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Smith & Wesson Brands SWBI

US equityMarket cap rank #3566Aerospace & Defense

$14.51 −$0.01 (-0.07%)

Pre-market · Oct 8, 8:20 am ET · After hours $14.49 -0.14%

Open$14.35

Prev close$14.52

Day range$14.21 – $14.53

Volume406.9K

Market cap$650.62M

P/E (TTM)26.4

Dividend yield3.58%

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership65.4%+0.14 pts vs. prior quarter

Institutions holding235-1 vs. prior quarter

Insider trades (recent)31 buys / 17 sellsNet buying

Short interest6.25% of floatDays to cover 3.4 · as of 15 Sep 2026

Short-sale volume share21.9%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: −$629.6K (11 inflow days, 9 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 28.9% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

BlackRock9.13%
Dimensional Fund Advisors5.97%
Renaissance Technologies Corp.4.95%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.89%
Two Sigma Investments, LP3.93%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.94%
Charles Schwab Investment Management2.22%
State Street Global Advisors2.09%

By investor type

Mutual Fund46.47%
Hedge Fund15.27%
Individual/Insider2.39%
Public Company1.63%
Private Company1.02%
Government Pension Fund0.52%
Insurance Company0.22%
Family Office/Trust0.15%

Reported short interest has risen from 4.42% to 6.25% 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
Principal Global Investors, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+87,058	0.2%
Nuveen Asset Management LLC	Insurance Company	2026/Q3	+99,361	0.2%
Qube Research & Technologies Ltd	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+815,138	1.8%
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+489,966	1.9%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+325,685	1.4%
American Century Investment Management	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+316,235	1.7%
Geode Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+205,392	2.9%
Acadian Asset Management LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+195,415	0.5%
Point72 Asset Management, L.P.	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+187,809	0.7%
Trexquant Investment LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+179,502	1.3%
BlackRock	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+158,154	9.1%
Numeric Investors LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+151,473	0.3%
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+142,530	0.4%
Florida State Board of Administration	Government Pension Fund	2026/Q3	+138,681	0.3%
Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Limited	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+129,418	0.3%

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

Insider transactions

Date	Insider	Title	Transaction	Shares	Price	Held after
14 Sep 2026	Barry Monheit	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+9,071	–	9,071
14 Sep 2026	Robert Scott	Independent Chairperson	Other Acquisition	+9,071	–	9,071
14 Sep 2026	Anita Britt	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+9,071	–	9,071
14 Sep 2026	Denis Suggs	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+9,071	–	9,071
14 Sep 2026	Michelle Lohmeier	Director	Other Acquisition	+9,071	–	9,071
14 Jun 2026	Kyle Tengwall	Officer	Sale to Issuer	-7,721	$14.35	147,517
1 May 2026	Deana McPherson	Executive VP, CFO, Treasurer & Assistant Secretary	Sale to Issuer	-7,540	$15.57	158,754
1 May 2026	Kevin Maxwell	Senior VP, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary	Sale to Issuer	-7,507	$15.57	48,037
1 May 2026	Mark Smith	Chief Executive Officer	Sale to Issuer	-27,954	$15.57	576,386
30 Apr 2026	Deana McPherson	Executive VP, CFO, Treasurer & Assistant Secretary	Other Acquisition	+27,612	–	158,754
30 Apr 2026	Deana McPherson	Executive VP, CFO, Treasurer & Assistant Secretary	Other Derivative Acquisition	+55,222	–	55,222
30 Apr 2026	Kevin Maxwell	Senior VP, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary	Other Acquisition	+27,612	–	73,598
30 Apr 2026	Kevin Maxwell	Senior VP, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary	Other Derivative Acquisition	+55,222	–	55,222
30 Apr 2026	Mark Smith	Chief Executive Officer	Other Acquisition	+90,956	–	576,386
30 Apr 2026	Mark Smith	Chief Executive Officer	Other Derivative Acquisition	+181,912	–	181,912
30 Apr 2026	Kyle Tengwall	Officer	Other Acquisition	+14,618	–	155,238
30 Apr 2026	Kyle Tengwall	Officer	Other Derivative Acquisition	+29,234	–	29,234
9 Nov 2025	Kevin Maxwell	Senior VP, General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary	Sale to Issuer	-1,211	$8.61	31,589
14 Sep 2025	Barry Monheit	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+12,711	–	13,470
14 Sep 2025	Robert Scott	Independent Chairperson	Other Acquisition	+12,711	–	13,470

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	2,802,376	6.2%	3.4
31 Aug 2026	2,579,367	5.8%	4.9
14 Aug 2026	2,298,314	5.1%	5.9
31 Jul 2026	2,006,170	4.5%	4.6
15 Jul 2026	1,857,079	4.2%	3.4
30 Jun 2026	1,978,810	4.4%	1.2

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