50% buyers of institutions opening or closing positions this quarter
new buyers and exits are balanced, ownership fell 12.62 percentage points vs the prior quarter, and 3 well-known fund managers in the top 25.
50% buyers of institutions opening or closing positions this quarter
42.6% institutional ownership
Stilwell Value LLC portfolio allocation
Institutional ownership vs Auto - Dealerships peers
No Form 4 insider transactions on file
Latest positioning in KFS 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 KFS held by the largest 10 / 25 filers.
| # | Institution | Shares Held | Market Value | QoQ Change | Ownership % | % of Fund |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stilwell Value LLC | 3.4M | $35.1M | 0.0% | 11.620% | 21.02% |
| 2 | Greenhaven Road Investment Management, L.P. | 1.9M | $19.3M | -1.7% | 6.397% | 13.29% |
| 3 | Capricorn Fund Managers Ltd | 1.8M | $18.6M | β | 6.166% | 2.90% |
| 4 | BlackRock, Inc. | 1.1M | $11.9M | -2.8% | 3.940% | 0.00% |
| 5 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 734K | $7.7M | β | 2.537% | 0.00% |
| 6 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 478K | $5.0M | +1.7% | 1.652% | 0.00% |
| 7 | Belpointe Asset Management LLC | 361K | $3.8M | +1.1% | 1.245% | 0.14% |
| 8 | RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | 320K | $3.3M | +22.3% | 1.104% | 0.01% |
| 9 | STATE STREET CORP | 304K | $3.2M | +6.1% | 1.050% | 0.00% |
| 10 | BARD ASSOCIATES INC | 278K | $2.9M | -0.4% | 0.960% | 0.73% |
| 11 | NORTHERN TRUST CORP | 168K | $1.7M | +44.2% | 0.579% | 0.00% |
| 12 | VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO | 139K | $1.5M | β | 0.481% | 0.00% |
| 13 | Warren Averett Asset Management, LLC | 125K | $1.3M | β | 0.432% | 0.01% |
| 14 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 125K | $1.3M | +158.4% | 0.431% | 0.00% |
| 15 | VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 125K | $1.3M | β | 0.431% | 0.00% |
| 16 | Squarepoint Ops LLC | 74K | $769K | +63.3% | 0.255% | 0.00% |
| 17 | CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | 72K | $746K | -31.6% | 0.247% | 0.00% |
| 18 | Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC | 68K | $711K | +40.7% | 0.235% | 0.00% |
| 19 | STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP | 66K | $688K | -15.7% | 0.228% | 0.00% |
| 20 | CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | 53K | $552K | -8.8% | 0.183% | 0.00% |
| 21 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | 47K | $486K | +6.7% | 0.161% | 0.00% |
| 22 | Bank of New York Mellon Corp | 42K | $438K | -4.7% | 0.145% | 0.00% |
| 23 | MORGAN STANLEY | 40K | $417K | -23.0% | 0.138% | 0.00% |
| 24 | BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 31K | $324K | 0.0% | 0.107% | 0.01% |
| 25 | STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD | 29K | $304K | +66.8% | 0.101% | 0.00% |
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 KFS β a direct measure of their conviction.
Filings activity in KFS during Q1 2026, grouped by how each filer changed its position.
Institutions that opened a new KFS position in Q1 2026
Institutions that fully closed their KFS 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 | 73 | +0.0% | 42.65% | 12.62 pp | $126M | 23% |
| Q4 2025 | 73 | +5.8% | 55.27% | 11.98 pp | $164M | 18% |
| Q3 2025 | 69 | +3.0% | 67.25% | +6.41 pp | $199M | +11% |
| Q2 2025 | 67 | +3.1% | 60.84% | +28.96 pp | $180M | +91% |
| Q1 2025 | 65 | +6.6% | 31.88% | 3.77 pp | $94M | 11% |
| Q4 2024 | 61 | +8.9% | 35.65% | +3.67 pp | $106M | +11% |
| Q3 2024 | 56 | +12% | 31.98% | 9.03 pp | $95M | 22% |
| Q2 2024 | 50 | β | 41.01% | β | $121M | 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 KFS.
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying KFS stock.
Based on Q1 2026 13F filings, institutional ownership of Kingsway Financial Services Inc. stands at 42.6%, held across 73 reporting institutions.
Stilwell Value LLC is the largest reported institutional holder of KFS, with approximately 3,363,450 shares worth $0.04B as of Q1 2026.
Yes β 3 widely-followed marquee investors appear among the top 25 institutional holders of KFS, including Greenhaven Road Investment Management, L.P., RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, CITADEL ADVISORS LLC.
Our composite Smart Money Score for KFS is 49 out of 100 (Neutral). It combines net institutional buying activity, ownership shift, marquee investor presence, and holder-count growth.
13 institutions opened new positions in KFS during Q1 2026, while 13 fully exited. 10 added to existing positions and 49 trimmed.
KFS institutional ownership fell by 12.62 percentage points quarter-over-quarter, with a net change of β holders.
The top 10 institutions account for 87.7% of all reported 13F value in KFS, and the top 25 account for 97.6%.
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.