Bank First Ownership | Who Owns Bank First?

Bank First Ownership Summary

Bank First is owned by 33.99% institutional investors, 9.45% insiders, and 56.56% retail investors. Blackrock funding, inc. /de is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 7.04% of BFC shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 2.92% of its assets in Bank First shares.

BFC Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Bank First	33.99%	9.45%	56.56%
Sector	Financial Services Stocks	32.19%	15.44%	52.37%
Industry	Regional Banks Stocks	31.54%	12.70%	55.76%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	692.75K	7.04%	$84.39M
Blackrock	702.13K	6.90%	$57.99M
Vanguard group	598.82K	6.09%	$72.95M
Northwestern mutual wealth management	490.59K	4.99%	$13.09M
State street	421.83K	4.26%	$51.36M
Geode capital management	247.28K	2.51%	$30.13M
Merit financial group	177.50K	1.80%	$21.62M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	131.72K	1.34%	$16.05M
Bank of montreal /can/	103.84K	1.06%	$12.65M
Northern trust	91.86K	0.93%	$11.14M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
John w. rosenthal capital management	10.40K	1.17%	$1.27M
Nicolet advisory services	45.23K	0.46%	$5.96M
Linden thomas advisory services	17.40K	0.21%	$2.12M
Ellsworth advisors	7.20K	0.18%	$934.23K
Comprehensive money management services	2.18K	0.18%	$265.45K
Nicolet bankshares	8.91K	0.17%	$1.09M
Merit financial group	177.50K	0.17%	$21.62M
Hanlon investment management	2.20K	0.16%	$266.88K
J.w. cole advisors	52.05K	0.15%	$6.34M
Jackson creek investment advisors	3.27K	0.12%	$398.00K

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Northwestern mutual wealth management	490.59K	0.01%	490.57K
State street	421.83K	0.00%	175.25K
J.w. cole advisors	52.05K	0.15%	52.05K
Blackrock	702.13K	0.00%	35.57K
First trust advisors lp	31.41K	0.00%	25.04K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Associated banc-corp	-	-	-180.96K
Synovus financial	-	-	-59.45K
Millennium management	7.23K	0.00%	-23.76K
F/m investments	8.50K	0.04%	-22.50K
Renaissance	52.45K	0.01%	-22.05K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
J.w. cole advisors	52.05K	0.15%	52.05K	$6.34M
Rafferty asset management	24.67K	0.01%	24.67K	$2.99M
Bessemer group	23.76K	0.00%	23.76K	$2.90M
Annex advisory services	8.38K	0.02%	8.38K	$1.02M
Susquehanna group, llp	7.37K	0.00%	7.37K	$730.00K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Geowealth management	-2.00
Coldstream capital management	-11.00
Capital performance advisors llp	-14.00
Quarry lp	-23.00
Brown brothers harriman	-50.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	107	-19.55%	3,342,866	-11.40%	33	2.34%	48	-38.46%	38	65.22%
Sep 30, 2025	126	8.62%	3,745,406	14.26%	37	3.45%	73	30.36%	23	-34.29%
Jun 30, 2025	116	-1.69%	3,268,580	0.28%	33	3.11%	55	30.95%	36	-18.18%
Mar 31, 2025	118	-	3,259,476	0.69%	32	3.08%	42	-27.59%	44	41.94%
Dec 31, 2024	118	5.36%	3,237,151	6.87%	32	3.51%	56	-12.50%	32	33.33%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	291.75K	2.92%	490.00
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	303.48K	2.71%	2.08K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	217.02K	1.93%	70.82K
State Street® SPDR® S&PRgnllBkgETF	108.81K	0.97%	5.90K
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	97.19K	0.87%	468.00
Fidelity Small Cap Index	91.41K	0.81%	478.00
iShares Russell 2000 Value ETF	65.43K	0.58%	2.03K
State St Russell Sm/Mid Cp® Indx NL Cl C	56.21K	0.56%	247.00
Avantis US Small Cap Value ETF	50.29K	0.51%	-
State St Russell Sm/Mid Cp® Indx SL Cl I	56.71K	0.51%	-

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Feb 11, 2026	Eldred Steven M	-	Sell	$1.22M
Feb 06, 2026	Eldred Steven M	-	Sell	$1.16M
Jan 27, 2026	Sprang Todd A.	-	Buy	$21.16K
Aug 19, 2025	Stayer-Suprick Michael S	-	Buy	$50.29K
Mar 04, 2025	MCCONEGHY DANIEL C	-	Buy	$40.17K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	1	2
2025 Q4	-	-
2025 Q3	1	-
2025 Q2	-	-
2025 Q1	2	-

BFC Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Bank First?

Bank First shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 33.99%, followed by 9.45% insiders and 56.56% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Bank First's industry, Regional Banks Stocks, is 31.54%, which Bank First exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Bank First?

Bank First’s largest shareholders are Blackrock funding, inc. /de (692.75K shares, 7.04%), Blackrock (702.13K shares, 6.90%), and Vanguard group (598.82K shares, 6.09%). Together, they hold 20.03% of Bank First’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Bank First?

Yes, BlackRock owns 6.90% of Bank First, totaling 702.13K shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.00% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 57.99M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 35.57K shares, a 5.34% change.

Who is Bank First’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

John w. rosenthal capital management is Bank First’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 1.17% of its assets in 10.4K Bank First shares, valued at 1.27M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Bank First shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Bank First shares, with 2.92% of its total shares outstanding invested in 291.76K Bank First shares.

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