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Peoples Financial Service PFIS

US equityMarket cap rank #3526
$68.35 −$0.91 (-1.31%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 9:10 am ET · After hours $68.35 0.00%
Open$68.50
Prev close$69.26
Day range$68.07 – $69.19
Volume33.7K
Market cap$684.21M
P/E (TTM)12.1
Dividend yield3.64%

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership36.3%-0.23 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding157+0 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)30 buys / 20 sellsNet buying
Short interest2.46% of floatDays to cover 4.9 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share29.4%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

20%26%32%38%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: +$253.1K (8 inflow days, 12 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

+$102.7KSuper+$150.4KBig+$31.6KMid+$468.7KSmall

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 21.4% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • BlackRock7.44%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.65%
  • Louis DeNaples3.43%
  • Dimensional Fund Advisors3.39%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC2.49%
  • State Street Global Advisors2.12%
  • American Century Investment Management2.03%
  • Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC1.43%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund31.79%
  • Individual/Insider8.36%
  • Public Company2.49%
  • Hedge Fund1.17%
  • Private Company0.54%
  • Insurance Company0.21%
  • Government Pension Fund0.12%
  • Family Office/Trust0.01%

Reported short interest has risen from 2.12% to 2.46% 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 +21,054 0.2%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +109,791 7.4%
American Century Investment Management Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +83,727 2.0%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +25,119 0.8%
Dimensional Fund Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +22,644 3.4%
Geode Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +14,266 2.5%
Morgan Stanley Public Company 2026/Q3 +14,262 0.4%
Two Sigma Investments, LP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +13,009 0.3%
State Street Global Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +12,041 2.1%
Northern Trust Global Investments Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +11,946 0.9%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +11,924 4.6%
AQR Capital Management Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +11,189 0.2%
Quantinno Capital Management LP Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +11,034 0.3%
O'Shaughnessy Asset Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +9,046 0.1%
Bridgeway Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +8,514 1.4%

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

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
28 Aug 2026 Timothy Kirtley Executive VP, Chief Risk Officer & Corporate Secretary Derivative Exercise and Sale -190 $69.63 6,934
28 Aug 2026 Timothy Kirtley Executive VP, Chief Risk Officer & Corporate Secretary Derivative Exercise and Retained +478 – 6,934
28 Aug 2026 Jeffrey Drobins Chief Lending Officer Derivative Exercise and Sale -788 $69.63 6,371
28 Aug 2026 Jeffrey Drobins Chief Lending Officer Derivative Exercise and Retained +1,099 – 6,371
25 Jun 2026 Gerard Champi President Other Derivative Acquisition +1,762 – 1,762
25 Jun 2026 Stephanie Westington Senior VP & Chief Profitability Officer Other Derivative Acquisition +526 – 526
25 Jun 2026 Timothy Kirtley Executive VP, Chief Risk Officer & Corporate Secretary Other Derivative Acquisition +662 – 662
25 Jun 2026 James Bone Chief Operating Officer Other Derivative Acquisition +793 – 793
25 Jun 2026 Mary Cummings Non-Voting Attendee of ESG Committee Other Derivative Acquisition +661 – 661
25 Jun 2026 Neal Koplin Senior EVP & Chief Banking Officer Other Derivative Acquisition +773 – 773
25 Jun 2026 John Anderson Chief Financial Officer Other Derivative Acquisition +673 – 673
25 Jun 2026 Susan Hubble Executive Vice President Other Derivative Acquisition +655 – 655
25 Jun 2026 Jeffrey Drobins Chief Lending Officer Other Derivative Acquisition +715 – 715
25 Jun 2026 Amy Vieney Chief Human Resources Officer Other Derivative Acquisition +610 – 610
14 May 2026 Stephanie Westington Senior VP & Chief Profitability Officer Sale to Issuer -47 $56.35 3,305
14 May 2026 Mary Cummings Non-Voting Attendee of ESG Committee Sale to Issuer -60 $56.35 6,780
2 Apr 2026 Thomas Tulaney President Derivative Exercise and Sale -315 $54.62 41,751
2 Apr 2026 Thomas Tulaney President Derivative Exercise and Retained +394 – 41,751
10 Mar 2026 Gerard Champi President Derivative Exercise and Retained +689 – 20,436
10 Mar 2026 Thomas Tulaney President Derivative Exercise and Sale -264 $51.80 41,807

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 245,876 2.5% 4.9
31 Aug 2026 253,400 2.5% 5.0
14 Aug 2026 221,448 2.2% 4.0
31 Jul 2026 229,542 2.3% 3.8
15 Jul 2026 208,639 2.1% 2.6
30 Jun 2026 212,676 2.1% 2.6

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