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Amerant Bancorp AMTB
US equityMarket cap rank #3118
$29.60 +$0.06 (+0.20%)
Market closed · Nov 6, 8:10 pm ET · Last extended-hours $29.60 0.00%
Open$29.31
Prev close$29.54
Day range$29.31 – $29.92
Volume330.9K
Market cap$1.15B
P/E (TTM)17.5
Dividend yield1.22%
Ownership & positioning
Who holds it, who is betting against it, and where the big money is moving
Institutional ownership69.6%+0.11 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding189+4 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)34 buys / 11 sellsNet buying
Short interest5.37% of floatDays to cover 6.1 · as of 15 Oct 2026
Short-sale volume share20.1%5-day average of daily volume
Short-sale volume as % of daily volume
Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions
Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$2.88M (7 inflow days, 13 outflow days).
Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions
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 35.7% of shares outstanding.
Largest holders
By investor type
Reported short interest has risen from 3.84% to 5.37% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (31 Jul 2026 to 15 Oct 2026).
Recent institutional activity
| Holder | Type | Period | Share change | New stake |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nuveen Asset Management LLC | Insurance Company | 2026/Q3 | +72,176 | 0.2% |
| North Reef Capital Management LP | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +695,019 | 4.7% |
| Basswood Capital Management, L.L.C. | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +497,159 | 1.3% |
| American Century Investment Management | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +318,197 | 2.2% |
| Two Sigma Investments, LP | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +259,986 | 1.8% |
| Dimensional Fund Advisors | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +176,100 | 4.0% |
| Citadel Advisors LLC | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +174,514 | 0.5% |
| State Street Global Advisors | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +125,946 | 3.2% |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +116,923 | 0.3% |
| Marshall Wace LLP | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +78,614 | 0.2% |
| Mendon Capital Advisors Corp | Hedge Fund | 2026/Q3 | +54,196 | 0.8% |
| Curi Capital, LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +50,000 | 0.8% |
| Kennedy Capital Management LLC | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +44,861 | 0.1% |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Limited | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +41,108 | 0.1% |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP | Mutual Fund | 2026/Q3 | +33,883 | 0.2% |
Institutional buy/sell activity by reporting period, largest moves first.
Insider transactions
| Date | Insider | Title | Transaction | Shares | Price | Held after |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 Oct 2026 | Michael Nursey | Senior EVP & Chief Domestic Banking Officer | Derivative Exercise and Sale | -122 | $29.03 | 3,492 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | Michael Nursey | Senior EVP & Chief Domestic Banking Officer | Derivative Exercise and Retained | +378 | – | 3,492 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | Yecimar Camacho | Executive Vice President | Initial Statement of Beneficial | +0 | – | 874 |
| 20 Jul 2026 | Lee Cragg | Derivative Exercise and Sale | -49 | $25.86 | 152 | |
| 20 Jul 2026 | Lee Cragg | Derivative Exercise and Retained | +152 | – | 152 | |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Michael Nursey | Senior EVP & Chief Domestic Banking Officer | Derivative Exercise and Sale | -328 | $23.23 | 3,114 |
| 16 Jun 2026 | Michael Nursey | Senior EVP & Chief Domestic Banking Officer | Derivative Exercise and Retained | +1,015 | – | 3,114 |
| 7 Jun 2026 | Armando Fleitas | Chief Accounting Officer | Other Derivative Acquisition | +1,093 | – | 1,093 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Patricia Morrison | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +2,885 | – | 2,885 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Lisa Lutoff-Perlo | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +2,885 | – | 2,885 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Jack Kopnisky | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +2,885 | – | 2,885 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Erin Knight | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +2,885 | – | 2,885 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Millar Wilson | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +2,885 | – | 2,885 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Odilon Almeida | Independent Chairperson | Other Derivative Acquisition | +2,885 | – | 2,885 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Gustavo Marturet Medina | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +2,885 | – | 2,885 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | John Quill | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +2,885 | – | 2,885 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Oscar Suarez | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +2,885 | – | 2,885 |
| 1 Jun 2026 | Ashaki Rucker | Independent Director | Other Derivative Acquisition | +2,885 | – | 2,885 |
| 31 May 2026 | Sharymar Yepez | Chief Financial Officer | Derivative Exercise and Sale | -967 | $22.07 | 20,429 |
| 31 May 2026 | Sharymar Yepez | Chief Financial Officer | Derivative Exercise and Retained | +3,004 | – | 20,429 |
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 date | Shares short | % of float | Days to cover |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | 2,103,215 | 5.4% | 6.1 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 2,168,479 | 5.5% | 5.4 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 1,937,040 | 4.9% | 6.3 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 1,684,308 | 4.3% | 6.0 |
| 14 Aug 2026 | 1,419,847 | 3.6% | 3.6 |
| 31 Jul 2026 | 1,503,570 | 3.8% | 2.7 |
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