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Mission Produce AVO

US equityMarket cap rank #3176Food Distribution

$12.51 −$0.24 (-1.88%)

Market closed · Oct 8, 7:20 am ET · Last extended-hours $12.51 0.00%

Open$12.72

Prev close$12.75

Day range$12.49 – $12.82

Volume750.0K

Market cap$1.10B

P/E (TTM)312.8

Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership62.7%+3.33 pts vs. prior quarter

Institutions holding213+0 vs. prior quarter

Insider trades (recent)37 buys / 12 sellsNet buying

Short interest5.81% of floatDays to cover 6.4 · as of 15 Sep 2026

Short-sale volume share28.7%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: +$175.0K (8 inflow days, 12 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 43.0% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

Globalharvest Holdings Venture Ltd14.79%
Luis Gonzalez9.14%
Rubric Capital Management LP6.82%
Bruce Taylor6.76%
BlackRock5.45%
Dimensional Fund Advisors4.65%
Fourth Sail Capital LP4.54%
Stephen Barnard4.05%

By investor type

Mutual Fund35.40%
Individual/Insider23.90%
Private Company16.35%
Hedge Fund9.45%
Public Company0.78%
Government Pension Fund0.61%
Insurance Company0.13%
Family Office/Trust0.02%

Reported short interest has risen from 5.00% to 5.81% 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
Globalharvest Holdings Venture Ltd	Private Company	2026/Q3	+2,422,459	14.8%
Rubric Capital Management LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+4,255,506	6.8%
Fourth Sail Capital LP	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+2,867,072	4.5%
BlackRock	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,286,263	5.4%
Dimensional Fund Advisors	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,054,407	4.7%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+763,199	3.2%
Renaissance Technologies Corp.	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+462,502	0.7%
GAMCO Investors, Inc.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+448,034	0.6%
Geode Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+442,365	1.7%
State Street Global Advisors	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+416,126	1.6%
Citadel Advisors LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+336,025	0.5%
Heartland Advisors, Inc.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+329,279	0.4%
Hotchkis and Wiley Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+311,295	0.4%
American Century Investment Management	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+307,252	1.8%
Alberta Investment Management Corporation	Government Pension Fund	2026/Q3	+275,539	0.3%

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

Insider transactions

Date	Insider	Title	Transaction	Shares	Price	Held after
23 Sep 2026	Stephen Barnard	Founder, CEO, President, COO & Director	Open Market Disposition	-21,646	$13.00	3,555,130
20 Sep 2026	Stephen Barnard	Founder, CEO, President, COO & Director	Open Market Disposition	-111,358	$13.01	3,576,776
17 Sep 2026	Stephen Barnard	Founder, CEO, President, COO & Director	Open Market Disposition	-35,562	$13.00	3,688,134
13 Sep 2026	Stephen Barnard	Founder, CEO, President, COO & Director	Open Market Disposition	-66,496	$13.02	3,723,696
10 Sep 2026	Stephen Barnard	Founder, CEO, President, COO & Director	Private Disposition	-15,000	$13.10	3,723,696
8 Jul 2026	Globalharvest Holdings Venture Ltd		Open Market Acquisition	+592,957	$13.28	12,963,396
7 Jul 2026	Globalharvest Holdings Venture Ltd		Open Market Acquisition	+1,179,087	$13.42	12,370,439
5 Jul 2026	Globalharvest Holdings Venture Ltd		Open Market Acquisition	+650,415	$12.73	11,191,352
29 Jun 2026	Jay Pack	Independent Director	Open Market Acquisition	+40,000	$12.10	1,889,594
28 Jun 2026	Bryan Giles	Chief Financial Officer	Open Market Disposition	-5,000	$12.13	146,931
22 Jun 2026	Taylor Fresh Foods, Inc.		Open Market Acquisition	+100,000	$11.36	855,842
16 Jun 2026	Taylor Fresh Foods, Inc.		Open Market Acquisition	+286,410	$11.27	755,842
15 Jun 2026	Taylor Fresh Foods, Inc.		Open Market Acquisition	+313,590	$11.40	469,432
14 Jun 2026	Jay Pack	Independent Director	Open Market Acquisition	+188,550	$11.34	1,883,157
11 Jun 2026	Taylor Fresh Foods, Inc.		Open Market Acquisition	+155,842	$11.16	155,842
11 Jun 2026	Bruce Taylor	Independent Director	Open Market Acquisition	+10,000	$11.14	5,927,458
10 Jun 2026	Jay Pack	Independent Director	Open Market Acquisition	+37,450	$11.04	1,694,607
27 May 2026	Kathleen Holmgren	Director	Other Acquisition	+7,440	–	7,440
27 May 2026	Kathleen Holmgren	Director	Other Acquisition	+26,384	–	26,384
27 May 2026	Kathleen Holmgren	Director	Initial Statement of Beneficial	+0	–	–

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	5,097,254	5.8%	6.4
31 Aug 2026	4,902,595	5.6%	10.1
14 Aug 2026	4,730,766	5.4%	5.4
31 Jul 2026	4,980,808	5.6%	7.3
15 Jul 2026	5,121,394	5.8%	3.6
30 Jun 2026	4,411,698	5.0%	2.6

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