ESS TECH INC
COMMON STOCK · CUSIP 26916J106
92
institutional holders
-11 vs Q1 2023
59.1m
shares reported held*
$86.9mreported value*
13 new
29 added
22 reduced
25 sold out
net sold ≈ $8.3m (-5.6m shares)
* 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. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $1.47. Options: 5 managers hold calls ($257.1k notional), 5 hold puts ($9.1k).
Trends to Q2 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 94 |
| Q4 2022 | 109 |
| Q1 2023 | 103 |
| Q2 2023 | 92 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Bought or addedCut or sold out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 54 | 44 |
| Q1 2023 | 47 | 50 |
| Q2 2023 | 42 | 47 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
CallsPuts
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $1.1m | $597.0k | 0.56 |
| Q4 2022 | $137.8k | $1.8m | 12.80 |
| Q1 2023 | $243.3k | $866.3k | 3.56 |
| Q2 2023 | $257.1k | $9.1k | 0.04 |
Biggest buyers
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +1.0m |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | +293.8k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Added | +178.3k |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | New | +150.0k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +128.9k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP | Added | +80.4k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp | Added | +70.7k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. | Added | +50.0k |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd | New | +47.9k |
| XTX Topco Ltd | New | +44.4k |
Biggest sellers
| Legal & General Group Plc | Reduced | -3.1m |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. | Sold out | -1.3m |
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -776.8k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -652.6k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -535.0k |
| Weiss Asset Management LP | Sold out | -237.5k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Reduced | -223.3k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -172.3k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Sold out | -127.1k |
| Swiss National Bank | Sold out | -124.7k |
Biggest calls
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $155.7k105.9k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $56.0k38.7k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $43.8k29.8k shares |
| HAP Trading, LLC | New | $1.6k23.6k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $4.9k3.3k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | New | $2.2k1.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $2.0k1.9k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
| Cutler Group LLC / CA | Unchanged | $0100 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.
Holders, Q2 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| SOFTBANK GROUP CORP. 0.59% of their portfolio | 36.0m $52.9m | Unchanged |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.8m $8.5m | Added +1.0m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.0m $4.4m | Reduced -223.3k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.8m $4.1m | Reduced -652.6k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.9m $2.9m | Added +178.3k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $2.0m | Added +128.9k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 866.4k $1.3m | Reduced -56.4k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 806.2k $1.2m | Reduced -776.8k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 669.5k $984.2k | Added +3.3k |
| BLAIR WILLIAM & CO/IL 0.00% of their portfolio | 615.0k $904.0k | Reduced -5.9k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 508.3k $747.2k | Added +28.1k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 426.5k $627.0k | Reduced -172.3k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 402.9k $592.3k | Reduced -535.0k |
| Laird Norton Wetherby Trust Company, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 353.5k $519.6k | Unchanged |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 332.0k $488.0k | Added +293.8k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 285.6k $419.8k | Added +70.7k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 266.2k $391.3k | Added +20.0k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 161.8k $237.9k | Reduced -5.8k |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 150.0k $220.5k | New |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 138.6k $203.0k | Unchanged |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 135.9k $200.0k | Added +80.4k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 130.4k $191.7k | Reduced -13.5k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 124.1k $182.4k | Added +17.9k |
| HEALTHCARE OF ONTARIO PENSION PLAN TRUST FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 120.7k $177.4k | Added +3.3k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 107.4k $158.0k | Reduced -43.8k |
| Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 100.0k $147.0k | Added +50.0k |
| Redmond Asset Management, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 98.2k $144.3k | Unchanged |
| GSA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 98.0k $144.0k | Added +352 |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 86.9k $127.7k | Reduced -18.9k |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 76.7k $113.0k | Reduced -47.8k |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 71.1k $104.6k | Unchanged |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 63.1k $92.7k | Added +21.3k |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 61.2k $89.9k | Added +1.8k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 57.8k $80.3k | Unchanged |
| Kestra Advisory Services, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.0k $82.3k | Unchanged |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 47.9k $70.5k | New |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.1k $66.3k | Added +44.4k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 44.6k $65.5k | Added +2.9k |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 44.4k $65.2k | New |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 43.9k $64.6k | Added +5.0k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.2k $57.6k | Added +8.1k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.8k $57.1k | Added +19.1k |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.7k $56.8k | Unchanged |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 37.9k $55.6k | Reduced -13.6k |
| C2C Wealth Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 36.0k $71.0k | Unchanged |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.5k $52.1k | Added +21.9k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.4k $44.6k | Reduced -46.7k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 27.2k $39.9k | Added +25.8k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.3k $38.7k | Reduced -900 |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.1k $35.4k | New |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.6k $34.7k | Added +349 |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.9k $32.2k | New |
| Mariner, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.1k $31.1k | Added +11.1k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.9k $30.7k | Reduced -79 |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.0k $27.9k | Reduced -21.9k |
| BRIGHTON JONES LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.7k $26.1k | Unchanged |
| Parcion Private Wealth LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.0k $25.0k | Unchanged |
| INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.0k $22.1k | Added +5.0k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.8k $22.0k | Added +1.1k |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.0k $20.5k | New |
| PICKERING ENERGY PARTNERS LP 0.34% of their portfolio | 13.8k $20.3k | First filing |
| Cetera Advisor Networks LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.1k $17.8k | Unchanged |
| ProShare Advisors LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.9k $17.4k | New |
| Global Retirement Partners, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.3k $16.7k | Reduced -10.0k |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.0k $16.2k | Added +4.3k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.9k $16.0k | Added +5.0k |
| Simplicity Solutions, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.8k $15.9k | New |
| Bleakley Financial Group, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.8k $15.9k | New |
| PRIVATE TRUST CO NA 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.5k $15.4k | Unchanged |
| Western Wealth Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.0k $14.7k | Unchanged |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 9.4k $13.8k | Reduced -3.1m |
| AMALGAMATED BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 8.5k $13.0k | Reduced -2.5k |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 6.0k $8.9k | Unchanged |
| Cutler Group LLC / CA 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.8k $4.0k | New |
| Parkside Financial Bank & Trust 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.5k $3.7k | Unchanged |
| US BANCORP \DE\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.8k $2.6k | Unchanged |
| NewEdge Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.5k $2.3k | Added +1.5k |
| WOLFF WIESE MAGANA LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.0k $1.5k | New |
| Missouri Trust & Investment Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.0k $1.5k | Unchanged |
| Sandy Spring Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 900 $1.3k | Unchanged |
| HARBOUR INVESTMENTS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 750 $1.1k | Unchanged |
| BENJAMIN F. EDWARDS & COMPANY, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 595 $1.0k | Unchanged |
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 462 $679 | Reduced -110 |
| Jackson, Grant Investment Advisers, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 302 $444 | Unchanged |
| Allworth Financial LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 227 $334 | Unchanged |
| ALBION FINANCIAL GROUP /UT 0.00% of their portfolio | 200 $294 | Unchanged |
| VitalStone Financial, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 195 $0 | Reduced -205 |
| Financial Avengers, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 80 $118 | Unchanged |
| Coston, McIsaac & Partners 0.00% of their portfolio | 50 $0 | Unchanged |
| NISA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 47 $69 | New |
| Sound Income Strategies, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 4 $6 | New |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 0 $0 | Unchanged |