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Kearny Financial KRNY

US equityMarket cap rank #3627
$9.11 +$0.00 (0.00%)
Market open · Oct 8, 10:00 am ET · After hours $9.11 0.00%
Open$9.10
Prev close$9.11
Day range$8.99 – $9.23
Volume30.3K
Market cap$591.51M
P/E (TTM)16.0
Dividend yield4.83%

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership81.6%-0.02 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding207+0 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)29 buys / 21 sellsNet buying
Short interest4.46% of floatDays to cover 6.1 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share34.0%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

20%27%34%41%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$2.84M (3 inflow days, 17 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$1.7MSuper−$1.1MBig−$607.8KMid−$1.1MSmall

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 35.0% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock14.13%
  • Kearny Bank, ESOP7.13%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors4.74%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.68%
  • T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.4.34%
  • Renaissance Technologies Corp.3.93%
  • Adage Capital Management, L.P.3.54%
  • AQR Capital Management3.30%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund56.58%
  • Hedge Fund15.62%
  • Corporate Pension Plan7.13%
  • Individual/Insider4.92%
  • Public Company1.39%
  • Government Pension Fund0.31%
  • Insurance Company0.23%
  • Private Company0.17%

Reported short interest has risen from 2.97% to 4.46% 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 +143,959 0.2%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +956,676 14.1%
ICON Advisers, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +672,400 1.1%
UBS Asset Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +482,028 1.0%
Citadel Advisors LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +252,080 0.6%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +151,694 4.7%
Algert Global LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +137,933 0.6%
AQR Capital Management Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +136,041 3.3%
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +105,130 2.4%
Acadian Asset Management LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +96,791 0.2%
Creative Planning, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +87,612 0.6%
Geode Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +84,572 2.5%
Russell Investment Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +80,265 0.1%
Quantinno Capital Management LP Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +74,922 0.5%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +63,359 0.9%

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

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
16 Sep 2026 Melvina Wong-Zaza Independent Director Open Market Acquisition +1,560 $9.64 35,470
9 Aug 2026 Leopold Montanaro Director Open Market Acquisition +4,773 $9.46 270,000
6 Aug 2026 Craig Montanaro Chief Executive Officer Sale to Issuer -12,856 $9.52 497,063
6 Aug 2026 Craig Montanaro Chief Executive Officer Other Acquisition +27,058 – 58,717
6 Aug 2026 Erika Parisi Executive Vice President Sale to Issuer -4,110 $9.52 241,053
6 Aug 2026 Erika Parisi Executive Vice President Other Acquisition +6,886 – 17,187
6 Aug 2026 Patrick Joyce Chief Lending Officer Sale to Issuer -4,517 $9.52 142,291
6 Aug 2026 Patrick Joyce Chief Lending Officer Other Acquisition +8,062 – 19,947
6 Aug 2026 Anthony Bilotta Chief Banking Officer Sale to Issuer -3,561 $9.52 93,345
6 Aug 2026 Anthony Bilotta Chief Banking Officer Other Acquisition +7,578 – 18,804
6 Aug 2026 Keith Suchodolski Senior Executive VP & CFO Sale to Issuer -6,601 $9.52 135,332
6 Aug 2026 Keith Suchodolski Senior Executive VP & CFO Other Acquisition +15,186 – 33,298
6 Aug 2026 Thomas DeMedici Chief Credit Officer Sale to Issuer -2,565 $9.52 151,492
6 Aug 2026 Thomas DeMedici Chief Credit Officer Other Acquisition +7,680 – 19,057
6 Aug 2026 Timothy Swansson Executive VP and Chief Technology & Innovation Officer Sale to Issuer -2,207 $9.52 88,400
6 Aug 2026 Timothy Swansson Executive VP and Chief Technology & Innovation Officer Other Acquisition +6,673 – 16,484
6 Aug 2026 Sean Byrnes Executive VP & Deputy CFO Sale to Issuer -2,222 $9.52 56,478
6 Aug 2026 Sean Byrnes Executive VP & Deputy CFO Other Acquisition +9,914 – 56,478
6 Aug 2026 Cassia Beierle Executive Vice President Sale to Issuer -1,911 $9.52 39,111
6 Aug 2026 Cassia Beierle Executive Vice President Other Acquisition +6,441 – 39,111

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 2,897,643 4.5% 6.1
31 Aug 2026 2,700,210 4.2% 3.0
14 Aug 2026 1,917,141 3.0% 4.1
31 Jul 2026 1,528,687 2.4% 2.9
15 Jul 2026 1,609,940 2.5% 3.1
30 Jun 2026 1,920,176 3.0% 2.0

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