59% buyers of institutions opening or closing positions this quarter
9 more new buyers than exits, ownership fell 2.70 percentage points vs the prior quarter, and 1 well-known fund manager in the top 25.
59% buyers of institutions opening or closing positions this quarter
18.7% institutional ownership
Lagoda Investment Management, portfolio allocation
Institutional ownership vs Information Technology Services peers
No Form 4 insider transactions on file
Latest positioning in DMRC across 13F flow, ownership shift, marquee holders, and holder-count growth.
Ranked by reported Q1 2026 13F market value
Share of total reported institutional value in DMRC held by the largest 10 / 25 filers.
| # | Institution | Shares Held | Market Value | QoQ Change | Ownership % | % of Fund |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock, Inc. | 1.1M | $5.3M | -1.3% | 4.808% | 0.00% |
| 2 | Lagoda Investment Management, L.P. | 1.1M | $5.2M | +53.0% | 4.778% | 3.22% |
| 3 | Kimelman & Baird, LLC | 839K | $4.1M | +23.2% | 3.771% | 0.34% |
| 4 | Silverberg Bernstein Capital Management LLC | 779K | $3.8M | +7.6% | 3.503% | 2.11% |
| 5 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 778K | $3.8M | β | 3.499% | 0.00% |
| 6 | EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC | 63K | $3.5M | +260387.5% | 0.281% | 0.11% |
| 7 | Private Advisor Group, LLC | 502K | $2.5M | +12.8% | 2.257% | 0.01% |
| 8 | BEACONLIGHT CAPITAL, LLC | 432K | $2.1M | 0.0% | 1.941% | 1.12% |
| 9 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 426K | $2.1M | +11.6% | 1.917% | 0.00% |
| 10 | VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 418K | $2.1M | β | 1.881% | 0.00% |
| 11 | UBS Group AG | 339K | $1.7M | +108.5% | 1.526% | 0.00% |
| 12 | D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 331K | $1.6M | +9.9% | 1.490% | 0.00% |
| 13 | STATE STREET CORP | 316K | $1.6M | -3.0% | 1.422% | 0.00% |
| 14 | Quantinno Capital Management LP | 293K | $1.4M | +179.6% | 1.318% | 0.00% |
| 15 | MARSHALL WACE, LLP | 272K | $1.3M | +1467.5% | 1.222% | 0.00% |
| 16 | Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 235K | $1.2M | -0.1% | 1.056% | 0.00% |
| 17 | MORGAN STANLEY | 192K | $941K | -62.2% | 0.862% | 0.00% |
| 18 | RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | 167K | $820K | β | 0.751% | 0.00% |
| 19 | Post Resch Tallon Group Inc. | 164K | $801K | +18.3% | 0.738% | 0.65% |
| 20 | CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | 156K | $765K | -3.2% | 0.701% | 0.00% |
| 21 | NORTHERN TRUST CORP | 141K | $694K | +4.3% | 0.636% | 0.00% |
| 22 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 139K | $683K | +30.2% | 0.626% | 0.00% |
| 23 | Lane Generational LLC | 123K | $606K | +1.1% | 0.555% | 0.48% |
| 24 | VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO | 110K | $540K | β | 0.494% | 0.00% |
| 25 | Bryant Woods Investment Advisors, LLC | 96K | $471K | +34.2% | 0.431% | 0.17% |
denotes a marquee investor (Buffett, Burry, ARK, Tiger Global, Pershing Square, Baupost and other widely-followed managers). β% of Fundβ shows how much of that investorβs total 13F portfolio is invested in DMRC β a direct measure of their conviction.
Filings activity in DMRC during Q1 2026, grouped by how each filer changed its position.
Institutions that opened a new DMRC position in Q1 2026
Institutions that fully closed their DMRC position in Q1 2026
8 quarters of 13F filings Β· Ξ columns show change vs prior quarter
| Quarter | Inst. Holders | Ξ Holders | Ownership % | Ξ Ownership | Total 13F Value | Ξ Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | 100 | +9.9% | 18.73% | 2.70 pp | $54M | 13% |
| Q4 2025 | 91 | +3.4% | 21.43% | 10.31 pp | $61M | 32% |
| Q3 2025 | 88 | 14% | 31.74% | 14.52 pp | $91M | 31% |
| Q2 2025 | 102 | 4.7% | 46.26% | 3.08 pp | $132M | 6.2% |
| Q1 2025 | 107 | 7.0% | 49.34% | 81.98 pp | $141M | 62% |
| Q4 2024 | 115 | +21% | 131.32% | +45.55 pp | $376M | +53% |
| Q3 2024 | 95 | 5.0% | 85.77% | 14.79 pp | $246M | 15% |
| Q2 2024 | 100 | β | 100.56% | β | $288M | β |
Source: SEC 13F institutional filings. Ownership % requires market cap data and will show once linked. Ξ columns compare to the immediately prior filed quarter.
No recent Form 4 insider transactions on file for DMRC.
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying DMRC stock.
Based on Q1 2026 13F filings, institutional ownership of Digimarc Corporation stands at 18.7%, held across 100 reporting institutions.
BlackRock, Inc. is the largest reported institutional holder of DMRC, with approximately 1,069,372 shares worth $0.01B as of Q1 2026.
Yes β 1 widely-followed marquee investor appear among the top 25 institutional holders of DMRC, including RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC.
Our composite Smart Money Score for DMRC is 40 out of 100 (Neutral). It combines net institutional buying activity, ownership shift, marquee investor presence, and holder-count growth.
29 institutions opened new positions in DMRC during Q1 2026, while 20 fully exited. 20 added to existing positions and 48 trimmed.
DMRC institutional ownership fell by 2.70 percentage points quarter-over-quarter, with a net change of β holders.
The top 10 institutions account for 64.2% of all reported 13F value in DMRC, and the top 25 account for 92.4%.
All data is sourced from SEC Form 13F filings, which institutional investment managers with at least $100M in assets are required to file each quarter. We process every 13F filing from EDGAR and recompute the aggregates after each cycle. Insider transactions are sourced from Form 4 filings.