Ranked by reported Q1 2026 13F market value
Share of total reported institutional value in UNFI held by the largest 10 / 25 filers.
| # | Institution | Shares Held | Market Value | QoQ Change | Ownership % | % of Fund |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock, Inc. | 10.4M | $469.1M | +1.5% | 17.202% | 0.01% |
| 2 | VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 4.3M | $195.8M | — | 7.179% | 0.01% |
| 3 | DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | 3.5M | $158.1M | -0.1% | 5.797% | 0.03% |
| 4 | AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | 3.3M | $150.3M | +11.0% | 5.511% | 0.08% |
| 5 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 2.6M | $116.1M | — | 4.259% | 0.00% |
| 6 | STATE STREET CORP | 2.4M | $107.1M | -0.5% | 3.928% | 0.00% |
| 7 | D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 1.6M | $71.5M | -12.3% | 2.621% | 0.07% |
| 8 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 1.5M | $66.5M | +0.5% | 2.439% | 0.00% |
| 9 | Invesco Ltd. | 1.4M | $63.0M | -33.2% | 2.310% | 0.01% |
| 10 | Nuveen, LLC | 1.3M | $59.8M | +49.2% | 2.192% | 0.02% |
| 11 | Senvest Management, LLC | 1.2M | $55.7M | -40.5% | 2.044% | 1.85% |
| 12 | CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | 1.1M | $48.4M | -4.1% | 1.774% | 0.01% |
| 13 | MORGAN STANLEY | 1.1M | $47.4M | -14.3% | 1.738% | 0.00% |
| 14 | WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | 831K | $37.4M | +195.3% | 1.373% | 0.01% |
| 15 | GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | 711K | $32.0M | +9.5% | 1.175% | 0.00% |
| 16 | NORTHERN TRUST CORP | 710K | $32.0M | +3.8% | 1.173% | 0.00% |
| 17 | LAKEWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP | 655K | $29.5M | +19.1% | 1.082% | 1.91% |
| 18 | MARSHALL WACE, LLP | 612K | $27.6M | +19.9% | 1.012% | 0.03% |
| 19 | VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | 608K | $27.4M | -0.3% | 1.004% | 0.02% |
| 20 | Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | 580K | $27.2M | +3.6% | 0.958% | 0.15% |
| 21 | JCP Investment Management, LLC | 494K | $22.3M | +6.7% | 0.817% | 14.82% |
| 22 | BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 479K | $21.6M | -7.5% | 0.792% | 0.43% |
| 23 | FMR LLC | 476K | $21.5M | +18.8% | 0.787% | 0.00% |
| 24 | Trexquant Investment LP | 450K | $20.3M | +17.7% | 0.744% | 0.19% |
| 25 | Empowered Funds, LLC | 434K | $19.5M | +25.0% | 0.717% | 0.12% |
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 UNFI — a direct measure of their conviction.
Filings activity in UNFI during Q1 2026, grouped by how each filer changed its position.
Institutions that opened a new UNFI position in Q1 2026
Institutions that fully closed their UNFI position in Q1 2026
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 | 343 | +11% | 81.61% | +19.84 pp | $2.49B | +32% |
| Q4 2025 | 309 | +13% | 61.77% | 8.91 pp | $1.88B | 13% |
| Q3 2025 | 273 | +6.2% | 70.68% | +27.42 pp | $2.16B | +63% |
| Q2 2025 | 257 | 2.3% | 43.26% | 4.13 pp | $1.32B | 8.7% |
| Q1 2025 | 263 | +1.9% | 47.39% | 0.07 pp | $1.45B | 0.2% |
| Q4 2024 | 258 | +13% | 47.46% | +18.69 pp | $1.45B | +65% |
| Q3 2024 | 228 | +4.1% | 28.77% | +6.06 pp | $877M | +27% |
| Q2 2024 | 219 | — | 22.71% | — | $693M | — |
Source: SEC 13F institutional filings. Ownership % requires market cap data and will show once linked. Δ columns compare to the immediately prior filed quarter.
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying UNFI stock.
Based on Q1 2026 13F filings, institutional ownership of United Natural Foods, Inc. stands at 81.6%, held across 343 reporting institutions.
BlackRock, Inc. is the largest reported institutional holder of UNFI, with approximately 10,410,538 shares worth $0.47B 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 UNFI.
Our composite Smart Money Score for UNFI is 55 out of 100 (Neutral). It combines net institutional buying activity, ownership shift, marquee investor presence, and holder-count growth.
81 institutions opened new positions in UNFI during Q1 2026, while 47 fully exited. 226 added to existing positions and 36 trimmed.
UNFI institutional ownership rose by 19.84 percentage points quarter-over-quarter, with a net change of +34 holders.
The top 10 institutions account for 58.6% of all reported 13F value in UNFI, and the top 25 account for 77.4%.
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.
United Natural Foods, Inc. (UNFI) Institutional Ownership