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California Bancorp BCAL

US equityMarket cap rank #3523

$21.38 −$0.28 (-1.29%)

Pre-market · Oct 8, 9:10 am ET · After hours $21.38 0.00%

Open$21.31

Prev close$21.66

Day range$21.28 – $21.53

Volume175.2K

Market cap$687.38M

P/E (TTM)11.6

Dividend yield1.40%

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership71.5%+0.00 pts vs. prior quarter

Institutions holding178+1 vs. prior quarter

Insider trades (recent)21 buys / 29 sellsNet selling

Short interest2.82% of floatDays to cover 4.4 · as of 15 Sep 2026

Short-sale volume share21.7%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: −$1.34M (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 31.9% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

Wellington Management Group7.61%
FJ Capital Management, LLC6.39%
AllianceBernstein6.07%
BlackRock5.99%
John Farkash5.79%
Endeavour Capital Advisors Inc.5.15%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC3.90%
State Street Global Advisors2.64%

By investor type

Mutual Fund47.41%
Hedge Fund17.46%
Individual/Insider15.83%
VC/PE Fund2.54%
Public Company1.93%
Family Office/Trust1.27%
Private Company0.65%
Government Pension Fund0.17%

Reported short interest has risen from 2.46% to 2.82% 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
Thomas Dolan	Individual/Insider	2026/Q3	+55,532	1.0%
BlackRock	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+467,195	6.0%
Algebris (UK) Limited	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+275,937	1.3%
Stieven Capital Advisors, L.P.	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+252,843	0.8%
American Century Investment Management	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+224,040	1.8%
Maloon, Powers, Pitre, Higgins & Dennehy, LLC	Family Office/Trust	2026/Q3	+170,396	0.5%
Dimensional Fund Advisors	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+159,863	2.0%
Two Sigma Investments, LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+123,472	0.6%
State Street Global Advisors	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+80,312	2.6%
Geode Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+76,111	2.0%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+69,781	0.7%
PGIM, Inc.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+69,490	0.6%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+63,851	3.9%
J.P. Morgan Asset Management, Inc.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+59,535	0.2%
Citadel Advisors LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+45,729	0.4%

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

Insider transactions

Date	Insider	Title	Transaction	Shares	Price	Held after
20 Sep 2026	Michele Wirfel	Chief Operating Officer	Sale to Issuer	-93	$21.51	86,290
3 Sep 2026	Frank Muller	Director	Private Acquisition	+450	$22.13	37,114
19 Aug 2026	Andrew Armanino	Director	Other Acquisition	+1,025	–	189,674
19 Aug 2026	Stephen Cortese	Director	Other Acquisition	+1,025	–	398,383
19 Aug 2026	Kevin Cullen	Director	Other Acquisition	+1,025	–	93,415
10 Aug 2026	Thomas Dolan	Chief Financial Officer	Other Acquisition	+3,352	–	316,705
10 Aug 2026	Thomas Dolan	Chief Financial Officer	Other Disposition	-3,352	–	316,705
10 Aug 2026	Martin Liska	Executive Vice President	Other Acquisition	+1,257	–	35,842
10 Aug 2026	Martin Liska	Executive Vice President	Other Disposition	-1,257	–	35,842
1 Aug 2026	David Rainer	Chairperson & CEO	Sale to Issuer	-3,518	$21.30	372,467
1 Aug 2026	Jean Carandang	Former Chief Financial Officer	Sale to Issuer	-704	$21.30	43,285
1 Aug 2026	Thomas Dolan	Chief Financial Officer	Sale to Issuer	-1,877	$21.30	316,705
1 Aug 2026	Peter Nutz	Chief Credit Officer	Sale to Issuer	-939	$21.30	14,980
1 Aug 2026	Manisha Merchant	General Counsel	Sale to Issuer	-939	$21.30	14,809
1 Aug 2026	Michele Wirfel	Chief Operating Officer	Sale to Issuer	-1,407	$21.30	86,383
1 Aug 2026	Richard Hernandez	President	Sale to Issuer	-1,407	$21.30	92,362
1 Aug 2026	Martin Liska	Executive Vice President	Sale to Issuer	-704	$21.30	35,842
1 Aug 2026	Joann Yeung	Senior VP & Principal Accounting Officer	Sale to Issuer	-704	$21.30	13,233
30 Jul 2026	Lester Machado	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+9,142	–	63,765
30 Jul 2026	Lester Machado	Independent Director	Other Disposition	-9,142	–	63,765

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	905,840	2.8%	4.4
31 Aug 2026	1,011,696	3.1%	6.9
14 Aug 2026	949,888	3.0%	6.3
31 Jul 2026	909,590	2.8%	3.4
15 Jul 2026	900,257	2.8%	5.0
30 Jun 2026	791,884	2.5%	2.2

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