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Willis Lease Finance WLFC

US equityMarket cap rank #3340Rental & Leasing Services

$41.21 −$1.64 (-3.83%)

Pre-market · Oct 8, 7:00 am ET · After hours $41.21 0.00%

Open$42.01

Prev close$42.85

Day range$40.69 – $42.98

Volume623.1K

Market cap$871.35M

P/E (TTM)10.4

Dividend yield1.17%

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership88.6%+6.46 pts vs. prior quarter

Institutions holding212+0 vs. prior quarter

Insider trades (recent)17 buys / 33 sellsNet selling

Short interest9.15% of floatDays to cover 11.4 · as of 15 Sep 2026

Short-sale volume share18.2%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: −$1.50M (9 inflow days, 11 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 63.7% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

CFW Partners, L.P30.28%
Charles Willis11.99%
M3F, Inc.9.39%
Dimensional Fund Advisors7.78%
BlackRock4.27%
Austin Willis2.81%
Renaissance Technologies Corp.2.80%
Two Sigma Investments, LP2.73%

By investor type

Private Company32.42%
Mutual Fund31.43%
Hedge Fund22.56%
Individual/Insider17.53%
Public Company1.58%
Government Pension Fund0.40%
Insurance Company0.18%
VC/PE Fund0.04%

Reported short interest has risen from 8.50% to 9.15% of float over the last 6 biweekly reports (30 Jun 2026 to 15 Sep 2026).

Insider transactions

Date	Insider	Title	Transaction	Shares	Price	Held after
30 Sep 2026	Zechariah Dameron	Senior Vice President	Sale to Issuer	-1,420	$47.80	38,038
14 Sep 2026	Scott Flaherty	Chief Financial Officer	Open Market Disposition	-30,000	$56.18	214,324
31 Aug 2026	Austin Willis	Chief Executive Officer	Open Market Disposition	-15,000	$53.90	594,561
30 Aug 2026	Charles Willis	Founder	Open Market Disposition	-400	$52.95	2,534,175
25 Aug 2026	Charles Willis	Founder	Automatic Disposition	-27,000	$56.05	2,534,575
23 Aug 2026	Charles Willis	Founder	Automatic Disposition	-46,500	$55.23	2,561,575
18 Aug 2026	Charles Willis	Founder	Automatic Disposition	-78,200	$58.85	2,608,075
13 Aug 2026	Zechariah Dameron	Senior Vice President	Open Market Disposition	-3,535	$56.83	39,458
2 Aug 2026	Austin Willis	Chief Executive Officer	Automatic Disposition	-15,000	$73.68	609,561
30 Jul 2026	Scott Flaherty	Chief Financial Officer	Private Acquisition	+148	$29.07	244,324
30 Jun 2026	Austin Willis	Chief Executive Officer	Automatic Disposition	-15,552	$76.51	624,561
25 May 2026	Stephen Jones	Director	Other Acquisition	+2,022	$61.87	6,399
25 May 2026	Colm Barrington	Director	Other Acquisition	+2,022	$61.87	22,638
25 May 2026	Brendan Curran	Director	Other Acquisition	+2,022	$61.87	28,638
14 May 2026	Zechariah Dameron	Senior Vice President	Sale to Issuer	-1,836	$60.01	42,993
30 Apr 2026	Austin Willis	Chief Executive Officer	Automatic Disposition	-10,200	$64.81	640,113
31 Mar 2026	Charles Willis	Founder	Sale to Issuer	-128,850	$58.54	2,686,275
31 Mar 2026	Austin Willis	Chief Executive Officer	Sale to Issuer	-73,785	$58.54	650,313
31 Mar 2026	Austin Willis	Chief Executive Officer	Automatic Disposition	-10,200	$58.12	650,313
31 Mar 2026	Scott Flaherty	Chief Financial Officer	Sale to Issuer	-47,424	$58.54	244,176

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	1,935,420	9.2%	11.4
31 Aug 2026	1,931,017	9.1%	9.0
14 Aug 2026	1,896,121	9.0%	7.2
31 Jul 2026	2,040,210	9.7%	8.0
15 Jul 2026	618,367	8.8%	4.6
30 Jun 2026	598,913	8.5%	3.2

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