Northwest Bancshares Ownership | Who Owns Northwest Bancshares?

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Northwest Bancshares Ownership Summary

Northwest Bancshares is owned by 21.44% institutional investors, 0.92% insiders, and 77.64% retail investors. Blackrock is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 14.53% of NWBI shares. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund, with 6.07% of its assets in Northwest Bancshares shares.

NWBI Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Northwest Bancshares	21.44%	0.92%	77.64%
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	18.43M	14.53%	$212.84M
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	20.55M	14.01%	$246.65M
Vanguard group	16.34M	11.14%	$196.05M
State street	8.27M	6.46%	$102.48M
Dimensional fund advisors lp	8.61M	5.87%	$103.30M
Charles schwab investment management	6.10M	4.76%	$75.64M
Geode capital management	3.61M	2.46%	$43.28M
Victory capital management	2.68M	2.09%	$33.17M
Northern trust	1.66M	1.29%	$20.54M
Invesco	1.40M	1.09%	$17.37M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Intrepid financial planning group	194.17K	0.92%	$2.41M
Longboard asset management, lp	10.72K	0.82%	$128.60K
Northwest bancshares	237.41K	0.49%	$2.94M
Hudock	185.63K	0.33%	$2.23M
Minerva advisors	38.00K	0.30%	$456.00K
Jentner	75.00K	0.26%	$958.50K
Evergreen wealth solutions	36.71K	0.26%	$454.88K
Bridgeway capital management	895.65K	0.24%	$11.10M
Numerai gp	117.65K	0.21%	$1.46M
Dana investment advisors	519.87K	0.18%	$6.24M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
State street	8.27M	0.00%	993.43K
Charles schwab investment management	6.10M	0.01%	762.22K
Millennium management	689.82K	0.00%	391.88K
Goldman sachs group	777.73K	0.00%	295.06K
Northern trust	1.66M	0.00%	278.56K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Qube research	231.35K	0.00%	-452.81K
Hillsdale investment management	-	-	-362.85K
Nuveen	593.78K	0.00%	-311.47K
Martingale asset management l p	-	-	-232.75K
Voloridge investment management	193.52K	0.01%	-209.84K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	194.83K	0.00%	194.83K	$2.57M
Numerai gp	117.65K	0.21%	117.65K	$1.46M
Berkshire asset management llc/pa	116.88K	0.06%	116.88K	$1.45M
Susquehanna fundamental investments	108.65K	0.05%	108.65K	$1.35M
Beacon pointe advisors	75.00K	0.01%	75.00K	$929.25K

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Tfc financial management	-1.00
Rise advisors	-2.00
Tfo-tdc	-3.00
Mendota financial group	-4.00
Larson financial group	-4.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	164	-43.64%	31,450,293	-68.01%	21	0.36%	76	-57.30%	53	-22.06%
Sep 30, 2025	143	-48.19%	31,507,810	-65.04%	24	0.50%	83	-43.54%	33	-54.17%
Jun 30, 2025	273	-	89,607,991	1.76%	69	1.48%	145	14.17%	72	-19.10%
Mar 31, 2025	4	-98.41%	915,969	-98.94%	-	0.02%	1	-99.17%	2	-97.18%
Dec 31, 2024	231	0.87%	77,960,094	-7.01%	61	1.41%	110	6.80%	67	-11.84%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF	8.86M	6.07%	361.69K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	4.62M	3.16%	-
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	3.99M	3.13%	-
Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF™	4.50M	3.08%	9.88K
iShares Russell 2000 ETF	3.48M	2.38%	840.69K
Vanguard Small Cap Index	3.31M	2.26%	-228.00
Vanguard Small Cap Value Index Inv	2.12M	1.45%	-16.26K
DFA US Small Cap Value I	1.81M	1.24%	-
Vanguard Institutional Extnd Mkt Idx Tr	1.58M	1.08%	6.24K
Fidelity Small Cap Index	1.48M	1.01%	3.22K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Mar 06, 2026	Torchio Louis J	President & CEO	Buy	$42.56K
Jan 29, 2026	CAMPANA ROBERT M	-	Buy	$25.25K
Dec 08, 2025	Tullio David M	-	Buy	$18.40K
Dec 05, 2025	Hunter Timothy M	-	Buy	$48.74K
Dec 01, 2025	Meegan John P	-	Buy	$18.15K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	2	-
2025 Q4	6	-
2025 Q3	2	-
2025 Q2	-	7
2025 Q1	2	1

NWBI Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Northwest Bancshares?

Northwest Bancshares shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 21.44%, followed by 0.92% insiders and 77.64% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Northwest Bancshares's industry, Regional Banks Stocks, is 31.54%, which Northwest Bancshares falls below.

Who owns the most shares of Northwest Bancshares?

Northwest Bancshares’s largest shareholders are Blackrock (18.43M shares, 14.53%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (20.55M shares, 14.01%), and Vanguard group (16.34M shares, 11.14%). Together, they hold 39.68% of Northwest Bancshares’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Northwest Bancshares?

Yes, BlackRock owns 14.53% of Northwest Bancshares, totaling 18.43M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 0.00% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 212.84M$. In the last quarter, BlackRock decreased its holdings by -153K shares, a -0.83% change.

Who is Northwest Bancshares’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Intrepid financial planning group is Northwest Bancshares’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 0.92% of its assets in 194.17K Northwest Bancshares shares, valued at 2.41M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Northwest Bancshares shares?

iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Northwest Bancshares shares, with 6.07% of its total shares outstanding invested in 8.86M Northwest Bancshares shares.

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