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Village Super Market VLGEA

US equityMarket cap rank #3568Grocery Stores

$43.82 +$0.10 (+0.23%)

Pre-market · Oct 8, 7:00 am ET · After hours $43.82 0.00%

Open$43.43

Prev close$43.72

Day range$43.00 – $44.70

Volume53.7K

Market cap$648.95M

P/E (TTM)11.9

Dividend yield2.28%

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership55.7%-0.44 pts vs. prior quarter

Institutions holding184-3 vs. prior quarter

Insider trades (recent)14 buys / 28 sellsNet selling

Short interest2.03% of floatDays to cover 7.7 · as of 15 Sep 2026

Short-sale volume share23.2%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: +$200.4K (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 27.6% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

Steven Crystal9.53%
BlackRock5.27%
Dimensional Fund Advisors5.02%
Robert Sumas3.94%
John Sumas3.87%
Robert Sumas Family Llc3.71%
American Century Investment Management3.47%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC3.14%

By investor type

Mutual Fund41.95%
Individual/Insider29.32%
Private Company8.25%
Hedge Fund4.41%
Public Company0.60%
Government Pension Fund0.25%
Insurance Company0.12%
Family Office/Trust0.11%

Reported short interest has risen from 1.20% to 2.03% 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	+17,233	0.1%
Peregrine Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+13,905	0.6%
American Century Investment Management	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+87,163	3.5%
BlackRock	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+63,906	5.3%
Geode Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+27,435	1.7%
UBS Asset Management	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+18,172	0.3%
Allspring Global Investments, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+18,164	0.8%
Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+15,672	0.1%
Creative Planning, Inc.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+15,448	0.5%
Royce & Associates, LP	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+14,465	1.0%
Tidal Investments LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+13,006	0.1%
BNP Paribas Financial Markets SNC	Private Company	2026/Q3	+12,336	0.1%
AQR Capital Management	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+10,852	0.5%
State Street Global Advisors	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+10,526	1.5%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+10,090	3.1%

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

Insider transactions

Date	Insider	Title	Transaction	Shares	Price	Held after
13 Apr 2026	John Sumas	Executive VP, Secretary & Director	Open Market Disposition	-12,703	$41.30	102,938
9 Apr 2026	John Van Orden	Chief Financial Officer	Open Market Disposition	-8,000	$43.88	32,023
8 Apr 2026	Luigi Perri	Principal Accounting Officer & Controller	Open Market Disposition	-3,719	$45.04	15,839
7 Apr 2026	John Sumas	Co-President & Director	Open Market Disposition	-12,702	$43.16	107,563
26 Mar 2026	Kevin Begley	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+2,572	–	46,533
26 Mar 2026	Robert Sumas	CEO & Vice Chairman of the Board	Other Acquisition	+2,572	–	74,732
26 Mar 2026	John Sumas	Executive VP, Secretary & Director	Other Acquisition	+15,916	–	115,641
26 Mar 2026	Steven Crystal	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+2,572	–	971,738
26 Mar 2026	Nicholas Sumas	Co-President & Director	Other Acquisition	+33,056	–	46,229
26 Mar 2026	John Sumas	Co-President & Director	Other Acquisition	+33,056	–	120,265
26 Mar 2026	Stephen Rooney	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+2,572	–	39,372
26 Mar 2026	John Van Orden	Chief Financial Officer	Other Acquisition	+16,406	–	40,023
26 Mar 2026	Prasad Pola	Director	Other Acquisition	+2,572	–	14,572
26 Mar 2026	Luigi Perri	Principal Accounting Officer & Controller	Other Acquisition	+7,346	–	19,558
26 Mar 2026	Perry Blatt	Director	Other Acquisition	+12,243	–	51,465
16 Mar 2026	Robert Sumas	CEO & Vice Chairman of the Board	Sale to Issuer	-13,409	$42.79	72,160
16 Mar 2026	John Sumas	Executive VP, Secretary & Director	Sale to Issuer	-13,297	$42.79	99,725
16 Mar 2026	Nicholas Sumas	Co-President & Director	Sale to Issuer	-13,299	$42.79	13,173
16 Mar 2026	John Sumas	Co-President & Director	Sale to Issuer	-13,298	$42.79	87,209
16 Mar 2026	John Van Orden	Chief Financial Officer	Sale to Issuer	-13,361	$42.79	23,617

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	300,791	2.0%	7.7
31 Aug 2026	254,092	1.7%	3.0
14 Aug 2026	243,587	1.6%	5.4
31 Jul 2026	189,122	1.3%	4.3
15 Jul 2026	204,929	1.4%	4.9
30 Jun 2026	178,217	1.2%	2.4

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