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Hertz Global HTZ

US equityMarket cap rank #3468Rental & Leasing Services Top Gainers Yesterday

$2.07 +$0.01 (+0.49%)

Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:20 am ET · After hours $2.09 +0.87%

Open$2.05

Prev close$2.06

Day range$1.95 – $2.24

Volume54.09M

Market cap$737.85M

P/E (TTM)–

Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership105.0%-0.08 pts vs. prior quarter

Institutions holding330-2 vs. prior quarter

Insider trades (recent)27 buys / 21 sellsNet buying

Short interest32.51% of floatDays to cover 8.5 · as of 15 Sep 2026

Short-sale volume share15.5%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: −$8.11M (3 inflow days, 17 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 69.0% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

Knighthead Capital Management, LLC50.91%
BlackRock5.69%
Jane Street Group, LLC4.30%
Pershing Square Capital Management, L.P.4.21%
UBS Asset Management3.91%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC1.83%
Balyasny Asset Management L.P.1.82%
State Street Global Advisors1.79%

By investor type

Hedge Fund67.87%
Mutual Fund26.07%
Private Company6.09%
Public Company3.48%
Individual/Insider1.23%
VC/PE Fund0.90%
Government Pension Fund0.31%
Family Office/Trust0.18%

Reported short interest has risen from 30.26% to 32.51% 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
Jane Street Group, LLC	Private Company	2026/Q3	+15,090,745	4.3%
Ghisallo Capital Management LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+5,744,624	1.6%
Balyasny Asset Management L.P.	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+4,487,472	1.8%
Citadel Advisors LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+3,852,735	1.1%
Crewe Advisors LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+3,794,106	1.1%
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+2,765,612	1.2%
Federated Hermes, Inc.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+2,509,005	0.9%
Adage Capital Management, L.P.	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+2,300,843	0.6%
Stonehill Capital Management LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+1,950,000	0.5%
BlackRock	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,940,376	5.7%
Clearline Capital LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+1,801,760	0.5%
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+1,720,084	0.5%
Hudson River Trading LLC	Private Company	2026/Q3	+1,589,360	0.5%
Quinn Opportunity Partners LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+1,582,533	0.5%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,446,711	0.5%

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

Insider transactions

Date	Insider	Title	Transaction	Shares	Price	Held after
30 Sep 2026	Mark Kosman	Chief Accounting Officer	Sale to Issuer	-15,205	$1.73	27,081
30 Sep 2026	Michael Moore	Executive Vice President of Technical Operations	Sale to Issuer	-19,375	$1.73	958,986
30 Sep 2026	Christopher Berg	Executive Vice President	Other Acquisition	+578,035	–	1,217,589
29 Sep 2026	Francis Blake	Director	Other Acquisition	+7,486	$1.67	81,696
29 Sep 2026	Evangeline Machas	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+7,486	$1.67	165,993
21 Jul 2026	Sandeep Dube	Executive Vice President	Sale to Issuer	-166,545	$1.93	829,519
29 Jun 2026	Francis Blake	Director	Other Acquisition	+5,519	$2.27	74,210
29 Jun 2026	Evangeline Machas	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+5,519	$2.27	158,507
16 Jun 2026	Scott Haralson	Chief Financial Officer	Sale to Issuer	-149,961	$4.83	559,942
13 Jun 2026	Michael Moore	Executive Vice President of Technical Operations	Sale to Issuer	-140,822	$5.13	978,361
27 May 2026	Francis Blake	Director	Other Acquisition	+31,877	–	68,691
27 May 2026	Vincent Intrieri	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+31,877	–	31,877
27 May 2026	Lucy Dougherty	Director	Other Acquisition	+31,877	–	102,766
27 May 2026	Evangeline Machas	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+31,877	–	152,988
10 May 2026	Michael Moore	Executive Vice President of Technical Operations	Open Market Disposition	-40,919	$6.07	1,119,183
31 Mar 2026	Wayne West	Chief Executive Officer	Sale to Issuer	-250,577	$5.18	1,022,425
30 Mar 2026	Francis Blake	Director	Other Acquisition	+2,712	$4.61	36,814
30 Mar 2026	Evangeline Machas	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+2,712	$4.61	121,111
2 Mar 2026	Piero Bussani	EVP & Chief Legal Officer	Sale to Issuer	-2,646	$4.34	6,014
2 Mar 2026	Jyoti Chopra	Executive Vice President & Chief Human Resources Officer	Sale to Issuer	-1,626	$4.34	2,923

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	115,867,216	32.5%	8.5
31 Aug 2026	114,472,183	32.1%	5.7
14 Aug 2026	110,061,505	30.9%	1.2
31 Jul 2026	103,219,503	32.7%	6.0
15 Jul 2026	97,539,992	30.9%	3.9
30 Jun 2026	95,542,177	30.3%	2.7

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