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South Plains Financial SPFI

US equityMarket cap rank #3407

$42.56 −$0.20 (-0.47%)

Pre-market · Oct 8, 9:10 am ET · After hours $42.56 0.00%

Open$42.42

Prev close$42.76

Day range$41.64 – $42.85

Volume88.2K

Market cap$801.79M

P/E (TTM)11.6

Dividend yield1.55%

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership55.3%+0.22 pts vs. prior quarter

Institutions holding189+0 vs. prior quarter

Insider trades (recent)26 buys / 24 sellsNet buying

Short interest3.00% of floatDays to cover 4.6 · as of 15 Sep 2026

Short-sale volume share20.8%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: −$50.0K (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 27.8% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

BlackRock7.59%
Henry Taw, L.P.7.35%
Curtis Griffith6.16%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC3.91%
State Street Global Advisors2.81%
Acadian Asset Management LLC2.64%
Noe Valles2.59%
American Century Investment Management2.47%

By investor type

Mutual Fund41.65%
Individual/Insider13.37%
Private Company7.56%
Hedge Fund3.84%
Public Company1.43%
Family Office/Trust0.40%
Government Pension Fund0.30%
Insurance Company0.15%

Reported short interest has risen from 2.43% to 3.00% 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
Aptus Capital Advisors, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+179,451	1.0%
Nuveen Asset Management LLC	Insurance Company	2026/Q3	+21,116	0.1%
Curtis Griffith	Individual/Insider	2026/Q3	+291,562	6.2%
BlackRock	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+278,617	7.6%
Basswood Capital Management, L.L.C.	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+235,527	1.7%
State Street Global Advisors	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+140,094	2.8%
Geode Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+104,786	2.1%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+96,918	3.9%
Callahan Advisors, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+90,944	0.5%
Corient Private Wealth LP	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+77,666	0.4%
WEDGE Capital Management LLP	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+55,944	0.3%
American Century Investment Management	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+55,054	2.5%
Mackenzie Financial Corporation	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+48,568	0.3%
PanAgora Asset Management, Inc.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+42,987	0.6%
Legacy Wealth Management, LLC	Family Office/Trust	2026/Q3	+38,500	0.2%

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

Insider transactions

Date	Insider	Title	Transaction	Shares	Price	Held after
3 Aug 2026	Henry Taw, L.P.		Open Market Disposition	-160,000	$45.14	1,384,969
27 Jul 2026	James Stein	Director	Open Market Disposition	-100,000	$44.97	242,872
17 Jun 2026	Curtis Griffith	Chairperson & CEO	Sale to Issuer	-300,000	$41.39	1,049,479
19 May 2026	Richard Campbell	Lead Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+623	–	50,384
19 May 2026	Noe Valles	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+623	–	487,757
19 May 2026	Kyle Wargo	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+623	–	14,157
19 May 2026	LaDana Washburn	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+623	–	2,245
18 May 2026	James Stein	Director	Open Market Disposition	-15,064	$40.07	342,872
10 May 2026	James Stein	Director	Open Market Disposition	-14,936	$40.38	357,936
7 May 2026	James Stein	Director	Intent to Sell (Form 144)	-30,000	$41.10	–
31 Mar 2026	James Stein	Director	Other Acquisition	+372,872	–	372,872
15 Mar 2026	Mikella Newsom	Chief Risk Officer & Secretary	Other Acquisition	+358	–	74,084
13 Mar 2026	Mikella Newsom	Chief Risk Officer & Secretary	Sale to Issuer	-184	$40.74	74,084
18 Feb 2026	Steven Crockett	Chief Financial Officer	Sale to Issuer	-582	$41.86	90,312
17 Feb 2026	Brent Bates	Senior VP of City Bank & Chief Credit Officer of City Bank	Other Acquisition	+2,283	–	13,620
17 Feb 2026	Paul Ehlers	Senior VP of City Bank & COO of City Bank	Other Acquisition	+2,283	–	87,519
17 Feb 2026	Mikella Newsom	Chief Risk Officer & Secretary	Other Acquisition	+1,605	–	73,910
17 Feb 2026	Steven Crockett	Chief Financial Officer	Other Acquisition	+5,306	–	90,312
16 Feb 2026	Brent Bates	Senior VP of City Bank & Chief Credit Officer of City Bank	Sale to Issuer	-840	$42.50	13,620
16 Feb 2026	Paul Ehlers	Senior VP of City Bank & COO of City Bank	Sale to Issuer	-884	$42.50	87,519

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	564,291	3.0%	4.6
31 Aug 2026	483,415	2.6%	5.3
14 Aug 2026	468,481	2.5%	3.9
31 Jul 2026	500,048	2.7%	3.0
15 Jul 2026	532,685	2.8%	3.4
30 Jun 2026	464,824	2.4%	1.9

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