What percentage of PFS is owned by institutions?

Based on Q1 2026 13F filings, institutional ownership of Provident Financial Services, Inc. stands at 65.0%, held across 295 reporting institutions.

Who is the largest institutional holder of PFS?

BlackRock, Inc. is the largest reported institutional holder of PFS, with approximately 19,323,102 shares worth $0.41B as of Q1 2026.

Is PFS a hedge fund favorite?

No marquee "smart money" managers (Berkshire, Burry, ARK, Tiger Global, Pershing Square, Baupost, etc.) currently appear among the top 25 institutional holders of PFS.

What is PFS's Smart Money Score?

Our composite Smart Money Score for PFS is 50 out of 100 (Neutral). It combines net institutional buying activity, ownership shift, marquee investor presence, and holder-count growth.

How many institutions bought PFS this quarter?

44 institutions opened new positions in PFS during Q1 2026, while 28 fully exited. 207 added to existing positions and 43 trimmed.

How is institutional ownership of PFS changing?

PFS institutional ownership rose by 5.04 percentage points quarter-over-quarter, with a net change of +16 holders.

How concentrated is PFS ownership among the top holders?

The top 10 institutions account for 68.6% of all reported 13F value in PFS, and the top 25 account for 83.3%.

Where does this PFS institutional ownership data come from?

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.

Provident Financial Services, Inc. (PFS) Institutional Ownership Q1 2026 | Top 13F Holders

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Top Institutional Holders of PFS

Ranked by reported Q1 2026 13F market value

Top 10 Holders

68.6%

Top 25 Holders

83.3%

Share of total reported institutional value in PFS held by the largest 10 / 25 filers.

#	Institution	Shares Held	Market Value	QoQ Change	Ownership %	% of Fund
1	BlackRock, Inc.	19.3M	$408.9M	-0.3%	14.828%	0.01%
2	DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP	8.1M	$170.8M	+3.3%	6.193%	0.04%
3	VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC	8.1M	$170.6M	—	6.189%	0.01%
4	STATE STREET CORP	7.3M	$154.1M	+3.3%	5.588%	0.01%
5	WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP	5.8M	$122.4M	-13.8%	4.441%	0.02%
6	VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	5.6M	$118.7M	—	4.304%	0.00%
7	AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC	3.6M	$75.9M	+20.4%	2.752%	0.04%
8	GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	3.3M	$70.3M	+8.0%	2.549%	0.00%
9	SYSTEMATIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LP	2.0M	$41.4M	-0.9%	1.502%	0.95%
10	CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC	1.6M	$34.2M	+1.3%	1.239%	0.01%
11	Bank of New York Mellon Corp	1.5M	$32.4M	-3.0%	1.175%	0.01%
12	NORTHERN TRUST CORP	1.4M	$28.8M	+3.5%	1.045%	0.00%
13	MORGAN STANLEY	1.2M	$25.9M	-11.3%	0.941%	0.00%
14	PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC	1.0M	$21.3M	+39.3%	0.772%	0.03%
15	BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC	953K	$20.2M	+6.3%	0.731%	0.41%
16	Assenagon Asset Management S.A.	934K	$19.8M	+18.7%	0.717%	0.03%
17	GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC	930K	$19.7M	-24.9%	0.714%	0.00%
18	Nuveen, LLC	922K	$19.5M	+2.3%	0.708%	0.01%
19	VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO	846K	$17.9M	—	0.649%	0.00%
20	PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC	827K	$17.5M	+10.7%	0.635%	0.01%
21	VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC	708K	$15.0M	+71.8%	0.543%	0.01%
22	Ledgewood Wealth Advisors, LLC	678K	$14.3M	0.0%	0.520%	8.08%
23	BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/	625K	$13.2M	+23.4%	0.479%	0.00%
24	HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC	617K	$13.1M	-8.8%	0.474%	0.04%
25	SIMON QUICK ADVISORS, LLC	600K	$12.7M	0.0%	0.460%	0.58%

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 PFS — a direct measure of their conviction.

PFS Institutional Ownership by Quarter

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	295	+5.7%	64.99%	+5.04 pp	$1.99B	+8.4%
Q4 2025	279	+5.3%	59.95%	+2.77 pp	$1.84B	+4.8%
Q3 2025	265	0.7%	57.18%	+6.11 pp	$1.75B	+12%
Q2 2025	267	+7.2%	51.07%	+2.40 pp	$1.57B	+4.9%
Q1 2025	249	2.0%	48.67%	4.56 pp	$1.49B	8.6%
Q4 2024	254	+5.0%	53.23%	+1.31 pp	$1.63B	+2.5%
Q3 2024	242	2.4%	51.92%	+11.21 pp	$1.59B	+28%
Q2 2024	248	—	40.71%	—	$1.25B	—

Source: SEC 13F institutional filings. Ownership % requires market cap data and will show once linked. Δ columns compare to the immediately prior filed quarter.

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