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Controladora Vuela Compania de Aviacion VLRS

US equityMarket cap rank #3476

$6.35 −$0.15 (-2.31%)

Pre-market · Oct 8, 7:00 am ET · After hours $6.45 +1.57%

Open$6.39

Prev close$6.50

Day range$6.31 – $6.42

Volume322.7K

Market cap$729.94M

P/E (TTM)–

Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership55.7%-1.07 pts vs. prior quarter

Institutions holding96-1 vs. prior quarter

Insider trades (recent)31 buys / 3 sellsNet buying

Short interest0.85% of floatDays to cover 2.6 · as of 15 Sep 2026

Short-sale volume share20.9%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: −$496.1K (10 inflow days, 10 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 38.9% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

Indigo Partners LLC20.73%
BlackRock5.92%
Norges Bank Investment Management4.84%
Wellington Management Group4.02%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC3.43%
Pacific Asset Management LLP2.88%
Thomist Capital Management, LP1.53%
Long Focus Capital Management LLC1.43%

By investor type

VC/PE Fund20.73%
Mutual Fund19.81%
Hedge Fund6.87%
Sovereign Wealth Fund4.85%
Individual/Insider3.89%
Public Company2.77%
Private Company0.44%
Family Office/Trust0.24%

Reported short interest has fallen from 1.59% to 0.85% 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
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+62,840	3.4%
Dimensional Fund Advisors	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+26,116	0.6%
The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.	Public Company	2026/Q3	+302,081	0.7%
JPMorgan Chase & Co.	Public Company	2026/Q3	+291,263	0.3%
Norges Bank Investment Management	Sovereign Wealth Fund	2026/Q3	+281,457	4.8%
Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+261,330	0.4%
Thomist Capital Management, LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+215,620	1.5%
Jane Street Group, LLC	Private Company	2026/Q3	+112,183	0.2%
Empowered Funds, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+94,443	0.2%
Barclays PLC	Public Company	2026/Q3	+89,273	0.2%
American Century Investment Management	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+86,125	0.7%
Winton Capital Group Limited	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+69,700	0.1%
Bank of America Corporation	Public Company	2026/Q3	+55,566	0.6%
Birnam Oak Advisors, LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+55,000	0.1%
Diversify Wealth Management, LLC	Family Office/Trust	2026/Q3	+32,112	0.2%

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

Insider transactions

Date	Insider	Title	Transaction	Shares	Price	Held after
27 May 2026	William Donovan	Independent Director	Open Market Disposition	-5,000	$7.67	294,605
26 May 2026	William Donovan	Independent Director	Open Market Disposition	-5,000	$7.54	299,605
11 May 2026	William Donovan	Independent Director	Open Market Disposition	-5,000	$7.33	304,605
27 Apr 2026	Stanley Pace	Independent Director	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+120,850	–	349,240
27 Apr 2026	Jose Fernandez Fernandez	Independent Director	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+253,203	–	446,927
27 Apr 2026	Ricardo Maldonado Yanez	Independent Director	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+229,034	–	405,712
27 Apr 2026	William Donovan	Independent Director	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+23,240	–	309,605
27 Apr 2026	Enrique Beltranena Mejicano	Chief Executive Officer	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+98,405	–	13,965,052
27 Apr 2026	Brian Franke	Chairperson	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+278,870	–	3,496,120
27 Apr 2026	Guadalupe Phillips Margain	Independent Director	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+204,866	–	363,379
27 Apr 2026	Joaquín Alberto Palomo Déneke	Independent Director	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+120,850	–	222,710
27 Apr 2026	John Slowik	Independent Director	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+120,850	–	312,710
27 Apr 2026	Andrew Broderick	Director	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+55,780	–	97,700
27 Apr 2026	Mónica Bernal	Independent Director	Derivative Exercise and Retained	+106,461	–	196,414
23 Apr 2026	Stanley Pace	Independent Director	Other Derivative Acquisition	+59,260	–	59,260
23 Apr 2026	Stanley Pace	Independent Director	Other Derivative Acquisition	+64,200	–	64,200
23 Apr 2026	Jose Fernandez Fernandez	Independent Director	Other Derivative Acquisition	+56,811	–	56,811
23 Apr 2026	Jose Fernandez Fernandez	Independent Director	Other Derivative Acquisition	+78,208	–	78,208
23 Apr 2026	Ricardo Maldonado Yanez	Independent Director	Other Derivative Acquisition	+56,811	–	56,811
23 Apr 2026	Ricardo Maldonado Yanez	Independent Director	Other Derivative Acquisition	+65,370	–	65,370

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	980,227	0.9%	2.6
31 Aug 2026	1,021,672	0.9%	2.4
14 Aug 2026	983,420	0.9%	1.7
31 Jul 2026	885,192	0.8%	1.5
15 Jul 2026	2,024,544	1.8%	3.3
30 Jun 2026	1,826,674	1.6%	2.2

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