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HighPeak Energy HPK

US equityMarket cap rank #3192Oil & Gas E&P

$8.52 +$0.30 (+3.65%)

Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:20 am ET · After hours $8.52 0.00%

Open$8.37

Prev close$8.22

Day range$8.14 – $8.57

Volume634.5K

Market cap$1.08B

P/E (TTM)–

Dividend yield0.94%

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership101.0%+0.02 pts vs. prior quarter

Institutions holding175+0 vs. prior quarter

Insider trades (recent)29 buys / 5 sellsNet buying

Short interest6.24% of floatDays to cover 21.3 · as of 15 Sep 2026

Short-sale volume share24.7%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: −$126.9K (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 102.0% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

Highpeak Energy Management, LLC63.03%
John DeJoria12.22%
Arax Advisory Partners, LLC11.00%
U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors, LLC10.98%
Jack Hightower4.72%
Michael Hollis1.57%
BlackRock1.49%
AQR Capital Management1.02%

By investor type

VC/PE Fund63.03%
Mutual Fund30.82%
Individual/Insider19.71%
Hedge Fund5.17%
Public Company0.92%
Private Company0.65%
Family Office/Trust0.30%
Government Pension Fund0.04%

Reported short interest has risen from 5.23% to 6.24% 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
Arax Advisory Partners, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+13,909,605	11.0%
AQR Capital Management	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+711,929	1.0%
Kennedy Capital Management LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+615,857	0.6%
Millennium Management LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+438,168	0.6%
Citadel Advisors LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+294,492	0.3%
Trexquant Investment LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+288,952	0.2%
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+268,791	0.8%
Tudor Investment Corporation	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+259,733	0.4%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Public Company	2026/Q3	+231,890	0.6%
PDT Partners, LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+221,125	0.4%
Leap Investments LP	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+215,200	0.2%
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+210,244	0.5%
Two Sigma Investments, LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+209,031	0.5%
UBS Asset Management	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+140,640	0.1%
Susquehanna International Group, LLP	Private Company	2026/Q3	+133,271	0.1%

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

Insider transactions

Date	Insider	Title	Transaction	Shares	Price	Held after
1 Jun 2026	Larry Oldham	Lead Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+18,940	–	114,210
1 Jun 2026	Keith Covington	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+18,940	–	83,711
1 Jun 2026	Jay Chernosky	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+18,940	–	79,897
1 Jun 2026	Sharon Fulgham	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+18,940	–	84,427
1 Jun 2026	Jason Edgeworth	Director	Other Acquisition	+18,940	–	60,683
8 Jan 2026	Rodney Woodard	Chief Operating Officer	Other Acquisition	+50,000	–	217,138
8 Jan 2026	Steven Tholen	Chief Financial Officer	Other Acquisition	+50,000	–	93,764
8 Jan 2026	Chris Mundy		Other Acquisition	+50,000	–	52,614
8 Jan 2026	Michael Hollis	President	Other Acquisition	+550,000	–	1,982,032
8 Jan 2026	Keith Forbes	Vice President	Other Acquisition	+25,000	–	39,250
8 Jan 2026	Daniel Silver	Director	Other Acquisition	+50,000	–	312,488
8 Jan 2026	William Hightower	Executive Vice President	Other Acquisition	+50,000	–	–
30 Dec 2025	Michael Hollis	President	Sale to Issuer	-45,253	$4.74	1,432,032
30 Dec 2025	William Hightower	Executive Vice President	Sale to Issuer	-105,887	$4.74	–
3 Nov 2025	Chris Mundy		Initial Statement of Beneficial	+0	–	249,000
3 Nov 2025	William Hightower	Executive Vice President	Initial Statement of Beneficial	+0	–	372,650
14 Sep 2025	Daniel Silver	Director	Initial Statement of Beneficial	+0	–	365,150
2 Jun 2025	Larry Oldham	Lead Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+12,134	–	95,270
2 Jun 2025	Keith Covington	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+13,737	–	64,771
2 Jun 2025	Jay Chernosky	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+13,737	–	60,957

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	7,889,877	6.2%	21.3
31 Aug 2026	9,128,318	7.2%	28.6
14 Aug 2026	9,303,574	7.4%	16.0
31 Jul 2026	7,800,117	6.2%	18.6
15 Jul 2026	6,721,917	5.3%	13.7
30 Jun 2026	6,613,140	5.2%	9.1

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