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USA TODAY TDAY

US equityMarket cap rank #3218Publishing

$6.95 −$0.11 (-1.56%)

Market open · Oct 8, 11:40 am ET · After hours $7.06 0.00%

Open$7.09

Prev close$7.06

Day range$6.95 – $7.10

Volume417.1K

Market cap$1.02B

P/E (TTM)–

Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership96.2%+0.16 pts vs. prior quarter

Institutions holding252+0 vs. prior quarter

Insider trades (recent)36 buys / 14 sellsNet buying

Short interest18.48% of floatDays to cover 13.5 · as of 15 Sep 2026

Short-sale volume share32.7%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: −$2.22M (8 inflow days, 12 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 37.4% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

Two Seas Capital LP9.66%
Apollo Global Management, Inc.8.32%
Alta Fundamental Advisers LLC7.38%
BlackRock7.21%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC4.79%
Omega Advisors, Inc.4.30%
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.3.17%
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.3.07%

By investor type

Hedge Fund42.42%
Mutual Fund34.09%
VC/PE Fund8.32%
Public Company8.29%
Individual/Insider4.65%
Private Company2.12%
Government Pension Fund0.59%
Insurance Company0.28%

Reported short interest has risen from 12.09% to 18.48% 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
Nuveen Asset Management LLC	Insurance Company	2026/Q3	+228,013	0.3%
Bank of America Corporation	Public Company	2026/Q3	+3,102,519	2.4%
Oasis Management Company Ltd.	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+1,748,730	2.1%
Centerbook Partners LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+1,589,163	1.1%
Hennessy Advisors, Inc.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,237,254	0.8%
Two Sigma Investments, LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+844,312	0.9%
FMR	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+834,269	1.3%
Vanguard Portfolio Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+814,815	1.7%
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+673,568	3.1%
Parkwood, LLC	Private Company	2026/Q3	+624,300	2.0%
Geode Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+539,185	2.5%
Empyrean Capital Partners, LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+500,000	0.3%
PlusTick Management LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+400,000	0.3%
BlackRock	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+331,386	7.2%
OP Varainhoito Oy	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+296,610	0.2%

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

Insider transactions

Date	Insider	Title	Transaction	Shares	Price	Held after
29 Sep 2026	John Louis	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+4,769	–	683,228
10 Aug 2026	Michael Reed	Chairperson & CEO	Other Derivative Acquisition	+383,771	–	383,771
10 Aug 2026	Trisha Gosser	Senior Vice President - Finance & Investor Relations	Other Derivative Acquisition	+87,719	–	87,719
10 Aug 2026	Cindy Gallagher	Controller, Chief Accounting Officer & Principal Accounting Officer	Other Derivative Acquisition	+51,169	–	51,169
5 Aug 2026	Michael Reed	Chairperson & CEO	Derivative Exercise and Sale	-119,091	$8.66	3,170,931
5 Aug 2026	Michael Reed	Chairperson & CEO	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+114,192	–	3,170,931
5 Aug 2026	Trisha Gosser	Senior Vice President - Finance & Investor Relations	Derivative Exercise and Sale	-12,791	$8.66	153,588
5 Aug 2026	Trisha Gosser	Senior Vice President - Finance & Investor Relations	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+27,178	–	153,588
5 Aug 2026	Cindy Gallagher	Controller, Chief Accounting Officer & Principal Accounting Officer	Derivative Exercise and Sale	-5,619	$8.66	126,890
5 Aug 2026	Cindy Gallagher	Controller, Chief Accounting Officer & Principal Accounting Officer	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+13,043	–	126,890
29 Jun 2026	John Louis	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+3,508	–	691,930
1 Jun 2026	Theodore Janulis	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+16,046	–	284,392
1 Jun 2026	Kevin Sheehan	Lead Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+16,046	–	239,392
1 Jun 2026	Barbara Wall	Director	Other Acquisition	+16,046	–	443,985
1 Jun 2026	John Louis	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+16,046	–	688,422
1 Jun 2026	Debra Sandler	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+16,046	–	276,087
1 Jun 2026	Amy Reinhard	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+16,046	–	186,319
1 Jun 2026	Maha Al-Emam	Director	Other Acquisition	+16,046	–	82,726
30 Mar 2026	John Louis	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+4,255	–	672,376
23 Mar 2026	Michael Reed	Chairperson & CEO	Sale to Issuer	-139,481	$6.70	3,056,739

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	27,136,550	18.5%	13.5
31 Aug 2026	25,541,818	17.4%	9.0
14 Aug 2026	20,785,028	14.2%	6.2
31 Jul 2026	19,547,191	13.3%	12.6
15 Jul 2026	19,420,374	13.2%	15.1
30 Jun 2026	17,737,233	12.1%	10.5

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