ASPEN AEROGELS INC ASPN
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 04523Y105 · ISIN US04523Y1055
Company in Northborough, United States
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryWholesale-Lumber & Other Construction Materials
- HeadquartersNorthborough, MA
- Founded2001
- Websiteaerogel.com
- 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. Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 77.1m as of 2024-08-08, 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 ≈ $23.90. Options: 15 managers hold calls ($114.0m notional), 13 hold puts ($43.7m).
Trends to Q2 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 140 |
| Q4 2022 | 164 |
| Q1 2023 | 157 |
| Q2 2023 | 160 |
| Q3 2023 | 160 |
| Q4 2023 | 171 |
| Q1 2024 | 168 |
| Q2 2024 | 223 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 108 | 46 |
| Q1 2023 | 104 | 58 |
| Q2 2023 | 97 | 64 |
| Q3 2023 | 67 | 81 |
| Q4 2023 | 80 | 70 |
| Q1 2024 | 79 | 83 |
| Q2 2024 | 130 | 83 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | $14.8m | $47.3m | 3.20 |
| Q4 2023 | $30.2m | $45.3m | 1.50 |
| Q1 2024 | $51.6m | $38.3m | 0.74 |
| Q2 2024 | $114.0m | $43.7m | 0.38 |
Biggest buyers
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P | New | +1.3m |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | Added | +1.2m |
| FMR LLC | Added | +899.2k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +654.4k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +578.3k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | New | +541.5k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +429.5k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | New | +405.7k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +395.7k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | New | +391.6k |
Biggest sellers
| KIM, LLC | Reduced | -3.5m |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -2.7m |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC | Reduced | -1.5m |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -1.0m |
| AWM Investment Company, Inc. | Reduced | -789.6k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -784.1k |
| NEEDHAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -702.5k |
| Samjo Management, LLC | Reduced | -619.3k |
| Penn Capital Management Company, LLC | Sold out | -537.4k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Sold out | -495.2k |
Biggest calls
| Caption Management, LLC | Added | $41.7m1.7m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $22.7m953.7k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $15.4m646.8k shares |
| ARDSLEY ADVISORY PARTNERS LP | New | $9.5m400.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $7.8m327.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $7.1m296.3k shares |
| UBS Group AG | New | $5.4m224.7k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $2.1m86.6k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $744.1k31.2k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $589.1k24.7k shares |
Biggest puts
| Caption Management, LLC | Added | $16.6m697.3k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $11.5m480.8k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $6.0m249.9k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $3.9m164.9k shares |
| INTRINSIC EDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | New | $2.4m100.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.3m56.1k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $768.0k32.2k shares |
| CSS LLC/IL | New | $596.2k25.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $302.9k12.7k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $240.9k10.1k shares |
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 |
|---|---|
| HIRSCHMAN ORIN 13G · institution new · filed 2026-10-19 | 8.6% |
| OAKTOP CAPITAL MANAGEMENT II, L.P. 13G · institution no change · filed 2025-05-15 | 5.3% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: Wood River Capital, LLC (0.0%, 2026-09-24), NEEDHAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC (3.9%, 2026-08-13), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2024
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 1 | $30.5k | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 3 | $550.9k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.7k | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 5 | $16.0m | $12.7m |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-05-29 | Young Donald R President and CEO, director | Sold plan | $5.2m176.7k shares |
| 2024-05-28 | Young Donald R President and CEO, director | Sold plan | $7.5m256.9k shares |
| 2024-05-22 | Kool Kathleen Director | Sold | $122.0k4.5k shares |
| 2024-05-14 | KOCH INDUSTRIES INC +1 10% owner | Sold | $82.2m3.5m shares |
| 2024-05-13 | SCHILLING KEITH L SVP, Technology | Sold | $536.9k20.0k shares |
| 2024-05-06 | Whitaker Corby C SVP, Sales and Marketing | Sold | $1.4m55.2k shares |
| 2024-05-06 | Landes Gregg SVP, Operations and Strat Deve | Sold | $1.2m48.4k shares |
Their holding: how much the trade added to or took from the insider's holding (direct, or the trust or fund named). The same trade is sometimes reported by more than one insider, such as a fund and the director who represents it; totals count it once. A value is left blank where the reported price is far from the market price (usually a typo).
Holders, Q2 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| KIM, LLC 31.53% of their portfolio | 12.3m $292.9m | Reduced -3.5m |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.5m $107.1m | Added +429.5k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.0m $95.8m | Added +395.7k |
| OAKTOP CAPITAL MANAGEMENT II, L.P. 8.16% of their portfolio | 3.3m $79.7m | Unchanged |
| FMR LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.3m $78.2m | Added +899.2k |
| George Kaiser Family Foundation 13.35% of their portfolio | 3.2m $75.5m | Unchanged |
| NEEDHAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 4.51% of their portfolio | 2.3m $54.8m | Reduced -702.5k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.50% of their portfolio | 2.2m $51.4m | Added +1.2m |
| Encompass Capital Advisors LLC 2.51% of their portfolio | 1.9m $46.5m | Reduced -231.3k |
| Hood River Capital Management LLC 0.87% of their portfolio | 1.8m $41.8m | Reduced -1.5m |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC 0.41% of their portfolio | 1.7m $41.6m | Reduced -327.4k |
| Telemark Asset Management, LLC 3.22% of their portfolio | 1.5m $35.6m | Unchanged |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $33.4m | Added +18.6k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.4m $32.8m | Added +240.9k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.3m $31.5m | New |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $31.3m | Added +128.9k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.28% of their portfolio | 1.2m $29.6m | Reduced -408.8k |
| AWM Investment Company, Inc. 3.83% of their portfolio | 1.2m $28.3m | Reduced -789.6k |
| Samjo Management, LLC 9.22% of their portfolio | 1.0m $24.8m | Reduced -619.3k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.06% of their portfolio | 998.6k $23.8m | Reduced -155.4k |
| UniSuper Management Pty Ltd 0.19% of their portfolio | 955.4k $22.8m | Reduced -128.4k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 770.7k $18.4m | Added +654.4k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 640.4k $15.3m | Reduced -1.0m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 630.6k $15.0m | Added +578.3k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 541.5k $12.9m | New |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 539.2k $12.9m | Reduced -2.7m |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 511.4k $12.2m | Added +1.2k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 471.7k $11.3m | Added +492 |
| RICE HALL JAMES & ASSOCIATES, LLC 0.64% of their portfolio | 446.4k $10.6m | Reduced -134.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 441.1k $10.5m | Added +224.0k |
| Mesirow Institutional Investment Management, Inc. 0.87% of their portfolio | 418.2k $10.0m | Reduced -247.3k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 405.7k $9.7m | New |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 401.4k $9.6m | Reduced -34.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 395.7k $9.4m | Added +138.9k |
| ARDSLEY ADVISORY PARTNERS LP 1.70% of their portfolio | 395.0k $9.4m | Reduced -470.0k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 391.6k $9.3m | New |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 356.0k $8.5m | Added +140.9k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 349.7k $8.3m | New |
| Sargent Investment Group, LLC 1.54% of their portfolio | 317.5k $7.6m | Reduced -12.6k |
| ESSEX INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO LLC 1.32% of their portfolio | 295.1k $7.0m | Reduced -90.3k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 292.7k $7.0m | Reduced -35.8k |
| GILDER GAGNON HOWE & CO LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 285.7k $6.8m | New |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 274.4k $6.5m | New |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 273.8k $6.5m | Reduced -6.8k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 250.9k $6.0m | Reduced -227.3k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.01% of their portfolio | 244.5k $5.8m | Added +208.4k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.02% of their portfolio | 238.6k $5.7m | Added +20.3k |
| CASTLEARK MANAGEMENT LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 228.2k $5.4m | Reduced -2.3k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 226.7k $5.4m | Added +47.0k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 209.3k $5.0m | New |
| G2 Investment Partners Management LLC 1.23% of their portfolio | 198.9k $4.7m | Reduced -21.2k |
| Harvey Partners, LLC 0.54% of their portfolio | 183.0k $4.4m | Reduced -94.5k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 179.3k $4.3m | Added +76.8k |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 171.8k $4.1m | New |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.02% of their portfolio | 169.8k $4.1m | Reduced -95.1k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 167.2k $4.0m | Added +23.8k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 160.7k $3.8m | Reduced -7.0k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 160.1k $3.8m | New |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 157.8k $3.8m | Added +100.0k |
| Hillsdale Investment Management Inc. 0.29% of their portfolio | 153.1k $3.7m | New |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 149.0k $3.6m | Reduced -55.8k |
| TWINBEECH CAPITAL LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 139.1k $3.3m | New |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 133.7k $3.2m | Reduced -166.3k |
| Redwood Grove Capital, LLC 0.99% of their portfolio | 133.2k $3.2m | Unchanged |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 120.5k $2.9m | Unchanged |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 120.2k $2.9m | Reduced -124.5k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 114.2k $2.7m | Reduced -63.7k |
| SEVEN EIGHT CAPITAL, LP 0.26% of their portfolio | 105.3k $2.5m | New |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 105.0k $2.5m | Added +79.3k |
| Informed Momentum Co LLC 0.41% of their portfolio | 105.0k $2.5m | Reduced -99.5k |
| COMERICA BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 104.4k $2.5m | Reduced -8.7k |
| INTRINSIC EDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 100.0k $2.4m | New |
| Bouvel Investment Partners, LLC 0.87% of their portfolio | 93.8k $2.2m | Reduced -428 |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.02% of their portfolio | 93.5k $2.2m | New |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 93.2k $2.2m | Added +11.2k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 86.1k $2.1m | Added +75.1k |
| Marex Group Ltd 0.05% of their portfolio | 85.0k $2.0m | Reduced -20.0k |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 80.6k $1.9m | Added +32.2k |
| Legato Capital Management LLC 0.26% of their portfolio | 79.9k $1.9m | Reduced -27.4k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 79.8k $1.9m | Added +29.2k |
| Black Swift Group, LLC 0.44% of their portfolio | 79.4k $1.9m | New |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 78.7k $1.9m | Reduced -61.1k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 70.0k $1.7m | Added +44.1k |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 69.3k $1.7m | New |
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. 0.06% of their portfolio | 66.9k $1.6m | Added +22.8k |
| GSA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP 0.11% of their portfolio | 66.2k $1.6m | Reduced -892 |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 62.3k $1.5m | Added +29.5k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 59.6k $1.4m | Reduced -413 |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 58.5k $1.4m | Added +8.4k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 57.6k $1.4m | Added +6.7k |
| Bridgewater Advisors Inc. 0.15% of their portfolio | 56.1k $1.2m | Added +13.5k |
| BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 53.5k $1.3m | Added +83 |
| NewEdge Advisors, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 53.1k $1.3m | New |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.8k $1.2m | Added +9.6k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.7k $1.2m | Reduced -35.1k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.4k $1.1m | Reduced -36.9k |
| Redwood Investments, LLC 0.37% of their portfolio | 45.2k $1.1m | Reduced -46.4k |
| BANTAMAC CAPITAL, LLC 0.63% of their portfolio | 43.9k $1.0m | Reduced -45.7k |
| Harbour Capital Advisors, LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 43.4k $1.0m | Added +19.2k |
| D.A. DAVIDSON & CO. 0.01% of their portfolio | 42.8k $1.0m | New |