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Ardmore Shipping ASC

US equityMarket cap rank #3450Marine Shipping Red Sea Shipping Crisis

$18.48 −$0.34 (-1.81%)

Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:40 am ET · After hours $18.62 +0.76%

Open$18.97

Prev close$18.82

Day range$18.36 – $19.47

Volume828.3K

Market cap$754.94M

P/E (TTM)7.2

Dividend yield3.52%

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership101.1%-2.09 pts vs. prior quarter

Institutions holding233-1 vs. prior quarter

Insider trades (recent)11 buys / 21 sellsNet selling

Short interest6.24% of floatDays to cover 4.6 · as of 15 Sep 2026

Short-sale volume share22.8%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: +$515.4K (9 inflow days, 11 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 31.0% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

BlackRock9.41%
Dimensional Fund Advisors6.11%
Scorpio Holdings Limited5.64%
Alder Tree Investments II B.V.4.98%
Wellington Management Group4.85%
American Century Investment Management4.25%
Renaissance Technologies Corp.3.87%
Teekay Tankers Ltd.3.80%

By investor type

Mutual Fund58.35%
Hedge Fund17.41%
Private Company14.69%
Public Company6.43%
Family Office/Trust2.22%
Insurance Company1.80%
Individual/Insider1.07%
Government Pension Fund0.12%

Reported short interest has risen from 6.05% to 6.24% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

Holder	Type	Period	Share change	New stake
BlackRock	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+665,587	9.4%
Jane Street Group, LLC	Private Company	2026/Q3	+405,198	1.5%
Castleknight Management LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+272,580	1.4%
Two Sigma Investments, LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+254,958	0.7%
Fearnley Asset Management AS	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+208,056	0.5%
Geode Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+184,935	1.6%
Hartree Partners, LP	Private Company	2026/Q3	+157,899	1.6%
Navellier & Associates, Inc.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+157,157	0.4%
Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+146,008	1.3%
Numerai GP LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+136,975	0.6%
Acadian Asset Management LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+125,528	3.7%
Wellington Management Group	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+116,154	4.9%
FMR	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+98,982	0.3%
Victory Capital Management Inc.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+95,648	0.5%
Engineers Gate Manager LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+91,411	0.3%

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

Insider transactions

Date	Insider	Title	Transaction	Shares	Price	Held after
16 Jun 2026	Curtis McWilliams	Independent Chairperson	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+15,360	–	76,033
16 Jun 2026	Mats Berglund		Derivative Exercise and Retained	+8,474	–	31,316
16 Jun 2026	Kirsi Kyllikki Tikka	Independent Director	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+8,474	–	43,945
16 Jun 2026	James Fok	Director	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+8,474	–	19,953
16 Jun 2026	Helen De Jong		Derivative Exercise and Retained	+8,474	–	33,267
14 Jun 2026	Curtis McWilliams	Independent Chairperson	Other Derivative Acquisition	+9,112	–	9,112
14 Jun 2026	Mats Berglund		Other Derivative Acquisition	+5,125	–	5,125
14 Jun 2026	Kirsi Kyllikki Tikka	Independent Director	Other Derivative Acquisition	+4,841	–	4,841
14 Jun 2026	James Fok	Director	Other Acquisition	+257	$17.06	19,953
14 Jun 2026	James Fok	Director	Other Derivative Acquisition	+4,556	–	4,556
14 Jun 2026	Helen De Jong		Other Derivative Acquisition	+5,125	–	5,125
17 May 2026	Curtis McWilliams	Independent Chairperson	Open Market Disposition	-17,125	$19.38	60,673
14 May 2026	Curtis McWilliams	Independent Chairperson	Intent to Sell (Form 144)	-20,000	$19.00	–
14 May 2026	Helen De Jong		Open Market Disposition	-1,534	$18.93	24,793
12 May 2026	Curtis McWilliams	Independent Chairperson	Open Market Disposition	-2,875	$19.05	77,798
11 May 2026	Kirsi Kyllikki Tikka	Independent Director	Open Market Disposition	-12,000	$18.93	35,471
11 May 2026	Aideen O’Driscoll	Senior Vice President & Director of Corporate Services	Open Market Disposition	-15,848	$18.96	19,613
11 May 2026	Helen De Jong		Open Market Disposition	-1,966	$19.02	26,327
4 May 2026	Bart Kelleher	Secretary & CFO	Automatic Disposition	-8,000	$19.07	60,039
17 Mar 2026	Curtis McWilliams	Independent Chairperson	Initial Statement of Beneficial	+0	–	14,781

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 Sep 2026	2,550,851	6.2%	4.6
31 Aug 2026	2,318,158	5.7%	3.4
14 Aug 2026	2,299,812	5.6%	4.2
31 Jul 2026	2,411,301	5.9%	4.5
15 Jul 2026	2,490,716	6.1%	3.9
30 Jun 2026	2,467,989	6.0%	3.1

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