AMERICAN OUTDOOR BRANDS INC AOUT
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 02875D109 · ISIN US02875D1090
- SectorConsumer discretionary
- IndustrySporting & Athletic Goods, NEC
- HeadquartersColumbia, MO
- FilingsSEC EDGAR
* Summed across managers. Shares that two managers' reports both contain – a subsidiary's holdings that its parent's report includes too, or a sub-adviser's in its client's – are counted once ($432.5k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 12.5m as of 2026-06-18, from the company's own SEC filing; the percentage can still exceed 100%: lent-out shares are counted by the lender and the buyer, and some reports overlap without saying so. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $11.74. Options: 2 managers hold calls ($150.3k notional), 0 hold puts (—).
Trends to Q2 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 96 |
| Q4 2022 | 91 |
| Q1 2023 | 92 |
| Q2 2023 | 90 |
| Q3 2023 | 97 |
| Q4 2023 | 97 |
| Q1 2024 | 86 |
| Q2 2024 | 83 |
| Q3 2024 | 83 |
| Q4 2024 | 99 |
| Q1 2025 | 94 |
| Q2 2025 | 106 |
| Q3 2025 | 105 |
| Q4 2025 | 95 |
| Q1 2026 | 93 |
| Q2 2026 | 98 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | 29 | 23 |
| Q4 2024 | 53 | 25 |
| Q1 2025 | 41 | 33 |
| Q2 2025 | 58 | 36 |
| Q3 2025 | 46 | 44 |
| Q4 2025 | 38 | 54 |
| Q1 2026 | 40 | 29 |
| Q2 2026 | 45 | 42 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $278.6k | $1.7k | 0.01 |
| Q4 2025 | $247.4k | $0 | 0.00 |
| Q1 2026 | $16.8k | $0 | 0.00 |
| Q2 2026 | $150.3k | $0 | 0.00 |
Biggest buyers
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | +136.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | New | +114.3k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP | Added | +94.2k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | +58.5k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | New | +54.2k |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd | New | +34.9k |
| BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP | Added | +32.5k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | New | +32.2k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | New | +29.8k |
| Sanctuary Advisors, LLC | Added | +19.6k |
Biggest sellers
| BlackRock, Inc. | Reduced | -514.7k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -151.6k |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -106.1k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Reduced | -84.7k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | Sold out | -70.9k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP | Reduced | -65.5k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -47.7k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -41.3k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | Sold out | -26.6k |
| RBF Capital, LLC | Reduced | -19.4k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | New | $149.1k12.7k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $1.2k100 shares |
Biggest puts
| None |
Options at notional value: the value of the shares the contracts control, as filers report them, not what the options cost. Not included in the holders, shares or buying above.
Major shareholders (over 5%)
Anyone who owns more than 5% of a class of the company's shares has to say so: on Schedule 13D if they may try to influence or control the company, on 13G if they're a passive investor, and update it as the stake changes. Each holder's latest filing, from 19 Dec 2024 on; percentages are of the share class, as the holder worked them out.
| Holder | Stake |
|---|---|
| BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP 13G · institution +0.4 pts · filed 2026-08-14 | 19.7% |
Hallador Alternative Assets Fund, LLC
13D · may seek influence
filed 2026-08-10
Stated purposeThe Reporting Persons acquired the Shares based on the Reporting Persons' belief that the Shares, when purchased, were undervalued and represented an attractive investment opportunity. Depending upon overall market conditions, other investment opportunities available to the Reporting Persons, and the availability of Shares at prices that would make the purchase or sale of Shares desirable, the Reporting Persons may endeavor to increase or decrease their position in the Issuer, through, among other things, the purchase or sale of Shares on the open market or in private transactions or otherwise, on such terms and at such times as the Reporting Persons may deem advisable. On August 4, 2026, Kevin Leary, a Reporting Person and the Chief Executive Officer and a Managing Director of HIA, was a… Full filing |
9.6% |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 13G · exempt (held before listing) +1.5 pts · filed 2026-04-21 | 7.3% |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 13G · institution filed 2026-10-08 | 5.5% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: ENGINE CAPITAL, L.P. (4.3%, 2026-10-07), VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (4.5%, 2026-07-31), BlackRock, Inc. (2.2%, 2026-07-27), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26)
Insider purchases and sales since 1 Apr 2026
Shares bought or sold by the company's own officers, directors and 10% owners, in the open market or privately, as they reported to the SEC on Form 4 (due within two business days of the trade). Grants, option exercises, shares withheld for tax and gifts aren't included.
Officers and directors buying vs selling
Number of people, by quarter (10% owners not included)
Numbers
| Quarter | Buying | Bought | Selling | Sold | Sold under a plan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 2 | $44.0k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported since 1 Apr 2026.
Holders, Q2 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BRANDES INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LP 0.20% of their portfolio | 2.5m $28.9m | Added +32.5k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.0m $11.9m | Added +94.2k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 725.0k $8.5m | Reduced -41.3k |
| Engine Capital Management, LP 0.75% of their portfolio | 656.3k $7.7m | Unchanged |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 484.5k $5.7m | Reduced -106.1k |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL 0.03% of their portfolio | 305.0k $3.6m | Reduced -9.8k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 278.6k $3.3m | Reduced -514.7k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 210.2k $2.5m | Added +5.3k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 193.9k $2.3m | Reduced -10.3k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.00% of their portfolio | 186.4k $2.2m | Reduced -4.6k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 138.8k $1.6m | Reduced -151.6k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 136.4k $1.6m | New |
| Argos Wealth Advisors, LLC 0.39% of their portfolio | 126.2k $1.5m | Unchanged |
| Diversified Investment Strategies, LLC 0.89% of their portfolio | 117.0k $1.4m | Reduced -3.0k |
| Teton Advisors, LLC 0.78% of their portfolio | 115.6k $1.4m | Reduced -1.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 114.3k $1.3m | New |
| Ancora Advisors LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 88.8k $1.0m | Unchanged |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 77.6k $911.2k | Unchanged |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 75.7k $889.0k | Added +641 |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 74.8k $878.7k | Added +58.5k |
| GABELLI FUNDS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 71.1k $834.2k | Unchanged |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 69.9k $820.8k | Added +10.1k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 67.4k $791.4k | Reduced -84.7k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 57.0k $668.9k | Reduced -1.4k |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 56.1k $659.0k | Unchanged |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.2k $636.4k | New |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.3k $613.0k | Added +6.4k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.7k $606.9k | Added +1.1k |
| RBF Capital, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 45.6k $535.8k | Reduced -19.4k |
| Empowered Funds, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.7k $430.9k | Unchanged |
| Sanctuary Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.2k $424.9k | Added +19.6k |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.9k $409.5k | New |
| Atria Investments, Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.3k $379.7k | Added +10.4k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.2k $378.2k | New |
| GABELLI & Co INVESTMENT ADVISERS, INC. 0.05% of their portfolio | 30.2k $354.4k | Unchanged |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.8k $349.9k | New |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.0k $340.4k | Reduced -65.5k |
| &PARTNERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.9k $280.6k | Added +15 |
| State of Wyoming 0.03% of their portfolio | 23.3k $273.7k | Added +7.4k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.7k $242.5k | Reduced -47.7k |
| Mariner, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.5k $240.8k | Added +3.4k |
| Aster Capital Management (DIFC) Ltd 0.04% of their portfolio | 14.8k $173.3k | New |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.4k $169.4k | Reduced -19.1k |
| Virtu Financial LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 14.4k $169.0k | New |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.1k $165.9k | Reduced -608 |
| Catalyst Funds Management Pty Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 12.4k $145.6k | New |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.4k $145.5k | New |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.3k $144.6k | New |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.1k $130.4k | New |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.7k $125.0k | New |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.1k $118.7k | Added +8.7k |
| OLD NATIONAL BANCORP /IN/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.1k $118.5k | New |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.9k $68.7k | Reduced -8.4k |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.7k $55.2k | Unchanged |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.9k $46.2k | Added +1.6k |
| JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.6k $41.3k | Added +507 |
| FIFTH THIRD BANCORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.2k $38.0k | Unchanged |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.6k $30.1k | Added +719 |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.5k $29.4k | Added +1.2k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.3k $27.1k | Reduced -4.6k |
| Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4k $16.0k | Unchanged |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3k $15.5k | Reduced -1.5k |
| Spire Wealth Management 0.00% of their portfolio | 525 $6.2k | Unchanged |
| Legacy Bridge, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 407 $4.8k | New |
| Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 389 $4.6k | New |
| IFP Advisors, Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 325 $3.8k | Unchanged |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 306 $3.6k | Reduced -7.5k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 259 $3.5k | Reduced -4.9k |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 251 $2.9k | Unchanged |
| Sterling Capital Management LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 250 $2.9k | Reduced -407 |
| ADKINS SEALE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 227 $2.7k | Unchanged |
| HARBOUR INVESTMENTS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 215 $2.5k | Added +197 |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 198 $2.3k | Reduced -13 |
| GAMMA Investing LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 194 $2.3k | Unchanged |
| Fortis Group Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 168 $2.0k | Unchanged |
| Allworth Financial LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 145 $1.7k | Added +12 |
| ST GERMAIN D J CO INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 137 $1.6k | Reduced -25 |
| Arax Advisory Partners 0.00% of their portfolio | 133 $1.6k | New |
| LANARK FINANCIAL, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 116 $1.4k | Added +91 |
| Farther Finance Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 105 $1.2k | New |
| Archer Investment Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 100 $1.2k | Added +50 |
| HUNTINGTON NATIONAL BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 98 $1.2k | Unchanged |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 90 $1.1k | Reduced -2.5k |
| TSFG, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 85 $1.0k | Unchanged |
| NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 56 $657 | Reduced -12 |
| Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 50 $587 | Unchanged |
| TOUNJIAN ADVISORY PARTNERS, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 50 $587 | New |
| BARRETT & COMPANY, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 37 $434 | Unchanged |
| Caitong International Asset Management Co., Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 35 $411 | New |
| US BANCORP \DE\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 28 $329 | Unchanged |
| Costello Asset Management, INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 25 $294 | Unchanged |
| SHP Wealth Management 0.00% of their portfolio | 12 $141 | Unchanged |
| ROTHSCHILD INVESTMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 11 $129 | Added +8 |
| EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 10 $116 | New |
| SBI Securities Co., Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 6 $70 | Unchanged |
| SJS Investment Consulting Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1 $12 | New |
| Leo H. Evart, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1 $12 | Unchanged |
| JPL Wealth Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1 $12 | Unchanged |