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Esquire Financial ESQ

US equityMarket cap rank #3007
$118.02 −$1.90 (-1.58%)
Pre-market · Oct 6, 6:00 am ET · After hours $118.02 0.00%
Open$119.92
Prev close$119.92
Day range$117.83 – $120.24
Volume165.3K
Market cap$1.43B
P/E (TTM)19.5
Dividend yield0.64%

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership55.1%-22.97 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding205-1 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)24 buys / 22 sellsNet buying
Short interest8.40% of floatDays to cover 5.7 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share26.5%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

14%25%35%46%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$2.77M (7 inflow days, 13 outflow days).

The five largest holders on file together own 19.4% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock5.13%
  • Mawer Investment Management Ltd.4.97%
  • Basswood Capital Management, L.L.C.3.15%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC3.12%
  • State Street Global Advisors3.01%
  • Ampfield Management, L.P.2.67%
  • Copeland Capital Management, LLC2.53%
  • Wasatch Advisors LP2.49%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund42.84%
  • Individual/Insider11.46%
  • Hedge Fund9.07%
  • Public Company2.52%
  • Private Company0.32%
  • Government Pension Fund0.30%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund0.00%
  • Family Office/Trust0.00%

Reported short interest has fallen from 9.38% to 8.40% 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 1,017,061 8.4% 5.7
31 Aug 2026 853,384 7.1% 5.9
14 Aug 2026 939,647 7.8% 7.7
31 Jul 2026 808,560 9.3% 4.7
15 Jul 2026 777,813 9.0% 6.3
30 Jun 2026 810,482 9.4% 5.6

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