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 ($253.3k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 82.6m as of 2025-11-04, 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 ≈ $2.84. Options: 14 managers hold calls ($6.1m notional), 6 hold puts ($1.1m).
Trends to Q4 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 |
| Q3 2025 | 204 |
| Q4 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | 79 | 83 |
| Q2 2024 | 130 | 83 |
| Q3 2024 | 138 | 109 |
| Q4 2024 | 149 | 112 |
| Q1 2025 | 125 | 114 |
| Q2 2025 | 99 | 119 |
| Q3 2025 | 113 | 85 |
| Q4 2025 | 80 | 123 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | $14.3m | $3.7m | 0.26 |
| Q2 2025 | $4.9m | $2.5m | 0.51 |
| Q3 2025 | $11.6m | $3.3m | 0.28 |
| Q4 2025 | $6.1m | $1.1m | 0.18 |
Biggest buyers
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +2.9m |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | New | +1.4m |
| NEEDHAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +912.0k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +686.7k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Added | +556.8k |
| Samjo Management, LLC | Added | +457.7k |
| Palogic Value Management, L.P. | Added | +325.0k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. | Added | +274.6k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Added | +242.0k |
| Numerai GP LLC | Added | +233.6k |
Biggest sellers
| AWM Investment Company, Inc. | Reduced | -1.5m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -1.2m |
| Penn Capital Management Company, LLC | Sold out | -1.0m |
| Telemark Asset Management, LLC | Reduced | -792.4k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND | Reduced | -703.8k |
| GAGNON SECURITIES LLC | Reduced | -621.6k |
| PEREGRINE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC | Sold out | -600.0k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -576.6k |
| Gagnon Advisors, LLC | Sold out | -565.6k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | Reduced | -407.4k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $1.7m594.5k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $764.4k270.1k shares |
| Centiva Capital, LP | New | $707.5k250.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $692.2k244.6k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $477.4k168.7k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $351.8k124.3k shares |
| Sender Co & Partners, Inc. | Added | $329.4k116.4k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $316.7k111.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $256.1k90.5k shares |
| BARCLAYS PLC | New | $236.0k83.4k shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $494.7k174.8k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $285.0k100.7k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $193.0k68.2k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $105.8k37.4k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $28.9k10.2k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $283100 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 Q4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $47.3k | — |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $183.6k | $183.6k |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-13 | Young Donald R President and CEO, director | Sold plan | $183.6k56.8k 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, Q4 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| KIM, LLC 3.98% of their portfolio | 12.3m $34.8m | Unchanged |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.9m $13.9m | Reduced -48.3k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.7m $13.3m | Added +175.6k |
| OAKTOP CAPITAL MANAGEMENT II, L.P. 1.05% of their portfolio | 4.4m $12.4m | Unchanged |
| NEEDHAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.78% of their portfolio | 4.4m $12.3m | Added +912.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.1m $11.7m | Added +2.9m |
| George Kaiser Family Foundation 1.20% of their portfolio | 3.2m $9.0m | Unchanged |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.5m $7.1m | Added +556.8k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.0m $5.7m | Reduced -248.1k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6m $4.5m | Added +17.2k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.5m $4.2m | Reduced -1.2m |
| RICE HALL JAMES & ASSOCIATES, LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 1.4m $4.0m | Added +13.9k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $3.9m | New |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $3.7m | Reduced -124.9k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.2m $3.3m | Added +686.7k |
| GAGNON SECURITIES LLC 0.65% of their portfolio | 1.1m $3.2m | Reduced -621.6k |
| Telemark Asset Management, LLC 0.28% of their portfolio | 1.0m $2.8m | Reduced -792.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 871.0k $2.5m | Reduced -576.6k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 866.2k $2.5m | Reduced -248.4k |
| Samjo Management, LLC 0.87% of their portfolio | 798.5k $2.3m | Added +457.7k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 757.4k $2.1m | Reduced -54.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 752.4k $2.1m | Reduced -62.4k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 691.3k $2.0m | Reduced -878 |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 622.5k $1.8m | Added +105.2k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 564.5k $1.6m | Added +274.6k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 554.2k $1.6m | Added +242.0k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 551.1k $1.6m | Added +12.8k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 540.3k $1.5m | Reduced -32.3k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 539.2k $1.5m | Reduced -74.4k |
| Palogic Value Management, L.P. 0.64% of their portfolio | 525.0k $1.5m | Added +325.0k |
| FirstWave Capital Management LLC 0.63% of their portfolio | 372.0k $1.1m | First filing |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 369.9k $1.0m | Added +192.1k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 347.6k $983.8k | Reduced -346.8k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 315.3k $892.4k | Reduced -81.5k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 293.1k $829.6k | Added +132.0k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 263.4k $745.0k | Added +182.9k |
| Numerai GP LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 251.9k $712.8k | Added +233.6k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 238.6k $675.3k | Added +28.1k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 223.1k $631.4k | Added +2.9k |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 202.0k $571.7k | Added +179.2k |
| RBF Capital, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 200.0k $566.0k | New |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 196.9k $557.2k | Reduced -18.0k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 196.6k $556.3k | Added +598 |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 191.2k $541.1k | Added +22.4k |
| Inspire Investing, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 166.9k $472.3k | Added +100.8k |
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. 0.02% of their portfolio | 158.8k $449.5k | Added +53.0k |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 157.4k $445.4k | New |
| Sargent Investment Group, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 141.6k $400.7k | Reduced -47.6k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 140.1k $396.5k | New |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 135.2k $382.6k | Unchanged |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 133.9k $378.8k | Unchanged |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 131.5k $379.9k | Added +61.3k |
| IRONWOOD INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.15% of their portfolio | 127.5k $360.7k | Reduced -6.9k |
| Firsthand Capital Management, Inc. 0.66% of their portfolio | 125.0k $353.8k | Unchanged |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 120.2k $340.3k | Reduced -136.6k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 119.2k $337.4k | New |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 118.7k $893.5k | Reduced -20.5k |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 116.4k $329.3k | Reduced -7.3k |
| EntryPoint Capital, LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 110.1k $311.7k | Added +45.0k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 109.5k $310.0k | Added +10.2k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 104.3k $295.2k | Reduced -200 |
| Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd 0.07% of their portfolio | 103.3k $292.0k | New |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 102.9k $291.3k | Reduced -267 |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 98.3k $279.0k | Added +21.7k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.00% of their portfolio | 97.0k $274.5k | New |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 97.0k $274.4k | Added +31.0k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 95.7k $270.7k | Reduced -38.6k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 94.6k $267.7k | Unchanged |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 89.3k $252.8k | Reduced -21.4k |
| Jain Global LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 87.8k $248.6k | New |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 82.2k $232.5k | Added +28.4k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.00% of their portfolio | 79.2k $224.1k | Reduced -407.4k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 78.5k $222.0k | Added +17.8k |
| OPPENHEIMER & CO INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 77.0k $218.0k | Reduced -44.8k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 67.1k $190.0k | Unchanged |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 65.5k $185.3k | Reduced -51.0k |
| WJ Financial Advisors LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 64.8k $183.4k | New |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 64.1k $181.4k | Unchanged |
| Aristides Capital LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 62.4k $176.6k | New |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.8k $158.0k | Reduced -38.8k |
| CONNORS INVESTOR SERVICES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 55.2k $156.1k | Added +15.0k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.1k $155.9k | Reduced -55.8k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.7k $132.0k | New |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 43.8k $122.0k | New |
| Odyssean, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 41.8k $118.2k | First filing |
| AWM Investment Company, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 41.1k $116.3k | Reduced -1.5m |
| ARS Investment Partners, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 40.8k $115.4k | Reduced -19.2k |
| Caption Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.1k $102.2k | Added +6.1k |
| Quadrature Capital Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.6k $100.7k | Added +25.4k |
| PharVision Advisers, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 33.8k $95.7k | New |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.8k $87.2k | Reduced -360 |
| JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.5k $86.3k | Unchanged |
| Lighthouse Investment Partners, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.0k $84.9k | New |
| Concurrent Investment Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.0k $84.9k | New |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.2k $76.8k | Reduced -3.3k |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.4k $71.8k | Reduced -19.6k |
| JOURNEY STRATEGIC WEALTH LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.2k $71.2k | New |
| OXFORD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 24.1k $68.2k | Not comparable |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.2k $65.7k | Added +10.0k |
| Centiva Capital, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.2k $60.1k | New |