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US equityMarket cap rank #3280Oil & Gas Equipment & Services
$82.30 −$2.13 (-2.52%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:20 am ET · After hours $82.30 0.00%
Open$83.53
Prev close$84.43
Day range$81.06 – $85.93
Volume170.4K
Market cap$944.20M
P/E (TTM)–
Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership90.1%-1.02 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding203-1 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)29 buys / 21 sellsNet buying
Short interest5.67% of floatDays to cover 3.3 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share20.0%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

19%20%21%22%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: +$323.5K (8 inflow days, 12 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$298.1KSuper+$621.6KBig+$17.1KMid+$2.5MSmall

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 28.5% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock8.46%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors5.82%
  • State Street Global Advisors5.34%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.82%
  • Acadian Asset Management LLC4.04%
  • American Century Investment Management3.96%
  • Two Sigma Investments, LP3.63%
  • Neal Lux3.09%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund69.93%
  • Hedge Fund12.42%
  • Individual/Insider9.90%
  • Public Company3.75%
  • Insurance Company1.42%
  • Private Company1.30%
  • Government Pension Fund0.86%
  • Sovereign Wealth Fund0.30%

Reported short interest has fallen from 6.59% to 5.67% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
Nuveen Asset Management LLC Insurance Company 2026/Q3 +27,676 1.4%
State Street Global Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +272,570 5.3%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +156,069 2.9%
FMR Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +86,618 1.2%
Citadel Advisors LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +83,056 1.2%
Two Sigma Investments, LP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +82,120 3.6%
Mackenzie Financial Corporation Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +74,387 0.7%
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +68,831 0.6%
Essex Investment Management Company, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +66,611 0.6%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +66,478 8.5%
Geode Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +59,399 2.8%
Acadian Asset Management LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +53,268 4.0%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +49,241 1.5%
Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +36,048 0.3%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +35,098 1.0%

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

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
19 Aug 2026 David Williams Chief Financial Officer Open Market Disposition -20,068 $81.08 120,681
13 Aug 2026 Michael Danford Chief Human Resources Officer Open Market Disposition -1,200 $85.82 51,439
10 Aug 2026 John Ivascu Executive VP, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Corporate Secretary Automatic Disposition -5,000 $82.19 80,512
9 Aug 2026 Michael Danford Chief Human Resources Officer Open Market Disposition -1,500 $78.91 52,639
2 Aug 2026 John Ivascu Executive VP, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Corporate Secretary Automatic Disposition -5,000 $71.21 85,512
12 May 2026 Michael Danford Chief Human Resources Officer Open Market Disposition -3,000 $55.49 54,139
5 Mar 2026 Michael Danford Chief Human Resources Officer Derivative Exercise and Sale -2,890 $57.70 57,139
5 Mar 2026 Michael Danford Chief Human Resources Officer Derivative Exercise and Retained +4,458 – 57,139
5 Mar 2026 David Williams Chief Financial Officer Derivative Exercise and Sale -9,395 $57.70 140,749
5 Mar 2026 David Williams Chief Financial Officer Derivative Exercise and Retained +14,484 – 140,749
5 Mar 2026 Neal Lux Chief Executive Officer Derivative Exercise and Sale -23,490 $57.70 347,483
5 Mar 2026 Neal Lux Chief Executive Officer Derivative Exercise and Retained +36,207 – 347,483
5 Mar 2026 John Ivascu Executive VP, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Corporate Secretary Derivative Exercise and Sale -5,782 $57.70 90,512
5 Mar 2026 John Ivascu Executive VP, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Corporate Secretary Derivative Exercise and Retained +8,913 – 90,512
5 Mar 2026 Mark Brookes Senior Vice President Derivative Exercise and Sale -1,561 $57.70 26,734
5 Mar 2026 Mark Brookes Senior Vice President Derivative Exercise and Retained +4,187 – 26,734
5 Mar 2026 Steven Pounds Senior VP of Operations Derivative Exercise and Sale -2,260 $57.70 21,385
5 Mar 2026 Steven Pounds Senior VP of Operations Derivative Exercise and Retained +3,488 – 21,385
4 Mar 2026 Katherine Keller VP, Principal Accounting Officer & Corporate Controller Derivative Exercise and Sale -1,029 $57.70 4,679
4 Mar 2026 Katherine Keller VP, Principal Accounting Officer & Corporate Controller Derivative Exercise and Retained +1,586 – 4,679

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 650,490 5.7% 3.3
31 Aug 2026 601,749 5.2% 3.5
14 Aug 2026 756,933 6.7% 2.8
31 Jul 2026 737,720 6.5% 4.5
15 Jul 2026 778,759 6.9% 5.4
30 Jun 2026 744,823 6.6% 3.0

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