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Bridgewater Bancshares BWB

US equityMarket cap rank #3665Banks - Regional
$20.21 −$0.16 (-0.79%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:20 am ET · After hours $20.21 0.00%
Open$20.15
Prev close$20.37
Day range$19.69 – $20.30
Volume86.6K
Market cap$563.53M
P/E (TTM)11.0
Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving

Institutional ownership65.8%-0.49 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding188-1 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)24 buys / 26 sellsNet selling
Short interest2.65% of floatDays to cover 8.5 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share22.2%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

11%18%25%32%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$902.7K (2 inflow days, 18 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$393.2KSuper−$509.5KBig−$356.8KMid−$263.7KSmall

Super/Big orders approximate institutional-size trades; Mid/Small approximate retail-size trades. Net buy minus sell value in each bucket, summed over the window.

The five largest holders on file together own 28.8% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • Thrivent Investment Management, Inc.7.91%
  • BlackRock6.33%
  • David Juran5.57%
  • AllianceBernstein4.81%
  • Todd Urness4.22%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors3.94%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC3.91%
  • Gerald Baack3.86%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund56.48%
  • Individual/Insider19.32%
  • Hedge Fund6.76%
  • Public Company0.97%
  • Government Pension Fund0.41%
  • Family Office/Trust0.40%
  • VC/PE Fund0.35%
  • Insurance Company0.16%

Reported short interest has risen from 1.81% to 2.65% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
Nuveen Asset Management LLC Insurance Company 2026/Q3 +44,240 0.2%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +180,053 6.3%
Algert Global LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +169,752 0.6%
Two Sigma Investments, LP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +134,795 1.1%
American Century Investment Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +90,491 2.5%
Trexquant Investment LP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +73,699 0.4%
Renaissance Technologies Corp. Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +71,600 1.4%
AQR Capital Management Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +67,660 0.5%
PanAgora Asset Management, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +63,916 0.5%
Geode Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +61,306 2.0%
Millennium Management LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +53,683 0.2%
Dimensional Fund Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +41,073 3.9%
GuideStone Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +33,757 0.1%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +29,307 3.9%
Citadel Advisors LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +28,106 0.2%

Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
29 Sep 2026 David Volk Independent Director Other Acquisition +969 – 34,510
29 Sep 2026 Mary Crocker Chief Operating Officer Other Acquisition +484 – 224,868
29 Sep 2026 David Juran Lead Independent Director Other Acquisition +969 – 1,552,475
29 Sep 2026 Todd Urness Independent Director Other Acquisition +969 – 1,177,909
29 Sep 2026 Lisa Brezonik Independent Director Other Acquisition +969 – 38,147
29 Sep 2026 James Johnson Independent Director Other Acquisition +969 – 244,839
29 Sep 2026 Thomas Trutna Independent Director Other Acquisition +484 – 84,170
29 Sep 2026 Douglas Parish Independent Director Other Acquisition +484 – 10,485
29 Sep 2026 Mohammed Lawal Independent Director Other Acquisition +969 – 37,467
14 Sep 2026 Jessica Stejskal Senior Vice President of Marketing Open Market Disposition -400 $21.25 16,207
8 Sep 2026 Douglas Parish Independent Director Open Market Disposition -4,000 $21.38 10,001
7 Sep 2026 Douglas Parish Independent Director Intent to Sell (Form 144) -4,000 $21.85 –
1 Sep 2026 David Juran Lead Independent Director Open Market Disposition -623 $21.50 1,551,506
30 Aug 2026 Jeffrey Shellberg Co-Founder, Executive VP, Chief Credit Officer, Secretary & Non Independent Executive Director Derivative Exercise and Sale -17,206 $21.07 538,331
30 Aug 2026 Jeffrey Shellberg Co-Founder, Executive VP, Chief Credit Officer, Secretary & Non Independent Executive Director Derivative Exercise and Retained +5,144 $17.50 538,331
27 Aug 2026 David Juran Lead Independent Director Open Market Disposition -518 $21.50 1,552,129
24 Aug 2026 David Juran Lead Independent Director Open Market Disposition -940 $21.54 1,552,647
23 Aug 2026 David Juran Lead Independent Director Open Market Disposition -40,000 $21.74 1,553,587
20 Aug 2026 David Juran Lead Independent Director Intent to Sell (Form 144) -50,000 $21.49 –
16 Aug 2026 Gerald Baack Founder, Non Independent Executive Chairman, CEO & President Open Market Disposition -10,000 $22.48 1,076,929

From Form 4/Form 144 filings. Negative share counts are disposals (sales, gifts, or shares withheld for taxes); positive are acquisitions.

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 737,759 2.6% 8.5
31 Aug 2026 786,195 2.8% 5.9
14 Aug 2026 681,130 2.4% 3.2
31 Jul 2026 613,447 2.2% 3.5
15 Jul 2026 588,844 2.1% 3.8
30 Jun 2026 505,155 1.8% 1.3

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