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Root Inc ROOT

US equityMarket cap rank #3467Insurance - Property & Casualty
$47.74 +$0.57 (+1.21%)
Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:20 am ET · After hours $47.74 0.00%
Open$46.83
Prev close$47.17
Day range$46.74 – $48.42
Volume147.8K
Market cap$739.65M
P/E (TTM)13.3
Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership66.1%+0.22 pts vs. prior quarter
Institutions holding198+1 vs. prior quarter
Insider trades (recent)15 buys / 35 sellsNet selling
Short interest11.83% of floatDays to cover 11.0 · as of 15 Sep 2026
Short-sale volume share23.4%5-day average of daily volume

Short-sale volume as % of daily volume

15%21%26%32%Sep '26Sep '26Oct '26

Large-order net flow, last 20 sessions

Net of large-order buying minus selling, in USD. Over this window: −$658.3K (7 inflow days, 13 outflow days).

Net flow by order size, last 20 sessions

−$632.6KSuper−$25.7KBig−$169.8KMid−$902.7KSmall

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 35.9% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

  • T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.8.69%
  • Ribbit Management Company, LLC7.96%
  • Alexander Timm7.82%
  • BlackRock7.42%
  • Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.04%
  • Findell Capital Management LLC2.97%
  • Glp Capital Partners Llc2.39%
  • Geode Capital Management, LLC2.23%

By investor type

  • Mutual Fund32.44%
  • Hedge Fund14.48%
  • Individual/Insider12.64%
  • VC/PE Fund12.55%
  • Public Company3.55%
  • Private Company1.98%
  • Government Pension Fund0.70%
  • Family Office/Trust0.21%

Reported short interest has fallen from 12.55% to 11.83% 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 +24,521 0.2%
Quinn Opportunity Partners LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +100,837 1.1%
BlackRock Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +98,936 7.4%
Jane Street Group, LLC Private Company 2026/Q3 +89,493 0.6%
Findell Capital Management LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +85,000 3.0%
Citadel Advisors LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +68,149 0.6%
Boothbay Fund Management, LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +64,238 1.3%
Leap Investments LP Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +48,500 0.3%
Tudor Investment Corporation Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +41,901 0.5%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +38,214 8.7%
Marshall Wace LLP Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +32,496 0.3%
Russell Investment Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +29,945 0.2%
IMC Trading B.V. Private Company 2026/Q3 +29,441 0.2%
Geode Capital Management, LLC Mutual Fund 2026/Q3 +25,851 2.2%
Walleye Capital LLC Hedge Fund 2026/Q3 +25,198 0.2%

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

Insider transactions

DateInsiderTitleTransactionSharesPriceHeld after
20 Sep 2026 Ryan Forish Former Combined Statement Contact Sale to Issuer -294 $49.78 23,444
14 Sep 2026 Ryan Forish Former Combined Statement Contact Sale to Issuer -490 $53.60 23,738
30 Aug 2026 Carvana Group, LLC Other Derivative Acquisition +1,525,560 $94.72 305,112
30 Aug 2026 Carvana Group, LLC Other Derivative Disposition -7,171,658 $540.00 –
20 Aug 2026 Megan Binkley Principal Accounting Officer, CFO & Treasurer Other Disposition -1,523 – 50,799
20 Aug 2026 Ryan Forish Former Combined Statement Contact Sale to Issuer -88 $55.79 24,228
21 Jun 2026 Ryan Forish Former Combined Statement Contact Sale to Issuer -294 $51.07 9,570
14 Jun 2026 Ryan Forish Former Combined Statement Contact Sale to Issuer -490 $54.86 24,610
2 Jun 2026 Lawrence Hilsheimer Lead Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,864 – 3,983
2 Jun 2026 Nancy Kramer Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,864 – 3,983
2 Jun 2026 Jerri DeVard Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,864 – 3,983
2 Jun 2026 Douglas Ulman Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,864 – 3,983
2 Jun 2026 Beth Birnbaum Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,864 – 3,983
2 Jun 2026 Julie Szudarek Independent Director Other Acquisition +2,864 – 3,983
2 Jun 2026 Donna Dorsey Director Other Acquisition +2,864 – 3,983
20 May 2026 Ryan Forish Former Combined Statement Contact Sale to Issuer -351 $57.85 25,100
14 May 2026 Jonathan Allison Chief Administrative Officer Automatic Disposition -1,606 $55.96 68,356
11 May 2026 Jonathan Allison Chief Administrative Officer Automatic Disposition -1,706 $55.74 69,962
30 Apr 2026 Ryan Forish Former Combined Statement Contact Sale to Issuer -82 $55.05 25,451
6 Apr 2026 Jonathan Allison Chief Administrative Officer Automatic Disposition -1,706 $44.35 71,668

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 1,833,185 11.8% 11.0
31 Aug 2026 1,828,918 11.8% 8.2
14 Aug 2026 1,882,053 12.1% 5.3
31 Jul 2026 2,091,268 13.2% 10.4
15 Jul 2026 2,029,130 12.8% 8.5
30 Jun 2026 1,986,666 12.6% 6.8

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