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First Business Financial Services FBIZ

US equityMarket cap rank #3639
$70.10 −$0.61 (-0.86%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:20 am ET · After hours $70.10 0.00%
Open$69.94
Prev close$70.71
Day range$68.00 – $70.71
Volume73.1K
Market cap$586.62M
P/E (TTM)10.7
Dividend yield1.80%

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership73.6%+0.38 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding173+2 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)26 buys / 22 sellsNet buying
Short interest3.69% of floatDays to cover 6.5 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share35.1%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

13%23%33%43%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$1.29M (4 inflow days, 16 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$1.1MSuper−$202.1KBig+$171.2KMid+$292.4KSmall

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 29.1% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock11.09%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors5.96%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.75%
  • First Business Financial Services, Inc.4.07%
  • American Century Investment Management3.26%
  • Manulife Asset Management2.90%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC2.57%
  • State Street Global Advisors2.24%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund55.09%
  • Hedge Fund7.81%
  • Individual/Insider6.43%
  • Public Company6.15%
  • VC/PE Fund1.95%
  • Family Office/Trust1.04%
  • Private Company0.70%
  • Bank/Investment Bank0.31%

Reported short interest has risen from 1.62% to 3.69% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
Tributary Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +86,809 1.0%
Nuveen Asset Management LLC Insurance Company 2026/Q3 +19,760 0.2%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +58,178 11.1%
Two Sigma Investments, LP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +41,870 0.9%
AQR Capital Management Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +34,254 1.5%
American Century Investment Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +32,651 3.3%
Citadel Advisors LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +16,441 0.2%
Geode Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +15,215 2.6%
Squarepoint OPS LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +13,681 0.3%
State Street Global Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +13,653 2.2%
Wealth Enhancement Advisory Services, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +10,520 0.2%
Osaic Wealth, Inc. Private Company 2026/Q3 +10,326 0.1%
Creative Planning, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +10,029 0.3%
Federated Hermes, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +9,430 1.5%
Quantinno Capital Management LP Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +9,365 0.3%

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

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
26 Aug 2026 Jodi Chandler Chief Human Resources Officer Open Market Disposition -675 $70.19 22,550
15 Aug 2026 Scott Ferris Independent Director Other Acquisition +575 – 775
31 May 2026 Scott Ferris Independent Director Initial Statement of Beneficial +0 – 200
15 May 2026 Daniel Olszewski Independent Director Other Acquisition +710 – 27,405
15 May 2026 Corey Chambas Chief Executive Officer Other Acquisition +710 – 139,782
15 May 2026 Gerald Kilcoyne Independent Chairperson Other Acquisition +710 – 66,691
15 May 2026 W. Lorenz Independent Director Other Acquisition +710 – 17,849
15 May 2026 Jason Graham Director Other Acquisition +710 – 3,930
15 May 2026 Laurie Benson Independent Director Other Acquisition +710 – 8,681
15 May 2026 Carla Chavarria Independent Director Other Acquisition +710 – 8,446
15 May 2026 David Seiler President Other Acquisition +3,815 – 41,187
15 May 2026 Laura Garcia Chief Risk Officer of First Business Bank Sale to Issuer -194 $53.81 4,648
15 May 2026 Kevin Crampton Chief Accounting Officer Sale to Issuer -54 $53.81 2,347
9 Apr 2026 Corey Chambas Chief Executive Officer Sale to Issuer -4,875 $58.60 139,072
9 Apr 2026 Corey Chambas Chief Executive Officer Other Acquisition +10,370 – 139,072
9 Apr 2026 Jodi Chandler Chief Human Resources Officer Sale to Issuer -834 $58.60 23,225
9 Apr 2026 Jodi Chandler Chief Human Resources Officer Other Acquisition +2,080 – 23,225
9 Apr 2026 James Hartlieb President, CEO & Director of First Business Bank Sale to Issuer -1,039 $58.60 31,637
9 Apr 2026 James Hartlieb President, CEO & Director of First Business Bank Other Acquisition +2,730 – 31,637
9 Apr 2026 James Hartlieb President, CEO & Director of First Business Bank Other Disposition -127 – 31,637

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 dateShares short% of floatDays to cover
15 Sep 2026 308,415 3.7% 6.5
31 Aug 2026 263,366 3.1% 4.7
14 Aug 2026 222,049 2.7% 4.1
31 Jul 2026 184,655 2.2% 2.3
15 Jul 2026 154,110 1.8% 2.9
30 Jun 2026 135,269 1.6% 2.0

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