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Yesway YSWY

US equityMarket cap rank #3580Grocery Stores

$20.47 +$0.22 (+1.09%)

Pre-market · Oct 8, 7:00 am ET · After hours $20.47 0.00%

Open$20.16

Prev close$20.25

Day range$20.16 – $20.74

Volume139.0K

Market cap$638.37M

P/E (TTM)22.9

Dividend yield–

Ownership & positioning

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

Institutional ownership110.1%-0.06 pts vs. prior quarter

Institutions holding108+0 vs. prior quarter

Insider trades (recent)18 buys / 5 sellsNet buying

Short interest7.55% of floatDays to cover 7.9 · as of 15 Sep 2026

Short-sale volume share16.5%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: −$2.20M (5 inflow days, 15 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 72.1% of shares outstanding.

Largest holders

Brookwood Financial Partners, LLC48.37%
Principal Global Investors, LLC8.51%
American Century Investment Management6.20%
Royce & Associates, LP4.79%
BlackRock4.26%
Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc.3.78%
Citadel Advisors LLC3.46%
Wellington Management Group2.96%

By investor type

Mutual Fund48.78%
REIT48.37%
Hedge Fund10.69%
Private Company1.31%
Family Office/Trust0.45%
Public Company0.34%
Insurance Company0.07%
Government Pension Fund0.04%

Reported short interest has fallen from 9.58% to 7.55% 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	+2,654,505	8.5%
American Century Investment Management	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,933,095	6.2%
Royce & Associates, LP	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,493,949	4.8%
BlackRock	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,329,596	4.3%
Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+1,179,942	3.8%
Citadel Advisors LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+1,079,044	3.5%
Wellington Management Group	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+923,515	3.0%
MFS Investment Management	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+857,768	2.8%
Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P.	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+746,855	2.4%
Vanguard Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+739,141	2.4%
Russell Investment Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+507,696	1.6%
Millennium Management LLC	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+482,586	1.5%
Lazard Asset Management LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+471,542	1.5%
Yaupon Capital Management LP	Hedge Fund	2026/Q3	+437,375	1.4%
Geode Capital Management, LLC	Mutual Fund	2026/Q3	+389,088	1.2%

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

Insider transactions

Date	Insider	Title	Transaction	Shares	Price	Held after
23 Apr 2026	Kurt Zernich	General Counsel	Other Acquisition	+77,089	–	77,089
23 Apr 2026	Kurt Zernich	General Counsel	Other Acquisition	+198,000	–	198,000
23 Apr 2026	Thomas Brown	Chief Real Estate Officer & Director	Other Acquisition	+198,000	–	198,000
23 Apr 2026	Thomas Trkla	Chairperson & CEO	Other Acquisition	+1,080,000	–	1,080,000
23 Apr 2026	Jill Soltau	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+7,000	–	7,000
23 Apr 2026	Shauna Clark	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+7,000	–	7,000
23 Apr 2026	Ericka Ayles	Chief Financial Officer	Other Acquisition	+216,000	–	216,000
23 Apr 2026	Greg Papazian	Director	Other Acquisition	+7,000	–	7,000
23 Apr 2026	Ronald Lewis	Independent Director	Other Acquisition	+7,000	–	7,000
21 Apr 2026	Thomas Trkla	Chairperson & CEO	Initial Statement of Beneficial	+0	–	349,293
21 Apr 2026	Ericka Ayles	Chief Financial Officer	Initial Statement of Beneficial	+0	–	83,656
21 Apr 2026	Greg Papazian	Director	Initial Statement of Beneficial	+0	–	22,954
20 Apr 2026	Brookwood Financial Partners, LLC		Other Acquisition	+15,085,561	–	15,085,561
20 Apr 2026	Brookwood Financial Partners, LLC		Other Acquisition	+30,790,166	–	30,790,166
20 Apr 2026	Kurt Zernich	General Counsel	Derivative Sale to Issuer	-77,089	–	77,089
20 Apr 2026	Thomas Brown	Chief Real Estate Officer & Director	Derivative Sale to Issuer	-105,209	–	105,209
20 Apr 2026	Thomas Trkla	Chairperson & CEO	Other Acquisition	+338,581	–	338,581
20 Apr 2026	Thomas Trkla	Chairperson & CEO	Derivative Sale to Issuer	-31,139,459	–	10,712
20 Apr 2026	Ericka Ayles	Chief Financial Officer	Other Acquisition	+83,656	–	83,656
20 Apr 2026	Ericka Ayles	Chief Financial Officer	Derivative Sale to Issuer	-83,656	–	83,656

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	2,354,518	7.6%	7.9
31 Aug 2026	2,428,971	7.8%	8.8
14 Aug 2026	2,547,173	8.2%	6.6
31 Jul 2026	2,167,874	7.0%	7.1
15 Jul 2026	2,626,212	8.4%	8.9
30 Jun 2026	2,987,689	9.6%	3.2

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