44% buyers of institutions opening or closing positions this quarter
11 more exits than new buyers, ownership fell 3.41 percentage points vs the prior quarter, and no widely-followed fund managers in the top 25.
44% buyers of institutions opening or closing positions this quarter
76.3% institutional ownership
EVR Research LP portfolio allocation
Institutional ownership vs Oil & Gas Refining & Marketing peers
No Form 4 insider transactions on file
Latest positioning in WKC 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 WKC held by the largest 10 / 25 filers.
| # | Institution | Shares Held | Market Value | QoQ Change | Ownership % | % of Fund |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock, Inc. | 8.7M | $201.3M | +3.0% | 15.704% | 0.00% |
| 2 | BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP | 4.3M | $99.0M | +11.6% | 7.721% | 0.70% |
| 3 | STATE STREET CORP | 4.0M | $93.3M | +32.8% | 7.218% | 0.00% |
| 4 | VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 3.9M | $89.4M | — | 6.974% | 0.00% |
| 5 | DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | 3.2M | $74.7M | -15.5% | 5.830% | 0.02% |
| 6 | Invesco Ltd. | 2.3M | $53.2M | -3.8% | 4.150% | 0.01% |
| 7 | VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 2.2M | $51.4M | — | 4.012% | 0.00% |
| 8 | AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | 1.4M | $32.6M | +16.9% | 2.543% | 0.02% |
| 9 | GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 1.3M | $31.0M | +3.3% | 2.414% | 0.00% |
| 10 | CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | 1.2M | $28.2M | -7.4% | 2.199% | 0.00% |
| 11 | OP Asset Management Ltd | 891K | $23.7M | — | 1.604% | 0.06% |
| 12 | EVR Research LP | 940K | $21.7M | +27.0% | 1.692% | 8.68% |
| 13 | MORGAN STANLEY | 870K | $20.1M | -14.4% | 1.567% | 0.00% |
| 14 | FMR LLC | 811K | $18.7M | +18.5% | 1.459% | 0.00% |
| 15 | JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC | 675K | $15.6M | -38.4% | 1.215% | 0.07% |
| 16 | BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ | 663K | $15.3M | +5.1% | 1.194% | 0.01% |
| 17 | WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN | 649K | $15.0M | -1.5% | 1.168% | 0.00% |
| 18 | ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | 645K | $14.9M | +235.1% | 1.161% | 0.01% |
| 19 | MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | 627K | $14.5M | +207.8% | 1.128% | 0.01% |
| 20 | NORTHERN TRUST CORP | 605K | $14.0M | +0.8% | 1.089% | 0.00% |
| 21 | BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | 568K | $13.1M | -6.9% | 1.022% | 0.00% |
| 22 | NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | 500K | $11.5M | +2.3% | 0.899% | 0.03% |
| 23 | Man Group plc | 450K | $10.4M | +330.1% | 0.810% | 0.02% |
| 24 | BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 437K | $10.1M | +1.0% | 0.787% | 0.20% |
| 25 | Cambria Investment Management, L.P. | 437K | $10.1M | +10.5% | 0.786% | 0.56% |
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 WKC — a direct measure of their conviction.
Filings activity in WKC during Q1 2026, grouped by how each filer changed its position.
Institutions that opened a new WKC position in Q1 2026
Institutions that fully closed their WKC 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 | 246 | 4.3% | 76.25% | 3.41 pp | $1.24B | 4.3% |
| Q4 2025 | 257 | 1.9% | 79.66% | 11.32 pp | $1.30B | 12% |
| Q3 2025 | 262 | 4.7% | 90.98% | 12.09 pp | $1.48B | 12% |
| Q2 2025 | 275 | +3.4% | 103.07% | +0.57 pp | $1.68B | +0.6% |
| Q1 2025 | 266 | +1.5% | 102.50% | +2.85 pp | $1.67B | +2.9% |
| Q4 2024 | 262 | +4.4% | 99.65% | 14.10 pp | $1.63B | 12% |
| Q3 2024 | 251 | +11% | 113.75% | +20.33 pp | $1.86B | +22% |
| Q2 2024 | 227 | — | 93.42% | — | $1.52B | — |
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 WKC.
Quick answers to the most common questions about buying WKC stock.
Based on Q1 2026 13F filings, institutional ownership of World Kinect Corporation stands at 76.3%, held across 246 reporting institutions.
BlackRock, Inc. is the largest reported institutional holder of WKC, with approximately 8,725,125 shares worth $0.20B 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 WKC.
Our composite Smart Money Score for WKC is 23 out of 100 (Bearish). It combines net institutional buying activity, ownership shift, marquee investor presence, and holder-count growth.
37 institutions opened new positions in WKC during Q1 2026, while 48 fully exited. 80 added to existing positions and 121 trimmed.
WKC institutional ownership fell by 3.41 percentage points quarter-over-quarter, with a net change of — holders.
The top 10 institutions account for 60.6% of all reported 13F value in WKC, and the top 25 account for 79.0%.
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.