BLOOMIN BRANDS INC BLMN
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 094235108 · ISIN US0942351083
Restaurant holding company that owns several American casual dining restaurant chains
- SectorConsumer discretionary
- IndustryRetail-Eating Places
- HeadquartersTampa, FL
- Founded1987
- Websitebloominbrands.com
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($4.3m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 85.6m as of 2026-08-03, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $9.03. Options: 9 managers hold calls ($8.2m notional), 10 hold puts ($8.6m).
Trends to Q2 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 254 |
| Q4 2022 | 288 |
| Q1 2023 | 275 |
| Q2 2023 | 263 |
| Q3 2023 | 272 |
| Q4 2023 | 266 |
| Q1 2024 | 283 |
| Q2 2024 | 240 |
| Q3 2024 | 247 |
| Q4 2024 | 232 |
| Q1 2025 | 243 |
| Q2 2025 | 229 |
| Q3 2025 | 230 |
| Q4 2025 | 233 |
| Q1 2026 | 228 |
| Q2 2026 | 238 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | 119 | 137 |
| Q4 2024 | 109 | 134 |
| Q1 2025 | 134 | 112 |
| Q2 2025 | 124 | 112 |
| Q3 2025 | 101 | 123 |
| Q4 2025 | 96 | 138 |
| Q1 2026 | 120 | 130 |
| Q2 2026 | 123 | 106 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $7.7m | $5.0m | 0.65 |
| Q4 2025 | $4.3m | $3.6m | 0.85 |
| Q1 2026 | $3.3m | $5.0m | 1.52 |
| Q2 2026 | $8.2m | $8.6m | 1.05 |
Biggest buyers
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | New | +2.9m |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +1.7m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Added | +1.3m |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Added | +1.2m |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +863.4k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC | Added | +705.2k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +692.2k |
| Prosperitas Financial LLC | New | +688.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +684.3k |
| Nuveen, LLC | Added | +642.6k |
Biggest sellers
| Starboard Value LP | Reduced | -3.8m |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -1.9m |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Sold out | -846.8k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Reduced | -641.7k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Reduced | -544.7k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP | Sold out | -513.8k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Reduced | -504.8k |
| Empowered Funds, LLC | Reduced | -442.0k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO | Reduced | -429.8k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Sold out | -342.1k |
Biggest calls
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $2.1m227.7k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $1.4m156.1k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $1.3m139.8k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $1.3m137.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $671.8k73.5k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $605.1k66.2k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | New | $563.9k61.7k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $214.8k23.5k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $115.2k12.6k shares |
Biggest puts
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Unchanged | $3.0m326.2k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $1.6m177.3k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $1.6m170.8k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $665.4k72.8k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $571.2k62.5k shares |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP | New | $506.4k55.4k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $257.7k28.2k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $230.3k25.2k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $162.7k17.8k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $69.5k7.6k shares |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2026-04-07 | 7.3% |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 13G · institution new · filed 2026-10-08 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: Starboard Value LP (4.9%, 2026-05-08), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26)
Insider purchases and sales since 1 Apr 2026
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 3 | $1.1m | 1 | $79.5k | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2025 | 2 | $966.6k | 1 | $27.3k | — |
| Q1 2026 | 2 | $63.4k | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported since 1 Apr 2026.
Holders, Q2 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.8m $62.6m | Added +414.2k |
| Starboard Value LP 0.85% of their portfolio | 4.2m $38.2m | Reduced -3.8m |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.9m $35.2m | Reduced -54.1k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.5m $32.0m | Added +1.3m |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.4m $31.1m | Added +121.9k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.3m $30.4m | Added +52.0k |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC 0.11% of their portfolio | 2.9m $26.8m | New |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.9m $26.3m | Reduced -17.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.7m $24.8m | Added +684.3k |
| Miller Value Partners, LLC 5.59% of their portfolio | 2.6m $23.6m | Added +549.2k |
| Erste Asset Management GmbH 0.18% of their portfolio | 2.5m $22.9m | Unchanged |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.5m $13.4m | Reduced -641.7k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.4m $22.3m | Added +138.5k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.4m $21.6m | Added +256.6k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.2m $20.5m | Reduced -237.3k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.2m $19.8m | Added +218.0k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.1m $19.1m | Added +66.1k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.1m $18.9m | Reduced -504.8k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.0m $18.0m | Added +692.2k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.7m $15.4m | Added +863.4k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.7m $15.3m | Added +1.7m |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.6m $14.5m | Added +1.2m |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $13.2m | Added +68.4k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $11.7m | Reduced -322.6k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $10.1m | Added +361.2k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $9.9m | Added +148.5k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $9.8m | Reduced -340.1k |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 918.7k $8.4m | Reduced -1.9m |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 873.6k $8.0m | Added +323.0k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 861.2k $7.9m | Added +642.6k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 763.8k $7.0m | Added +705.2k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 758.9k $6.9m | Added +150.6k |
| Prosperitas Financial LLC 2.01% of their portfolio | 688.1k $6.3m | New |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 683.5k $6.2m | Added +89.6k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 635.0k $5.8m | New |
| Jupiter Topco LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 625.6k $5.7m | First filing |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 513.2k $4.7m | Reduced -18.8k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 486.3k $4.4m | Reduced -278.6k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 461.9k $4.2m | Added +13.4k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 427.3k $3.9m | Reduced -45.1k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 364.3k $3.3m | Reduced -221.1k |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 342.1k $3.1m | Added +191.9k |
| CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 319.8k $2.9m | New |
| PICTON MAHONEY ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.03% of their portfolio | 313.9k $2.9m | New |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.00% of their portfolio | 309.0k $2.8m | New |
| Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 296.7k $2.7m | Reduced -30.6k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 290.1k $2.7m | Added +33.4k |
| IEQ CAPITAL, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 270.7k $2.5m | Added +133.3k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.00% of their portfolio | 256.8k $2.3m | Added +25.5k |
| Empowered Funds, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 248.1k $2.3m | Reduced -442.0k |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 198.4k $1.8m | Reduced -44.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 196.6k $1.8m | Added +38.7k |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.00% of their portfolio | 188.3k $1.7m | Added +1.3k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 180.0k $1.6m | Reduced -56.0k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 177.4k $1.6m | Added +142.2k |
| Polymer Capital Management (US) LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 174.1k $1.6m | Added +155.7k |
| Invst, LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 173.4k $1.6m | New |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 171.4k $1.6m | Reduced -544.7k |
| Mariner, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 170.2k $1.6m | Added +111.8k |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 164.7k $1.5m | Added +66.4k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 154.7k $1.4m | Added +12.3k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 153.9k $1.4m | Added +5.9k |
| Campbell & CO Investment Adviser LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 145.7k $1.3m | New |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 138.2k $1.3m | Reduced -7.9k |
| NOMURA ASSET MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 137.9k $1.3m | Unchanged |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 137.3k $1.3m | Added +26.3k |
| Jain Global LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 131.4k $1.2m | Added +113.1k |
| LANDSCAPE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 0.08% of their portfolio | 131.1k $1.2m | New |
| Verdad Advisers, LP 1.14% of their portfolio | 130.0k $1.2m | Added +30.0k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 127.4k $1.2m | Added +93.6k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 125.1k $1.1m | Reduced -188.3k |
| SUSQUEHANNA FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 124.7k $1.1m | New |
| VIRGINIA RETIREMENT SYSTEMS ET Al 0.01% of their portfolio | 120.9k $1.1m | Reduced -7.3k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 114.8k $1.1m | Added +19.8k |
| ARISTEIA CAPITAL, L.L.C. 0.02% of their portfolio | 114.8k $1.0m | Reduced -72.0k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 109.4k $1,000.0k | Added +4.2k |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 107.5k $982.3k | Unchanged |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 106.2k $970.7k | New |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 104.5k $955.5k | New |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 97.1k $887.7k | Reduced -9.2k |
| CAXTON ASSOCIATES LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 97.1k $887.3k | New |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 95.6k $873.9k | Added +25.1k |
| MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC /ADV 0.00% of their portfolio | 94.0k $858.9k | Added +50.5k |
| WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 91.4k $762.6k | Added +45.1k |
| STRS OHIO 0.00% of their portfolio | 91.0k $831.7k | New |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 89.1k $814.8k | Added +19.1k |
| GSA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP 0.05% of their portfolio | 89.0k $813.0k | Added +40.7k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 81.5k $745.4k | Reduced -429.8k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 81.3k $743.0k | Reduced -3.8k |
| Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd 0.16% of their portfolio | 78.7k $720.0k | Added +55.7k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% of their portfolio | 70.1k $641.0k | New |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 68.6k $627.4k | Reduced -341 |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 67.2k $614.5k | Added +34.0k |
| Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC 0.11% of their portfolio | 66.0k $603.7k | Reduced -758 |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 64.2k $587.1k | Added +36.1k |
| Skylands Capital, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 62.2k $569.0k | Reduced -32.7k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 59.3k $541.7k | Added +11.2k |
| UNITED CAPITAL FINANCIAL ADVISORS, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 57.6k $526.7k | Reduced -54.7k |
| Advisors Asset Management, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 55.7k $509.2k | Reduced -344 |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 54.4k $497.1k | Added +40.7k |