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LightPath Technologies LPTH

US equityMarket cap rank #3478Electronic Components

$10.40 −$0.47 (-4.32%)

Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:20 am ET · After hours $10.46 +0.58%

Open$10.57

Prev close$10.87

Day range$10.30 – $10.64

Volume2.16M

Market cap$728.38M

P/E (TTM)–

Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership82.6%-0.90 pts vs. prior quarter

Institutions holding192+1 vs. prior quarter

Insider trades (recent)36 buys / 11 sellsNet buying

Short interest16.28% of floatDays to cover 3.1 · as of 15 Sep 2026

Short-sale volume share15.8%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: −$1.13M (7 inflow days, 13 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 23.7% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

BlackRock6.38%
Hood River Capital Management LLC5.09%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.46%
North Run Capital, LP4.19%
AWM Investment Company Inc3.62%
Driehaus Capital Management LLC3.10%
Marathon Micro Partners, LLC3.07%
Tema ETFs LLC2.84%

By investor type

Mutual Fund48.85%
Hedge Fund20.05%
Public Company5.13%
VC/PE Fund4.19%
Private Company2.52%
Family Office/Trust1.23%
Individual/Insider1.06%
Government Pension Fund0.42%

Reported short interest has risen from 12.18% to 16.28% 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
BlackRock	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+3,331,952	6.4%
Tema ETFs LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,985,409	2.8%
Tidal Investments LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,933,881	2.8%
Emerald Advisers, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,545,140	2.2%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,501,851	2.2%
Hood River Capital Management LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,126,377	5.1%
Geode Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+841,388	2.1%
State Street Global Advisors	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+788,701	1.5%
Bank of America Corporation	Public Company	2026/Q3	+643,291	1.7%
Telemark Asset Management, LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+640,000	1.5%
Two Sigma Investments, LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+561,088	1.0%
Wasatch Advisors LP	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+519,608	0.7%
AWM Investment Company Inc	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+499,912	3.6%
Needham Investment Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+482,500	1.4%
Centerbook Partners LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+478,502	0.7%

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

Insider transactions

Date	Insider	Title	Transaction	Shares	Price	Held after
17 Aug 2026	Albert Miranda	Chief Financial Officer	Other Derivative Acquisition	+17,091	–	17,091
17 Aug 2026	Shmuel Rubin	Chief Executive Officer	Other Derivative Acquisition	+39,381	–	39,381
2 Jun 2026	North Run Capital, LP		Derivative Exercise and Sale	-3,571,400	$14.00	2,934,828
17 May 2026	North Run Capital, LP		Open Market Disposition	-55,284	$12.32	2,934,828
26 Mar 2026	Shmuel Rubin	Chief Executive Officer	Open Market Acquisition	+180	$9.70	260,844
24 Mar 2026	North Run Capital, LP		Derivative Exercise and Sale	-302,352	$12.31	3,283,164
24 Mar 2026	North Run Capital, LP		Derivative Exercise and Retained	+437,648	$2.15	3,283,164
23 Mar 2026	North Run Capital, LP		Open Market Disposition	-54,557	$12.06	3,283,164
17 Mar 2026	North Run Capital, LP		Open Market Disposition	-120,454	$12.01	2,900,073
3 Mar 2026	North Run Capital, LP		Intent to Sell (Form 144)	-2,000,000	$11.98	–
3 Mar 2026	North Run Capital, LP		Derivative Exercise and Sale	-674,995	$12.18	3,020,527
1 Mar 2026	North Run Capital, LP		Derivative Exercise and Retained	+65,005	$2.15	3,020,527
24 Feb 2026	North Run Capital, LP		Open Market Disposition	-300,092	$12.18	2,955,522
23 Feb 2026	North Run Capital, LP		Derivative Exercise and Sale	-733,354	$13.18	3,255,514
19 Feb 2026	North Run Capital, LP		Intent to Sell (Form 144)	-2,000,000	$11.24	–
19 Feb 2026	North Run Capital, LP		Derivative Exercise and Retained	+526,646	$2.15	3,255,514
1 Feb 2026	Albert Miranda	Chief Financial Officer	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+12,103	–	78,835
1 Feb 2026	Shmuel Rubin	Chief Executive Officer	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+29,011	–	260,664
18 Dec 2025	Shmuel Rubin	Chief Executive Officer	Other Disposition	-13,020	–	231,653
19 Nov 2025	Steven Creviston	Independent Director	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+19,355	–	171,412

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	11,404,961	16.3%	3.1
31 Aug 2026	10,145,630	15.3%	3.1
14 Aug 2026	10,734,823	16.2%	4.3
31 Jul 2026	10,553,423	15.9%	3.7
15 Jul 2026	9,540,633	14.4%	3.6
30 Jun 2026	8,081,283	12.2%	2.2

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