Who owns Novanta (NOVT)
Which tracked institutional funds hold NOVT, how they are positioned, and who is buying versus exiting — from SEC Form 13F-HR filings. See NOVT company fundamentals →
Ownership as of the 2026-Q1 13F filings (latest filed 2026-05-18). 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
89 tracked funds added or opened NOVT while 76 trimmed or exited it between 2025-Q4 and 2026-Q1 — the tape is split. When large holders disagree on a name, the funds moving first are sometimes ahead of the story.
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
NOVT’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 0.1% of theirs — a 0.1pp gap the other way — the median holder sizes NOVT more heavily than its largest holder by dollar value does.
Book-share is each fund’s reported value in NOVT 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 2025-Q4 and 2026-Q1, across 349 tracked filers holding NOVT, 212 increased or opened the position and 148 reduced or closed it; over the same quarter, open-market insider Form 4 buying and selling roughly offset.
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 NOVT between the 2025-Q4 and 2026-Q1 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 18
- VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC$293M
- VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC$191M
- TPG GP A, LLC$35M
- VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO$29M
- G2 Investment Partners Management LLC$10M
- SCOPUS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P.$7M
Full exits 17
- VANGUARD GROUP INC$516M
- ANGELO GORDON & CO., L.P.$36M
- SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT LLC$32M
- SUSQUEHANNA ADVISORS GROUP, INC.$20M
- ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP$11M
- Weiss Asset Management LP$9M
Largest adds
- PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/$138M
- Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC$55M
- WASATCH ADVISORS LP$41M
- CONGRESS ASSET MANAGEMENT CO$35M
- Portman Square Capital LLP$29M
- MARSHALL WACE, LLP$21M
Largest trims
- BlackRock, Inc.$77M
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO$35M
- Sculptor Capital LP$24M
- Point72 Asset Management, L.P.$24M
- D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc.$23M
- JANE STREET GROUP, LLC$22M
Institutional holders
One row per tracked fund, largest reported value first. “% of value” is the fund’s share of this security’s tracked institutional value — not of shares outstanding. Rows marked stale are from an earlier filing than the security’s latest quarter — that fund is absent from the newest snapshot (position exited, or reported under a different name).
| Fund | Shares | Reported value | % of value | Quarter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. added | 4,798,035 | $778M | 12.9% | 2026-Q2 |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ added | 2,222,445 | $361M | 6.0% | 2026-Q2 |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC new | 2,476,881 | $293M | 4.9% | 2026-Q1 |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC added | 1,776,694 | $210M | 3.5% | 2026-Q1 |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC new | 1,613,215 | $191M | 3.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| Conestoga Capital Advisors, LLC trimmed | 1,449,815 | $171M | 2.8% | 2026-Q1 |
| WASATCH ADVISORS LP added | 996,645 | $118M | 2.0% | 2026-Q1 |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC added | 936,974 | $111M | 1.8% | 2026-Q1 |
| GENEVA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC added | 931,270 | $110M | 1.8% | 2026-Q1 |
| BAMCO INC /NY/ trimmed | 915,083 | $108M | 1.8% | 2026-Q1 |
| CONGRESS ASSET MANAGEMENT CO added | 909,710 | $107M | 1.8% | 2026-Q1 |
| GW&K Investment Management, LLC added | 858,654 | $101M | 1.7% | 2026-Q1 |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC trimmed | 783,084 | $92M | 1.5% | 2026-Q1 |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC added | 693,230 | $82M | 1.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC. trimmed | 661,156 | $78M | 1.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP added | 460,896 | $75M | 1.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP added | 631,806 | $75M | 1.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| NORGES BANK added | 441,388 | $72M | 1.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| Invesco Ltd. added | 409,630 | $66M | 1.1% | 2026-Q2 |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP added | 502,106 | $59M | 1.0% | 2026-Q1 |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO added | 484,316 | $57M | 1.0% | 2026-Q1 |
| Mawer Investment Management Ltd. added | 482,183 | $57M | 0.9% | 2026-Q1 |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP trimmed | 500,079 | $57M | 0.9% | 2026-Q1 |
| BROWN ADVISORY INC trimmed | 458,542 | $54M | 0.9% | 2026-Q1 |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ added | 456,241 | $54M | 0.9% | 2026-Q1 |
| Aequim Alternative Investments LP added | 1,000,000 | $54M | 0.9% | 2026-Q1 |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC added | 445,599 | $53M | 0.9% | 2026-Q1 |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC trimmed | 441,413 | $52M | 0.9% | 2026-Q1 |
| Portman Square Capital LLP added | 960,000 | $51M | 0.9% | 2026-Q1 |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC added | 311,731 | $51M | 0.8% | 2026-Q2 |
| BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC added | 411,514 | $49M | 0.8% | 2026-Q1 |
| Magnetar Financial LLC added | 700,563 | $48M | 0.8% | 2026-Q2 |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC trimmed | 392,117 | $46M | 0.8% | 2026-Q1 |
| DF DENT & CO INC trimmed | 386,877 | $46M | 0.8% | 2026-Q1 |
| Telemark Asset Management, LLC | 375,000 | $44M | 0.7% | 2026-Q1 |
| ACK Asset Management LLC | 375,000 | $44M | 0.7% | 2026-Q1 |
| AMERICAN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC trimmed | 373,874 | $44M | 0.7% | 2026-Q1 |
| Walleye Capital LLC added | 775,000 | $42M | 0.7% | 2026-Q1 |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. added | 323,264 | $38M | 0.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| Harvey Partners, LLC added | 320,000 | $38M | 0.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp added | 302,611 | $36M | 0.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| TPG GP A, LLC new | 661,667 | $35M | 0.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| Clearline Capital LP trimmed | 284,220 | $34M | 0.6% | 2026-Q1 |
| BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. added | 191,700 | $31M | 0.5% | 2026-Q2 |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO new | 248,976 | $29M | 0.5% | 2026-Q1 |
| WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC trimmed | 185,240 | $29M | 0.5% | 2026-Q2 |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC trimmed | 391,120 | $27M | 0.4% | 2026-Q2 |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC added | 225,213 | $27M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN added | 489,665 | $26M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA trimmed | 219,786 | $26M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP trimmed | 157,818 | $26M | 0.4% | 2026-Q2 |
| EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS, LLC added | 215,551 | $25M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC added | 211,004 | $25M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| Legal & General Group Plc added | 209,215 | $25M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. added | 150,663 | $24M | 0.4% | 2026-Q2 |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC trimmed | 198,771 | $23M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC added | 197,862 | $23M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| Greenhouse Funds LLLP trimmed | 196,628 | $23M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| Sculptor Capital LP trimmed | 428,789 | $23M | 0.4% | 2026-Q1 |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC added | 176,221 | $21M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership added | 175,967 | $21M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| FRED ALGER MANAGEMENT, LLC trimmed | 171,359 | $20M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| Aristotle Capital Boston, LLC trimmed | 165,939 | $20M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP trimmed | 340,921 | $18M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC added | 154,103 | $18M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| SOROS FUND MANAGEMENT LLC trimmed | 250,000 | $17M | 0.3% | 2026-Q2 |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC added | 302,739 | $16M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| Capital International Investors | 134,552 | $16M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL trimmed | 133,117 | $16M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO | 130,644 | $15M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| ADVENT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT /DE/ trimmed | 287,611 | $15M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC trimmed | 95,254 | $15M | 0.3% | 2026-Q2 |
| BRADLEY FOSTER & SARGENT INC/CT added | 128,861 | $15M | 0.3% | 2026-Q1 |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP new | 90,124 | $15M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC added | 260,500 | $14M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| Nuveen, LLC added | 115,682 | $14M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| Fenimore Asset Management Inc trimmed | 115,624 | $14M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC added | 114,234 | $13M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | 200,000 | $13M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC trimmed | 104,866 | $13M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC trimmed | 112,081 | $13M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. added | 107,440 | $13M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| OSTERWEIS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC added | 107,050 | $13M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS added | 105,015 | $12M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| STATE STREET CORP trimmed | 174,000 | $12M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP new | 71,428 | $12M | 0.2% | 2026-Q2 |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC added | 95,081 | $11M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| G2 Investment Partners Management LLC new | 85,950 | $10M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC added | 85,187 | $10M | 0.2% | 2026-Q1 |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC trimmed | 4,340,698 | $516M | 8.6% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD trimmed | 728,478 | $73M | 1.2% | 2025-Q3 stale |
| AXA S.A. trimmed | 338,911 | $44M | 0.7% | 2025-Q2 stale |
| KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC trimmed | 359,675 | $36M | 0.6% | 2025-Q3 stale |
| ANGELO GORDON & CO., L.P. new | 661,667 | $36M | 0.6% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| AXA Investment Managers S.A. new | 311,729 | $31M | 0.5% | 2025-Q3 stale |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P trimmed | 216,941 | $28M | 0.5% | 2025-Q1 stale |
| SUSQUEHANNA ADVISORS GROUP, INC. new | 370,000 | $20M | 0.3% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| Edgestream Partners, L.P. added | 111,640 | $11M | 0.2% | 2025-Q3 stale |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP added | 89,350 | $11M | 0.2% | 2025-Q4 stale |
| J. Goldman & Co LP new | 99,243 | $10M | 0.2% | 2025-Q3 stale |
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.