Northwest Bancshares NWBI Institutional Ownership

Updated Oct 11, 2026

Northwest Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ:NWBI) was held by 314 institutional investors that filed 13F reports for the quarter ended June 30, 2026.

• These investors held 34.95% of outstanding shares in Q2 2026, up from 34.25% the quarter before.
• Total shares held in Northwest Bancshares rose 2.21% versus Q1 2026, while the number of holders rose 14.18% versus Q2 2025.
• Looking at the 314 holders of NWBI individually, 162 added to their positions, 78 reduced their stakes and 74 left their positions unchanged.
• Institutional investors held 102.29Mn shares of Northwest Bancshares in total at the end of Q2 2026, up 2.21Mn from the prior quarter and up 13.44Mn from a year earlier.
• As of June 30, 2026, the biggest holder of Northwest Bancshares was BlackRock, Inc. with 21.12Mn shares, or 7.22% of shares outstanding.
• The biggest increases in NWBI positions during Q2 2026 came from State Street Corp (+1.95Mn shares), Nuveen, LLC (+1.75Mn shares), Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership (+522.85K shares), D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. (+401.07K shares) and Morgan Stanley (+264.02K shares).
• The biggest cuts to NWBI positions during Q2 2026 came from Victory Capital Management Inc (-1.81Mn shares), UBS Group AG (-782.55K shares), First Trust Advisors LP (-522.99K shares), Balyasny Asset Management L.P. (-319.83K shares) and Rhino Investment Partners, Inc (-247.39K shares).
• According to Business Quant data, the leading holders of NWBI for Q2 2026 were BlackRock, Inc. (21.12Mn shares), State Street Corp (10.86Mn shares), Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (9.12Mn shares), Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC (9.09Mn shares), Vanguard Capital Management LLC (6.71Mn shares), Geode Capital Management, LLC (3.98Mn shares), First Trust Advisors LP (3.72Mn shares), Nuveen, LLC (2.06Mn shares), Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc (1.92Mn shares) and Morgan Stanley (1.68Mn shares).