WAFD Insider Trading
WaFd, Inc. (WAFD) operates in the Financial Services sector, specifically the Banks - Regional industry, with a market capitalization near $2.14B, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 1,979 people, carrying a beta of 0.88 to the broader market. WaFd, Inc. Led by Brent J. Beardall, public since 1982-11-09.
In the last 12 months, WaFd, Inc. insiders made 2 buy transactions and 2 sale transactions.
| Date | Name | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 27, 2026 | Robison Kim E | S-Sale | 22,000 | $35.28 | $776.2K |
| Mar 12, 2026 | Hill Erin | 0 | $0.00 | $0 | |
| Mar 10, 2026 | Hill Erin | 0 | $0.00 | $0 | |
| Mar 2, 2026 | Sanden Blayne | F-InKind | 46 | $31.16 | $1.4K |
| Feb 6, 2026 | Cooper Cathy E | S-Sale | 5,300 | $33.77 | $179.0K |
| Jan 21, 2026 | Sanden Blayne | A-Award | 750 | $31.44 | $23.6K |
| Jan 5, 2026 | Sanden Blayne | A-Award | 456 | $32.13 | $14.7K |
| Jan 5, 2026 | Bice Shawn | A-Award | 3,310 | $32.03 | $106.0K |
| Jan 5, 2026 | BROWER LINDA S | A-Award | 3,310 | $32.03 | $106.0K |
| Jan 5, 2026 | BROWER LINDA S | F-InKind | 993 | $32.03 | $31.8K |
WAFD Insider Activity by Quarter
Reported Form 4 and Form 5 lines under WAFD's own SEC company ID, by transaction date, back to Q4 2024. Purchases and sales are code P / S (open market or private) in the company's shares; other lines are purchases and sales of other securities (options, warrants, preferred), awards, exercises, tax withholding, gifts and other acquisitions and dispositions. Later filings and amendments can change the current quarter. Earlier quarters are not shown: the filings read reach back to Oct 27, 2015, and a quarter counts only when every filing for it was read. 17 lines filed under another SEC company ID are not counted.
| Quarter | Purchases | Bought | Sales | Sold | Other Lines |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2026 (so far) | 0 | N/A | 0 | N/A | 0 |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | N/A | 0 | N/A | 0 |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | N/A | 1 | $776.2K | 0 |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | N/A | 1 | $179.0K | 15 |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | N/A | 0 | N/A | 20 |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | N/A | 1 | $31.8K | 1 |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | N/A | 0 | N/A | 0 |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | N/A | 0 | N/A | 15 |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | N/A | 2 | $648.3K | 15 |
Filings Under Another SEC Company ID
17 filing lines on file were filed under an SEC company ID (CIK) other than WAFD's (936528). Such a filing can be a predecessor company's (one that reorganized, redomiciled or converted files under a new CIK), a former holder of the WAFD ticker's, or another company's that WAFD or its insiders report holding; the CIK alone does not say which. They are not counted in the figures above.
| CIK | Lines | Dates | Securities |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1175680 | 17 | Dec 17, 2020 to Dec 21, 2020 | Common Stock, Non-qualified Stock Option (right to buy) |
WAFD Institutional Ownership (13F)
As of Jun 30, 2026 (Q2 2026), 288 institutions reported holding 63,115,522 WAFD shares, valued at $2.40B as reported, 83.6% of its market cap (market cap of Jun 26, 2026). The market cap on file for WAFD is about the same figure as for WAFDP, another security of the same company (the same issuer number and name on file), so that percentage is likely over the company's whole market cap. That is +29 institutions from the quarter before. Among managers whose reports for both quarters are comparable, 50 opened a position, 22 closed one, 100 added and 89 trimmed.
Top Holders, Q2 2026
| Manager | Shares | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. | 10,774,309 | $413.4M | -269,887 |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | 4,964,442 | $190.5M | +18,918 |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | 4,755,020 | $182.5M | -65,525 |
| STATE STREET CORP | 4,345,763 | $166.7M | +130,140 |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | 3,807,514 | $119.6M | +232,940 |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | 3,324,356 | $127.6M | -102,919 |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | 3,142,312 | $120.6M | -112,275 |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | 2,416,568 | $92.7M | +206,221 |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | 1,987,447 | $76.3M | +35,117 |
| SYSTEMATIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT LP | 1,558,139 | $59.8M | +19,788 |
By Quarter
| Quarter | Institutions | Shares | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2026 | 288 | 63,115,522 | $2.40B |
| Q1 2026 | 259 | 61,766,432 | $1.94B |
| Q4 2025 | 258 | 65,525,245 | $2.10B |
| Q3 2025 | 253 | 61,636,436 | $1.87B |
| Q2 2025 | 253 | 63,592,690 | $1.86B |
| Q1 2025 | 242 | 65,002,042 | $1.86B |
| Q4 2024 | 248 | 64,797,311 | $2.09B |
| Q3 2024 | 243 | 63,766,888 | $2.22B |
| Q2 2024 | 229 | 62,915,904 | $1.80B |
From the SEC's Form 13F data sets: investment managers with $100 million or more in Section 13(f) securities report their holdings each quarter, up to 45 days after it ends; a restated filing replaces the original, and values are as the managers reported them (a position whose price runs about 1,000 times below other managers', from a manager whose positions mostly do, is read as reported in thousands of dollars). The same shares can be reported by more than one manager, so totals can count some twice.
ETFs Holding WAFD
| Fund | Weight of WAFD | Shares (as reported) | Value (as reported) | Source updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF | 0.13% | 4,430,574 | $130.6M | Oct 8, 2026 |
| VTI Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF | 0.00% | 2,349,345 | $84.0M | Oct 7, 2026 |
| AVUV Avantis U.S. Small Cap Value ETF | 0.21% | 2,212,674 | $65.2M | Oct 8, 2026 |
| VB Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap ETF | 0.03% | 1,698,998 | $60.8M | Oct 7, 2026 |
| IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF | 0.07% | 1,827,893 | $53.9M | Oct 8, 2026 |
| DFSV U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio ETF Class Shares | 0.17% | 1,532,173 | $45.8M | Oct 8, 2026 |
| VBR Vanguard Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF | 0.06% | 1,079,675 | $38.6M | Oct 7, 2026 |
| DFAT Dimensional - US Targeted Value ETF | 0.11% | 1,160,496 | $34.7M | Oct 8, 2026 |
| VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF | 0.03% | 858,504 | $30.7M | Oct 7, 2026 |
| KRE State Street SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF | 0.64% | 708,827 | $23.0M | Oct 8, 2026 |
| SPSM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 600 Small Cap ETF | 0.13% | 678,723 | $20.3M | Oct 8, 2026 |
| IJS iShares S&P Small-Cap 600 Value ETF | 0.24% | 613,292 | $18.1M | Oct 8, 2026 |
| VTWO Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF | 0.08% | 428,457 | $15.3M | Oct 7, 2026 |
| KBE State Street SPDR S&P Bank ETF | 0.87% | 432,138 | $13.1M | Oct 8, 2026 |
| SLYV State Street SPDR S&P 600 Small Cap Value ETF | 0.24% | 386,921 | $11.5M | Oct 8, 2026 |
From each fund's latest holdings file on record that shows WAFD's listed security itself. A file counts when its line count is consistent with the fund's reported holdings count (at most twice it plus 10, or at most 1,000 lines for a reported count of exactly 10, which the data source gives many funds as a cap), read with that file or inherited from the fund's last classified file (within 20% of its line count, read within 60 days). Funds whose line for the company could not be confirmed as WAFD's listed security, or that hold it through underlying funds (look-through), are not listed. Only long positions count: a fund is left out when any of its lines for WAFD reports a negative weight, share count or value, or none of them above zero (a short position, or figures that disagree). Shares, value and weight are as reported in each fund's file, dated by the data source's last update of that file (not the date of the positions); the weight is WAFD's share of that fund.
How to Read WAFD Insider Activity
Net insider activity is balanced over the trailing twelve months: 2 buys against 2 sales. Balanced activity typically reflects routine compensation-related vesting and tax-driven liquidity rather than directional information signals. The transaction table above includes the filer's reporting name, transaction type, share count, per-share price, and total dollar value where computable. For options traders, insider activity is one input to event-driven sizing alongside earnings calendar, analyst-rating cluster moves, and the implied-vol surface. Form 4 filings (the dominant Section 16 reporting form) must be submitted within two business days of the transaction; clusters of buys across multiple insiders within a short window are the strongest informational pattern. SEC EDGAR carries the underlying source filings for verification and additional historical depth.
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Frequently asked WAFD insider trading questions
- How active are WAFD insiders right now?
- Over the trailing twelve months, WaFd, Inc. (WAFD) insiders made 2 buy transactions and 2 sale transactions. Net insider activity over the trailing twelve months is balanced (2 buys, 2 sales). The transaction list above shows the most recent filings; each entry includes the insider's name, transaction type, share count, and per-share price.
- What counts as an insider transaction?
- Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act requires officers, directors, and 10% beneficial-owner shareholders to disclose changes in their holdings via Form 3 (initial statement), Form 4 (subsequent transactions, filed within two business days), and Form 5 (annual catch-up). Insider transactions cover open-market purchases and sales, exercise of stock options, gifts, and grants. The "transaction type" field on each row distinguishes these subcategories.
- Are WAFD insider buys a bullish signal?
- Insider purchases (Type P, made on the open market or privately; the code covers both) carry more informational weight than insider sales: an insider must commit personal capital, and the SEC scrutinizes purchases under Rule 10b5-1 for material non-public information. Sales, by contrast, are often driven by liquidity, tax planning, or pre-scheduled 10b5-1 trading plans rather than negative information. Cluster buying (multiple insiders buying within a short window) is a stronger signal than isolated buys.
- How do WAFD insider transactions affect options pricing?
- Insider transaction data does not directly drive implied volatility, but Form 4 disclosures can move single-name IV if the size or timing is unusual (e.g. a large CEO buy ahead of an earnings window). Options markets price the marginal informational content; routine transactions under pre-scheduled plans are typically ignored. For event-driven options sizing, pair the insider transaction history with the upcoming earnings calendar.