Who owns Knowles (KN)
Which tracked institutional funds hold KN, how they are positioned, and who is buying versus exiting — from SEC Form 13F-HR filings. See KN company fundamentals →
Ownership as of the 2026-Q2 13F filings (latest filed 2026-09-22). 13F is disclosed up to 45 days after quarter-end, so the most recent quarter fills in over the following weeks.
How the tape is positioned
The tracked-fund tape on KN is one-sided between 2026-Q1 and 2026-Q2: 137 added or opened and 45 trimmed or exited — on balance accumulating.
A prompt to read the filings, not a verdict. 13F is a quarter-end snapshot disclosed up to 45 days late; a fund adds or exits for mandate, benchmark, and timing reasons that have nothing to do with a view on the stock. This is a starting question, not a signal to trade.
Conviction spread
KN’s largest tracked holder by dollar value, BlackRock, Inc., sizes it at 0.0% of its own reported 13F book, while the median holder sizes it at 0.0% of theirs — a 0.0pp gap the other way — the median holder sizes KN more heavily than its largest holder by dollar value does.
Book-share is each fund’s reported value in KN divided by its whole reported 13F book, so it is comparable across funds of different sizes and is unaffected by stock splits. A higher share means a fund has committed more of its book to the name — a starting question about conviction, not a verdict or a signal to trade.
Institutional & insider positioning
Between 2026-Q1 and 2026-Q2, across 313 tracked filers holding KN, 187 increased or opened the position and 132 reduced or closed it; over the same quarter, open-market insider Form 4s were net sales.
This fuses two public signals for the same quarter — how tracked institutions changed their positions and whether insiders bought or sold in the open market. It describes what was filed; it is a starting question, not a verdict or a signal to trade.
New buyers & exits
Funds opening or closing a position in KN between the 2026-Q1 and 2026-Q2 13F filings, and the largest changes among funds holding it in both. New buyers and exits are counted on fund presence (split-invariant); adds and trims are measured on reported value.
New buyers 21
- Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC$39M
- Informed Momentum Co LLC$7M
- Insight Wealth Strategies, LLC$6M
- Andar Capital Management HK Ltd$5M
- Concentric Capital Strategies, LP$3M
- Trexquant Investment LP$3M
Full exits 25
- ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC$11M
- CSM Advisors, LLC$7M
- Thrivent Financial for Lutherans$5M
- ANCHOR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC$5M
- BESSEMER GROUP INC$4M
- LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC$4M
Largest adds
- BlackRock, Inc.$331M
- VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC$112M
- GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC$87M
- PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/$70M
- DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP$64M
- FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC$61M
Largest trims
- Aristotle Capital Boston, LLC$18M
- NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC$15M
- WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC$12M
- Qube Research & Technologies Ltd$7M
- Edgestream Partners, L.P.$6M
- ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC$3M
Institutional holders
One row per tracked fund, most shares held first (every row is from one quarter; reported value breaks ties). “% of value” is the fund’s share of this security’s tracked institutional value — not of shares outstanding.
| Fund | Shares | Reported value | % of value | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. added | 13,780,470 | $572M | 17.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC added | 6,830,065 | $283M | 8.5% | 2026-Q2 |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP trimmed | 5,019,161 | $208M | 6.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC added | 4,528,077 | $188M | 5.6% | 2026-Q2 |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC added | 3,702,506 | $154M | 4.6% | 2026-Q2 |
| STATE STREET CORP added | 3,511,794 | $146M | 4.4% | 2026-Q2 |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC trimmed | 3,190,956 | $132M | 4.0% | 2026-Q2 |
| BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC trimmed | 2,468,608 | $102M | 3.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC added | 2,421,462 | $100M | 3.0% | 2026-Q2 |
| ARIEL INVESTMENTS, LLC trimmed | 2,284,673 | $95M | 2.8% | 2026-Q2 |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC added | 1,825,780 | $76M | 2.3% | 2026-Q2 |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ added | 1,742,006 | $72M | 2.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| MORGAN STANLEY added | 1,365,364 | $57M | 1.7% | 2026-Q2 |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP trimmed | 1,325,359 | $55M | 1.6% | 2026-Q2 |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC trimmed | 1,205,120 | $50M | 1.5% | 2026-Q2 |
| CRAMER ROSENTHAL MCGLYNN LLC added | 1,152,366 | $48M | 1.4% | 2026-Q2 |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP added | 1,122,872 | $47M | 1.4% | 2026-Q2 |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC trimmed | 1,111,624 | $46M | 1.4% | 2026-Q2 |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP added | 932,066 | $39M | 1.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC new | 932,049 | $39M | 1.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC trimmed | 900,824 | $37M | 1.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC trimmed | 792,209 | $32M | 1.0% | 2026-Q2 |
| Nuveen, LLC added | 752,432 | $31M | 0.9% | 2026-Q2 |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ trimmed | 727,038 | $30M | 0.9% | 2026-Q2 |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC added | 699,231 | $29M | 0.9% | 2026-Q2 |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP trimmed | 672,937 | $28M | 0.8% | 2026-Q2 |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC trimmed | 652,939 | $27M | 0.8% | 2026-Q2 |
| Harvey Partners, LLC trimmed | 613,805 | $25M | 0.8% | 2026-Q2 |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO added | 607,847 | $25M | 0.8% | 2026-Q2 |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC added | 577,979 | $24M | 0.7% | 2026-Q2 |
| Aberdeen Group plc trimmed | 540,651 | $22M | 0.7% | 2026-Q2 |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC added | 535,193 | $22M | 0.7% | 2026-Q2 |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp trimmed | 519,951 | $22M | 0.6% | 2026-Q2 |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. added | 506,867 | $21M | 0.6% | 2026-Q2 |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC trimmed | 494,516 | $21M | 0.6% | 2026-Q2 |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO trimmed | 484,919 | $20M | 0.6% | 2026-Q2 |
| Invesco Ltd. added | 459,179 | $19M | 0.6% | 2026-Q2 |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC added | 436,099 | $18M | 0.5% | 2026-Q2 |
| NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB trimmed | 402,740 | $17M | 0.5% | 2026-Q2 |
| Creative Planning added | 372,996 | $15M | 0.5% | 2026-Q2 |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd trimmed | 352,471 | $15M | 0.4% | 2026-Q2 |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO trimmed | 348,213 | $14M | 0.4% | 2026-Q2 |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board trimmed | 293,993 | $12M | 0.4% | 2026-Q2 |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ added | 293,110 | $12M | 0.4% | 2026-Q2 |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC added | 290,443 | $12M | 0.4% | 2026-Q2 |
| INTRINSIC EDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC added | 280,000 | $12M | 0.3% | 2026-Q2 |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC added | 261,661 | $11M | 0.3% | 2026-Q2 |
| Hodges Capital Management Inc. added | 257,179 | $11M | 0.3% | 2026-Q2 |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC trimmed | 243,825 | $10M | 0.3% | 2026-Q2 |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN added | 239,181 | $10M | 0.3% | 2026-Q2 |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP added | 222,511 | $9M | 0.3% | 2026-Q2 |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC added | 212,691 | $9M | 0.3% | 2026-Q2 |
| Legal & General Group Plc added | 209,693 | $9M | 0.3% | 2026-Q2 |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS trimmed | 207,140 | $9M | 0.3% | 2026-Q2 |
| Madison Asset Management, LLC trimmed | 197,472 | $8M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| Aristotle Capital Boston, LLC trimmed | 191,737 | $8M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC added | 180,376 | $7M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| Swiss National Bank added | 171,600 | $7M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| FIFTH THIRD BANCORP added | 167,474 | $7M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. added | 166,517 | $7M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| Informed Momentum Co LLC new | 164,928 | $7M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| Cannell & Spears LLC trimmed | 164,513 | $7M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC added | 160,522 | $7M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| UBS Group AG trimmed | 153,622 | $6M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC trimmed | 150,699 | $6M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| Insight Wealth Strategies, LLC new | 143,628 | $6M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| Phocas Financial Corp. trimmed | 130,941 | $5M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ added | 124,113 | $5M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. added | 118,907 | $5M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| Andar Capital Management HK Ltd new | 117,000 | $5M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. added | 112,025 | $3M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| BARCLAYS PLC added | 111,390 | $5M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| FMR LLC added | 109,415 | $5M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC added | 104,000 | $4M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM trimmed | 102,074 | $4M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH trimmed | 98,858 | $4M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| Diamond Hill Capital Management, LLC (Investment Advisor) added | 81,954 | $3M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA added | 79,850 | $3M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| Ballast Asset Management, LP trimmed | 78,637 | $3M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| Concentric Capital Strategies, LP new | 77,062 | $3M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd added | 73,532 | $3M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| Trexquant Investment LP added | 70,127 | $3M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM trimmed | 69,899 | $3M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC added | 62,215 | $3M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| VIRTUS ADVISERS, LLC added | 60,890 | $3M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| Vestmark Advisory Solutions, Inc. trimmed | 60,396 | $3M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 60,000 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| G2 Investment Partners Management LLC trimmed | 60,000 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| XTX Topco Ltd trimmed | 59,481 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| POLEN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC new | 58,485 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| Numerai GP LLC trimmed | 58,295 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC added | 57,131 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| MARTINGALE ASSET MANAGEMENT L P | 56,012 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| Weiss Asset Management LP new | 55,544 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND added | 55,204 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS added | 54,773 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL trimmed | 54,166 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| Caption Management, LLC new | 52,800 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| Quantbot Technologies LP added | 52,338 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| CITIGROUP INC added | 51,763 | $2M | 0.1% | 2026-Q2 |
Ownership over time
Tracked institutional holder count and total shares held by filing quarter (independent scales). The curated-era tail and any mid-ingest latest quarter are handled honestly — a partial quarter is not drawn as a collapse.
Reading this table
Funds hold the same stock for different reasons — an index fund “holds” almost everything, an active manager sizes a name to a mandate and a benchmark, and each fund entered at its own price and time. Because 13F is filed up to 45 days after quarter-end, every row is a backward-looking snapshot; a manager may have traded since. Share-class siblings (a company’s A and C shares) are rolled up to one line so a dual-class name is never double-counted. Compare like-for-like. A large holder is not an endorsement, and a fund exiting is not a warning — this is a starting question, not a verdict.
About 13F filings
A Form 13F is a quarterly disclosure that institutional investment managers with over $100 million in US-listed equities must file with the SEC. In plain English: it is a snapshot of the long stock positions a fund held at the end of a quarter. It covers long US-listed equities only — not short positions, options, cash, or private holdings — and the funds shown are the large sample we track, not the complete 13F universe.