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US equityMarket cap rank #2300Specialty Chemicals
$41.60 +$0.43 (+1.04%)
Pre-market · Oct 6, 7:00 am ET · After hours $41.60 0.00%
Open$41.17
Prev close$41.17
Day range$40.88 – $41.99
Volume663.3K
Market cap$3.82B
P/E (TTM)22.5
Dividend yield2.63%

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership106.9%-0.13 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding414-1 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)44 buys / 3 sellsNet buying
Short interest4.50% of floatDays to cover 6.2 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share25.8%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

15%21%27%33%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: +$479.2K (9 inflow days, 11 outflow days).

The five largest holders on file together own 34.2% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock12.89%
  • Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC6.20%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors5.74%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC5.16%
  • State Street Global Advisors4.19%
  • AllianceBernstein3.80%
  • Wellington Management Group3.28%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC2.73%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund93.59%
  • Hedge Fund5.19%
  • Government Pension Fund3.20%
  • Public Company2.29%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund1.60%
  • Individual/Insider0.67%
  • Private Company0.45%
  • Insurance Company0.39%

Reported short interest has risen from 4.44% to 4.50% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Short interest, by report

Report dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 4,126,545 4.5% 6.2
31 Aug 2026 3,889,162 4.2% 5.3
14 Aug 2026 3,928,808 4.3% 3.6
31 Jul 2026 4,070,490 4.4% 5.9
15 Jul 2026 4,247,923 4.6% 4.8
30 Jun 2026 4,074,026 4.4% 3.3

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