48% buyers of institutions opening or closing positions this quarter
4 more exits than new buyers, ownership fell 24.26 percentage points vs the prior quarter, and no widely-followed fund managers in the top 25.
48% buyers of institutions opening or closing positions this quarter
54.8% institutional ownership
EverSource Wealth Advisors, portfolio allocation
Institutional ownership vs Banks - Regional peers
No Form 4 insider transactions on file
Latest positioning in FFIN 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 FFIN held by the largest 10 / 25 filers.
| # | Institution | Shares Held | Market Value | QoQ Change | Ownership % | % of Fund |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock, Inc. | 17.1M | $503.8M | -0.6% | 12.022% | 0.01% |
| 2 | VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 7.2M | $212.1M | — | 5.062% | 0.01% |
| 3 | STATE STREET CORP | 6.5M | $193.2M | +6.2% | 4.583% | 0.01% |
| 4 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 5.6M | $164.4M | — | 3.923% | 0.00% |
| 5 | Neuberger Berman Group LLC | 3.8M | $113.2M | +25.5% | 2.702% | 0.09% |
| 6 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 3.7M | $108.4M | +4.8% | 2.586% | 0.01% |
| 7 | KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | 3.2M | $95.7M | +0.3% | 2.283% | 0.28% |
| 8 | DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | 2.8M | $81.3M | +1.7% | 1.940% | 0.02% |
| 9 | FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | 2.2M | $64.5M | +94.8% | 1.540% | 0.22% |
| 10 | AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 2.2M | $63.7M | +125.4% | 1.521% | 0.03% |
| 11 | MORGAN STANLEY | 1.9M | $56.5M | -2.2% | 1.348% | 0.00% |
| 12 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 1.7M | $51.1M | +65.3% | 1.220% | 0.01% |
| 13 | CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | 1.7M | $50.9M | +1.6% | 1.214% | 0.01% |
| 14 | NORTHERN TRUST CORP | 1.6M | $48.3M | +2.2% | 1.154% | 0.01% |
| 15 | Invesco Ltd. | 1.3M | $38.5M | +19.8% | 0.919% | 0.01% |
| 16 | Champlain Investment Partners, LLC | 1.2M | $34.6M | -29.0% | 0.825% | 0.44% |
| 17 | Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 1.2M | $34.1M | -2.3% | 0.814% | 0.01% |
| 18 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | 961K | $28.3M | -17.6% | 0.675% | 0.00% |
| 19 | VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO | 909K | $26.8M | — | 0.639% | 0.01% |
| 20 | ProShare Advisors LLC | 780K | $23.0M | +2515.0% | 0.548% | 0.03% |
| 21 | Nuveen, LLC | 765K | $22.5M | +3.3% | 0.538% | 0.01% |
| 22 | ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | 705K | $20.8M | -0.7% | 0.495% | 0.01% |
| 23 | MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | 694K | $20.4M | -59.4% | 0.488% | 0.01% |
| 24 | UBS Group AG | 655K | $19.3M | -7.8% | 0.461% | 0.00% |
| 25 | EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC | 473K | $15.4M | +22055.0% | 0.332% | 0.47% |
denotes a marquee investor (Buffett, Burry, ARK, Tiger Global, Pershing Square, Baupost and other widely-followed managers). “% of Fund” shows how much of that investor’s total 13F portfolio is invested in FFIN — a direct measure of their conviction.
Filings activity in FFIN during Q1 2026, grouped by how each filer changed its position.
8 quarters of 13F filings · Δ columns show change vs prior quarter
| Quarter | Inst. Holders | Δ Holders | Ownership % | Δ Ownership | Total 13F Value | Δ Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2026 | 329 | 1.2% | 54.84% | 24.26 pp | $2.55B | 31% |
| Q4 2025 | 333 | 0.6% | 79.10% | +19.10 pp | $3.67B | +32% |
| Q3 2025 | 335 | +0.9% | 60.00% | 4.69 pp | $2.79B | 7.2% |
| Q2 2025 | 332 | +0.3% | 64.69% | 10.69 pp | $3.00B | 14% |
| Q1 2025 | 331 | +4.4% | 75.38% | 0.74 pp | $3.50B | 1.0% |
| Q4 2024 | 317 | +8.2% | 76.12% | 0.91 pp | $3.53B | 1.2% |
| Q3 2024 | 293 | +0.0% | 77.03% | +10.31 pp | $3.58B | +15% |
| Q2 2024 | 293 | — | 66.72% | — | $3.10B | — |
Source: SEC 13F institutional filings. Ownership % requires market cap data and will show once linked. Δ columns compare to the immediately prior filed quarter.
No recent Form 4 insider transactions on file for FFIN.
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying FFIN stock.
Based on Q1 2026 13F filings, institutional ownership of First Financial Bankshares, Inc. stands at 54.8%, held across 329 reporting institutions.
BlackRock, Inc. is the largest reported institutional holder of FFIN, with approximately 17,105,856 shares worth $0.50B as of Q1 2026.
No marquee "smart money" managers (Berkshire, Burry, ARK, Tiger Global, Pershing Square, Baupost, etc.) currently appear among the top 25 institutional holders of FFIN.
Our composite Smart Money Score for FFIN is 24 out of 100 (Bearish). It combines net institutional buying activity, ownership shift, marquee investor presence, and holder-count growth.
46 institutions opened new positions in FFIN during Q1 2026, while 50 fully exited. 113 added to existing positions and 167 trimmed.
FFIN institutional ownership fell by 24.26 percentage points quarter-over-quarter, with a net change of — holders.
The top 10 institutions account for 62.8% of all reported 13F value in FFIN, and the top 25 account for 82.1%.
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.