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Ennis EBF

US equityMarket cap rank #3656

$22.50 −$0.06 (-0.27%)

Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:20 am ET · After hours $22.50 0.00%

Open$22.40

Prev close$22.56

Day range$22.39 – $22.77

Volume159.9K

Market cap$569.65M

P/E (TTM)14.7

Dividend yield4.44%

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership86.4%+0.36 pts vs. prior quarter

Institutions holding201+0 vs. prior quarter

Insider trades (recent)43 buys / 5 sellsNet buying

Short interest9.25% of floatDays to cover 17.4 · as of 15 Sep 2026

Short-sale volume share26.0%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: +$361.8K (12 inflow days, 8 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 34.1% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

BlackRock10.89%
Dimensional Fund Advisors7.47%
Allspring Global Investments, LLC5.88%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.96%
Renaissance Technologies Corp.4.86%
Charles Schwab Investment Management4.14%
Royce & Associates, LP3.95%
Geode Capital Management, LLC3.52%

By investor type

Mutual Fund73.67%
Hedge Fund9.58%
Individual/Insider4.16%
Public Company1.50%
Government Pension Fund0.80%
Insurance Company0.43%
Private Company0.20%
Family Office/Trust0.17%

Reported short interest has risen from 6.23% to 9.25% 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
Nuveen Asset Management LLC	Insurance Company	2026/Q3	+107,587	0.4%
BlackRock	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+280,915	10.9%
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+176,969	1.0%
UBS Asset Management	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+86,654	0.4%
Geode Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+75,886	3.5%
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.	Public Company	2026/Q3	+74,813	0.8%
Trexquant Investment LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+49,989	0.2%
Creative Planning, Inc.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+48,250	2.4%
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+46,227	0.3%
Quantinno Capital Management LP	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+44,204	0.5%
Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+39,192	3.1%
State Street Global Advisors	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+37,934	2.4%
Evli Fund Management Company Ltd.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+34,540	0.1%
Charles Schwab Investment Management	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+29,360	4.1%
Two Sigma Investments, LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+28,872	2.3%

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

Insider transactions

Date	Insider	Title	Transaction	Shares	Price	Held after
21 Sep 2026	Wade Brewer	Chief Operating Officer	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+3,103	$19.76	28,589
15 Jul 2026	Michael Magill	Former Corporate Secretary	Other Acquisition	+887	–	13,720
15 Jul 2026	Alejandro Quiroz	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+2,661	–	17,021
15 Jul 2026	Walter Gruenes	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+2,661	–	13,404
15 Jul 2026	Troy Priddy	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+2,661	–	25,825
15 Jul 2026	Gary Mozina	Director	Other Acquisition	+2,661	–	23,531
15 Jul 2026	Barbara Clemens	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+2,661	–	26,531
15 Jul 2026	Aaron Carter	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+2,661	–	21,046
15 Jul 2026	Margaret Walters	Director	Other Acquisition	+2,661	–	18,141
19 Apr 2026	Keith Walters	Chairperson & CEO	Other Derivative Acquisition	+23,176	–	23,176
19 Apr 2026	Daniel Gus	General Counsel	Other Derivative Acquisition	+3,603	$19.76	3,603
19 Apr 2026	Daniel Gus	General Counsel	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+1,802	–	18,248
19 Apr 2026	Wade Brewer	Chief Operating Officer	Other Derivative Acquisition	+3,603	$19.76	3,603
19 Apr 2026	Wade Brewer	Chief Operating Officer	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+1,802	–	25,486
19 Apr 2026	Vera Burnett	CFO, Treasurer & Principal Accounting Officer	Other Derivative Acquisition	+3,603	$19.76	3,603
19 Apr 2026	Vera Burnett	CFO, Treasurer & Principal Accounting Officer	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+1,802	–	30,822
4 Feb 2026	Daniel Gus	General Counsel	Other Acquisition	+50	$20.30	16,446
2 Nov 2025	Wade Brewer	Chief Operating Officer	Open Market Acquisition	+2,000	$17.05	23,684
30 Oct 2025	Daniel Gus	General Counsel	Open Market Acquisition	+600	$16.49	16,395
30 Oct 2025	Vera Burnett	CFO, Treasurer & Principal Accounting Officer	Open Market Acquisition	+1,000	$16.51	29,020

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	2,341,305	9.3%	17.4
31 Aug 2026	2,217,410	8.8%	12.1
14 Aug 2026	2,018,669	8.0%	15.2
31 Jul 2026	1,845,960	7.3%	16.4
15 Jul 2026	1,750,724	6.9%	12.8
30 Jun 2026	1,574,827	6.2%	6.5

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