how twelve inputs net out. HoldingsIntel does that arithmetic before you arrive. Institutional conviction, insider buying, activist stakes, and congressional trades are weighted into one score per stock, and the weighting itself is published, so the read can be audited instead of reconstructed.
Where Fintel is the better tool
For measurement breadth, Fintel is the deeper instrument. Official exchange short interest, dark-pool short volume, real-time options flow, NPORT fund holdings, and UK disclosures have no equivalent here, and its global reach extends to markets we never touch. If shorts and options are central to how you trade, Fintel earns its Gold tier. We built for the investor whose question is narrower — is the smart money in this stock, and how strongly — and who wants that question answered, not assembled.
Bottom line
Choose Fintel
When the datasets are the product: short interest, options flow, and ownership filings across global markets.
Choose HoldingsIntel
When the conclusion is the product: four filing types weighted into one scored read per stock, method public, at $19 a month.
References
- SEC EDGAR full-text 13F filing system — primary source for all holdings data
- Per-band forward-return validation, 46 quarters — published on the backtesting page
- Fintel public pricing page, as of 2026-07 (prior verification)
Questions traders actually ask
Does HoldingsIntel track short interest or options flow like Fintel?
No — both rows go to Fintel, which carries official NASDAQ/NYSE short interest, FINRA dark-pool volume, and real-time options flow. HoldingsIntel works only in SEC filings: 13F, Form 4, 13D/13G, and STOCK Act disclosures, scored and fused rather than displayed side by side.
How is HoldingsIntel's 13F analysis different from Fintel's ownership pages?
Fintel shows you who owns a stock; HoldingsIntel argues what the ownership means. Every institutional position carries a 0–100 conviction rating, funds adding into price declines are flagged automatically, and the four filing sources resolve into one scored verdict per stock with the weighting published — none of which exists on a raw ownership page.
Is HoldingsIntel cheaper than Fintel?
At the entry point, no — Fintel's Bronze (~$155/yr) undercuts our $190/yr Pro, and we say so plainly. But the short-interest depth and options flow that make Fintel distinctive sit in Silver (~$297/yr) and Gold (~$1,068/yr), while $19/mo here unlocks everything we make. Compare the tier you would actually buy, not the doormat price.
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