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Kimball Electronics KE

US equityMarket cap rank #3512

$29.07 +$0.27 (+0.92%)

Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:20 am ET · After hours $29.07 0.00%

Open$28.36

Prev close$28.81

Day range$28.25 – $29.20

Volume264.5K

Market cap$697.45M

P/E (TTM)25.7

Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership88.9%-0.62 pts vs. prior quarter

Institutions holding220-2 vs. prior quarter

Insider trades (recent)35 buys / 13 sellsNet buying

Short interest7.65% of floatDays to cover 10.9 · as of 15 Sep 2026

Short-sale volume share21.9%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: +$534.7K (13 inflow days, 7 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 32.3% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

BlackRock10.18%
Dimensional Fund Advisors6.91%
American Century Investment Management5.45%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC5.12%
Managed Account Advisors LLC4.61%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC3.38%
Acadian Asset Management LLC3.08%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.88%

By investor type

Mutual Fund75.96%
Hedge Fund7.26%
Individual/Insider2.38%
Public Company2.15%
Private Company1.40%
Family Office/Trust1.20%
Government Pension Fund0.41%
Bank/Investment Bank0.37%

Reported short interest has risen from 6.44% to 7.65% 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
Richard Phillips	Individual/Insider	2026/Q3	+46,839	0.5%
Nuveen Asset Management LLC	Insurance Company	2026/Q3	+46,611	0.2%
Citadel Advisors LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+174,097	1.4%
American Century Investment Management	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+154,110	5.5%
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+147,261	1.3%
Pacific Ridge Capital Partners, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+116,727	1.8%
Millennium Management LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+89,522	1.6%
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+84,326	0.7%
BlackRock	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+76,538	10.2%
Trexquant Investment LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+76,424	0.4%
Acadian Asset Management LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+55,485	3.1%
WEDGE Capital Management LLP	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+36,621	0.6%
Wellington Management Group	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+34,050	0.1%
XTX Markets Limited	Private Company	2026/Q3	+33,407	0.2%
Geode Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+29,274	2.9%

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

Insider transactions

Date	Insider	Title	Transaction	Shares	Price	Held after
2 Sep 2026	Steven Korn	Chief Operating Officer	Other Disposition	-5,000	–	148,831
23 Aug 2026	Steven Korn	Chief Operating Officer	Sale to Issuer	-19,660	$22.73	153,831
23 Aug 2026	Steven Korn	Chief Operating Officer	Other Acquisition	+20,065	–	153,831
23 Aug 2026	Steven Korn	Chief Operating Officer	Other Derivative Acquisition	+23,679	–	60,627
23 Aug 2026	Steven Korn	Chief Operating Officer	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+25,153	–	153,831
23 Aug 2026	Andrew Regrut	Officer	Sale to Issuer	-2,153	$22.73	8,727
23 Aug 2026	Andrew Regrut	Officer	Other Acquisition	+3,623	–	8,727
23 Aug 2026	Andrew Regrut	Officer	Other Derivative Acquisition	+4,104	–	7,521
23 Aug 2026	Andrew Regrut	Officer	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+1,878	–	8,727
23 Aug 2026	Kathy Thomson	Chief Commercial Officer	Sale to Issuer	-6,743	$22.73	42,074
23 Aug 2026	Kathy Thomson	Chief Commercial Officer	Other Acquisition	+3,874	–	42,074
23 Aug 2026	Kathy Thomson	Chief Commercial Officer	Other Derivative Acquisition	+13,531	–	27,152
23 Aug 2026	Kathy Thomson	Chief Commercial Officer	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+10,486	–	42,074
23 Aug 2026	Richard Phillips	Chief Executive Officer	Sale to Issuer	-30,391	$22.73	129,027
23 Aug 2026	Richard Phillips	Chief Executive Officer	Other Acquisition	+36,277	–	129,027
23 Aug 2026	Richard Phillips	Chief Executive Officer	Other Derivative Acquisition	+58,206	–	109,557
23 Aug 2026	Richard Phillips	Chief Executive Officer	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+40,953	–	129,027
23 Aug 2026	Douglas Hass	Chief Legal & Compliance Officer and Secretary	Sale to Issuer	-6,751	$22.73	29,050
23 Aug 2026	Douglas Hass	Chief Legal & Compliance Officer and Secretary	Other Acquisition	+3,422	–	29,050
23 Aug 2026	Douglas Hass	Chief Legal & Compliance Officer and Secretary	Other Derivative Acquisition	+13,831	–	32,157

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	1,833,020	7.6%	10.9
31 Aug 2026	1,731,938	7.2%	8.0
14 Aug 2026	1,539,162	6.4%	7.1
31 Jul 2026	1,761,318	7.3%	9.2
15 Jul 2026	1,801,424	7.5%	8.6
30 Jun 2026	1,549,587	6.4%	6.2

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