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Park Aerospace PKE

US equityMarket cap rank #3583Aerospace & Defense
$29.26 −$0.80 (-2.66%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 9:10 am ET · After hours $29.26 0.00%
Open$29.53
Prev close$30.06
Day range$29.03 – $29.72
Volume260.6K
Market cap$636.44M
P/E (TTM)46.4
Dividend yield1.71%

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership92.4%-4.44 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding231-1 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)31 buys / 14 sellsNet buying
Short interest5.69% of floatDays to cover 4.8 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share21.0%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

14%19%23%27%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: +$423.8K (9 inflow days, 11 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

+$765.7KSuper−$341.8KBig−$41.9KMid+$560.5KSmall

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 34.7% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • Brandes Investment Partners, LP11.68%
  • BlackRock6.65%
  • FMR6.22%
  • State Street Global Advisors5.24%
  • Brian Shore4.94%
  • Next Century Growth Investors LLC4.40%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.28%
  • Renaissance Technologies Corp.3.52%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund77.37%
  • Hedge Fund9.16%
  • Individual/Insider5.13%
  • Public Company3.00%
  • Government Pension Fund1.16%
  • Private Company0.76%
  • Family Office/Trust0.60%
  • Insurance Company0.20%

Reported short interest has fallen from 6.12% to 5.69% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Recent institutional activity

HolderTypePeriodShare changeNew stake
Principal Global Investors, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +48,916 0.2%
FMR Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +763,126 6.2%
State Street Global Advisors Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +688,430 5.2%
Next Century Growth Investors LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +285,403 4.4%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +175,589 2.0%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +128,599 6.7%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +117,453 0.8%
Brown Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +108,882 0.5%
First Securities Investment Trust Co., Ltd. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +96,173 1.3%
Geode Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +92,275 2.4%
Kennedy Capital Management LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +88,334 1.5%
Carnegie Capital Asset Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +81,782 0.4%
Invesco Capital Management LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +65,839 0.4%
Leap Investments LP Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +64,800 0.3%
Waratah Capital Advisors Ltd. Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +60,416 0.3%

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

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
12 Aug 2026 Mark Esquivel President Derivative Exercise and Sale -40,000 $37.00 15,000
12 Aug 2026 Brian Shore Chairperson & CEO Derivative Exercise and Sale -80,000 $38.17 1,075,487
11 Aug 2026 Constantine Petropoulos Former Senior Vice President Other Derivative Acquisition +25,000 $37.47 25,000
10 Aug 2026 Brian Shore Chairperson & CEO Derivative Exercise and Sale -76,250 $37.32 1,046,265
9 Aug 2026 Brian Shore Chairperson & CEO Intent to Sell (Form 144) -156,250 $37.67 –
28 Jul 2026 Mark Esquivel President Derivative Exercise and Sale -60,000 $33.11 15,000
26 Jul 2026 Constantine Petropoulos Former Senior Vice President Derivative Exercise and Sale -2,500 $36.00 –
8 Jun 2026 Steven Warshaw Independent Director Derivative Exercise and Retained +3,500 $11.06 17,250
11 Nov 2025 Cory Nickel Senior VP & GM Derivative Exercise and Retained +250 $5.23 423
5 Nov 2025 Carl Smith Independent Director Intent to Sell (Form 144) -3,000 $19.14 –
5 Nov 2025 Carl Smith Independent Director Derivative Exercise and Sale -3,000 $19.44 1,000
23 Oct 2025 Steven Warshaw Independent Director Derivative Exercise and Retained +3,000 $5.23 13,750
24 Jul 2025 Emily Groehl Independent Director Intent to Sell (Form 144) -3,000 $17.57 –
22 Jul 2025 Carl Smith Independent Director Other Disposition -7,500 $19.09 1,000
13 Jul 2025 Carl Smith Independent Director Derivative Exercise and Retained +7,500 $8.71 8,500
15 Jun 2025 Brian Shore Chairperson & CEO Other Derivative Acquisition +30,000 $14.00 30,000
15 Jun 2025 Emily Groehl Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +3,500 $14.00 3,500
15 Jun 2025 Carl Smith Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +3,500 $14.00 3,500
15 Jun 2025 Steven Warshaw Independent Director Other Derivative Acquisition +3,500 $14.00 3,500
15 Jun 2025 Constantine Petropoulos Former Senior Vice President Other Derivative Acquisition +10,000 $14.00 10,000

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 1,237,973 5.7% 4.8
31 Aug 2026 1,240,384 5.7% 6.5
14 Aug 2026 1,187,875 5.5% 4.9
31 Jul 2026 1,220,513 5.6% 3.4
15 Jul 2026 1,083,267 5.2% 4.3
30 Jun 2026 1,277,048 6.1% 2.2

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