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 ($86.6k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 82.4m as of 2025-08-05, 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 ≈ $5.93. Options: 12 managers hold calls ($4.9m notional), 11 hold puts ($2.5m).
Trends to Q2 2025
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 |
| Q3 2024 | 245 |
| Q4 2024 | 232 |
| Q1 2025 | 222 |
| Q2 2025 | 183 |
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 2023 | 67 | 81 |
| Q4 2023 | 80 | 70 |
| Q1 2024 | 79 | 83 |
| Q2 2024 | 130 | 83 |
| Q3 2024 | 138 | 109 |
| Q4 2024 | 149 | 112 |
| Q1 2025 | 125 | 114 |
| Q2 2025 | 99 | 119 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | $99.7m | $23.6m | 0.24 |
| Q4 2024 | $46.5m | $25.1m | 0.54 |
| Q1 2025 | $14.3m | $3.7m | 0.26 |
| Q2 2025 | $4.9m | $2.5m | 0.51 |
Biggest buyers
| GAGNON SECURITIES LLC | New | +1.9m |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. | New | +1.8m |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +927.5k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +759.4k |
| RICE HALL JAMES & ASSOCIATES, LLC | Added | +715.6k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +700.6k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | +639.8k |
| Gagnon Advisors, LLC | New | +565.6k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP | Added | +518.2k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | +453.2k |
Biggest sellers
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -1.0m |
| AWM Investment Company, Inc. | Reduced | -1.0m |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC | Reduced | -719.8k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -692.6k |
| DENDUR CAPITAL LP | Sold out | -644.0k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Reduced | -574.6k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Sold out | -548.1k |
| Samjo Management, LLC | Reduced | -470.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -414.7k |
| SORA INVESTORS LLC | Sold out | -413.1k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $955.5k161.4k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $812.2k137.2k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $803.3k135.7k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $613.0k103.7k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | Reduced | $539.3k91.1k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $426.2k72.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $291.6k49.6k shares |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Reduced | $199.5k33.7k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Reduced | $157.5k26.6k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $117.8k19.9k shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $608.6k102.8k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $527.5k89.1k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $497.9k84.1k shares |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | New | $336.3k56.8k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Reduced | $162.2k27.4k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $141.7k24.1k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $63.3k10.7k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $59.2k10.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $59.0k10.1k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $57.4k9.7k 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 2025
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 2023 | 3 | $550.9k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $1.7k | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 5 | $16.0m | $12.7m |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $2.9m | $2.9m |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 1 | $107.0k | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-12 | Young Donald R President and CEO, director | Bought | $107.0k20.0k 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 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| KIM, LLC 7.55% of their portfolio | 12.3m $72.7m | Unchanged |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.0m $29.5m | Added +17.0k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.5m $26.6m | Added +114.5k |
| OAKTOP CAPITAL MANAGEMENT II, L.P. 2.80% of their portfolio | 4.4m $26.0m | Unchanged |
| George Kaiser Family Foundation 2.70% of their portfolio | 3.2m $18.8m | Unchanged |
| NEEDHAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 1.42% of their portfolio | 3.0m $17.8m | Added +277.0k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.4m $14.5m | Reduced -58.5k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.2m $13.0m | Added +927.5k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.9m $11.4m | Added +426.8k |
| GAGNON SECURITIES LLC 2.28% of their portfolio | 1.9m $11.2m | New |
| Telemark Asset Management, LLC 1.13% of their portfolio | 1.8m $10.6m | Reduced -100.0k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.8m $10.5m | New |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6m $9.4m | Added +67.0k |
| RICE HALL JAMES & ASSOCIATES, LLC 0.49% of their portfolio | 1.5m $9.1m | Added +715.6k |
| AWM Investment Company, Inc. 0.95% of their portfolio | 1.4m $8.5m | Reduced -1.0m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.2m $7.4m | Added +639.8k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 906.7k $5.4m | Reduced -692.6k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 832.0k $4.9m | Added +759.4k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 818.2k $4.8m | Added +453.2k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 771.3k $4.6m | Reduced -130.2k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 757.0k $4.5m | Added +700.6k |
| Penn Capital Management Company, LLC 0.38% of their portfolio | 745.9k $4.4m | Added +103.8k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 706.0k $4.2m | Reduced -84.1k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 679.2k $4.0m | Reduced -84.9k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 649.0k $3.8m | Reduced -211.2k |
| Palogic Value Management, L.P. 1.52% of their portfolio | 610.0k $3.6m | Added +185.0k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 603.7k $3.6m | Reduced -534 |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 595.7k $3.5m | Added +518.2k |
| Gagnon Advisors, LLC 2.25% of their portfolio | 565.6k $3.3m | New |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 545.8k $3.2m | Added +58.1k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 531.1k $3.1m | Reduced -175.2k |
| FRONTIER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 508.7k $3.0m | Reduced -1.5k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 494.5k $2.9m | Added +56.9k |
| ESSEX INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT CO LLC 0.46% of their portfolio | 426.5k $2.5m | Added +193.8k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 411.1k $2.4m | Added +22.1k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 404.0k $2.4m | Added +98.2k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 399.7k $2.4m | Reduced -44.5k |
| CastleKnight Management LP 0.14% of their portfolio | 355.4k $2.1m | Unchanged |
| Samjo Management, LLC 0.86% of their portfolio | 343.6k $2.0m | Reduced -470.0k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 302.8k $1.8m | Added +226.6k |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 282.6k $1.7m | Added +69.4k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 279.0k $1.7m | Added +66.1k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 272.8k $1.6m | Reduced -147.6k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 255.6k $1.5m | Reduced -173.0k |
| Voleon Capital Management LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 248.8k $1.5m | Added +204.8k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 215.0k $1.3m | Reduced -44.5k |
| Sargent Investment Group, LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 205.7k $1.7m | Reduced -68.6k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 205.6k $1.2m | Reduced -64.2k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 201.0k $1.2m | Added +12.4k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 190.3k $1.1m | Reduced -308.4k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 189.8k $1.1m | Added +39.6k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 183.3k $1.1m | Added +44.9k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 169.2k $1.0m | Reduced -1.0m |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 166.9k $987.9k | New |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 163.0k $965.1k | Reduced -414.7k |
| Hartree Partners, LP 0.25% of their portfolio | 150.0k $888.0k | Unchanged |
| LMR Partners LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 141.8k $839.4k | Unchanged |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 139.2k $823.8k | Added +12.8k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 135.2k $800.4k | Unchanged |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 133.9k $792.5k | Reduced -35.6k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 133.8k $792.0k | Added +66.4k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 129.9k $768.8k | Added +46.1k |
| Firsthand Capital Management, Inc. 1.33% of their portfolio | 125.0k $740.0k | Unchanged |
| IRONWOOD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.36% of their portfolio | 124.3k $736.0k | New |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 116.4k $689.1k | New |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 113.5k $671.9k | Added +22.5k |
| EntryPoint Capital, LLC 0.31% of their portfolio | 105.8k $626.2k | Added +41.0k |
| CAXTON ASSOCIATES LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 103.2k $610.8k | Added +55.2k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 95.8k $566.9k | Reduced -48.5k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 95.1k $563.2k | Added +69.4k |
| Legato Capital Management LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 93.6k $554.2k | Added +53.3k |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 87.2k $516.1k | Added +40.0k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 87.0k $515.3k | Added +34.9k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 84.9k $502.5k | Added +70.7k |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 81.7k $483.6k | New |
| Janney Montgomery Scott LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 81.1k $480.0k | Reduced -25.5k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 79.2k $468.7k | Added +47.1k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 78.9k $466.8k | Reduced -13.5k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 77.0k $455.5k | Reduced -43.1k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.00% of their portfolio | 72.4k $428.8k | Added +40.7k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 70.9k $420.0k | Added +4.5k |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. 0.00% of their portfolio | 70.0k $414.7k | Reduced -310.1k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 68.2k $403.5k | Reduced -574.6k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 67.1k $397.4k | Added +2.3k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 66.9k $396.1k | Added +11.4k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 59.1k $349.9k | Reduced -97.6k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.5k $334.6k | Reduced -4.5k |
| ARS Investment Partners, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 56.5k $334.5k | Added +32.2k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.7k $330.0k | Unchanged |
| Skylands Capital, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 54.8k $324.4k | Unchanged |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.4k $304.0k | Reduced -69.1k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 44.6k $263.9k | Reduced -719.8k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 43.8k $259.2k | Added +12.3k |
| Caption Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 43.7k $258.7k | New |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 40.4k $239.2k | Added +5 |
| SANDERS MORRIS HARRIS LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 40.0k $236.8k | Unchanged |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.9k $236.2k | Reduced -25.3k |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.7k $229.2k | Added +48 |
| Perigon Wealth Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 37.9k $224.2k | Added +4.3k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.6k $210.8k | Reduced -992 |