FOSSIL GROUP INC FOSL
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 34988V106
American designer and manufacturer of accessories
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryWatches, Clocks, Clockwork Operated Devices/Parts
- HeadquartersRichardson, TX
- Founded1984
- Websitefossil.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 ($736.5k this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 59.1m as of 2026-08-05, 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 ≈ $4.14. Options: 5 managers hold calls ($359.8k notional), 2 hold puts ($42.6k).
Trends to Q2 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 122 |
| Q4 2022 | 110 |
| Q1 2023 | 98 |
| Q2 2023 | 88 |
| Q3 2023 | 84 |
| Q4 2023 | 77 |
| Q1 2024 | 69 |
| Q2 2024 | 74 |
| Q3 2024 | 59 |
| Q4 2024 | 64 |
| Q1 2025 | 64 |
| Q2 2025 | 57 |
| Q3 2025 | 79 |
| Q4 2025 | 84 |
| Q1 2026 | 90 |
| Q2 2026 | 112 |
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 | 13 | 45 |
| Q4 2024 | 30 | 22 |
| Q1 2025 | 28 | 22 |
| Q2 2025 | 17 | 32 |
| Q3 2025 | 49 | 20 |
| Q4 2025 | 48 | 36 |
| Q1 2026 | 50 | 31 |
| Q2 2026 | 74 | 40 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $981.6k | $700.8k | 0.71 |
| Q4 2025 | $5.1m | $225.2k | 0.04 |
| Q1 2026 | $1.3m | $149.1k | 0.11 |
| Q2 2026 | $359.8k | $42.6k | 0.12 |
Biggest buyers
| Nantahala Capital Management, LLC | Added | +5.6m |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +2.8m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +761.5k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +645.7k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +644.9k |
| Fund 1 Investments, LLC | New | +537.0k |
| Security National Bank | New | +493.2k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +470.9k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC | New | +367.0k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Added | +358.2k |
Biggest sellers
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -1.1m |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | Sold out | -575.0k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | -512.0k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | -385.6k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. | Sold out | -311.9k |
| Miller Value Partners, LLC | Reduced | -281.7k |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | -262.6k |
| Kanen Wealth Management LLC | Reduced | -260.0k |
| 683 Capital Management, LLC | Sold out | -175.0k |
| SYCAMORE PARTNERS MANAGEMENT, L.P. | Reduced | -118.5k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $151.1k36.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $101.4k24.5k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $97.7k23.6k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $7.5k1.8k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $2.1k500 shares |
Biggest puts
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $22.4k5.4k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $20.3k4.9k 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 |
|---|---|
| Nantahala Capital Management, LLC 13G · institution +0.5 pts · filed 2026-05-15 | 10.0% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution new · filed 2026-07-28 | 6.2% |
| Philotimo Fund, LP 13G · passive investor no change · filed 2026-09-17 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: MILLER VALUE PARTNERS, LLC (4.2%, 2026-05-04)
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 | 1 | $359.2k | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2025 | 7 | $816.4k | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2026 | 1 | $102.6k | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2026 | 1 | $100.7k | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2026 | 1 | $40.2k | 1 | $305.6k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-20 | Edwards Pamela J Director | Bought | $40.2k7.2k shares |
| 2026-08-18 | Tifford Gail B Director | Sold | $305.6k55.7k shares |
| 2026-05-18 | Schoppert Wendy Lee Director | Bought | $100.7k24.3k 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 2026
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Nantahala Capital Management, LLC 1.38% of their portfolio | 11.0m $45.6m | Added +5.6m |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.7m $15.3m | Added +2.8m |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.4m $9.9m | Added +257.8k |
| HG Vora Capital Management, LLC 4.55% of their portfolio | 2.2m $9.0m | Unchanged |
| Miller Value Partners, LLC 2.10% of their portfolio | 2.1m $8.9m | Reduced -281.7k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.8m $7.3m | Added +645.7k |
| ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.7m $6.9m | Added +644.9k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $5.6m | Added +761.5k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $5.6m | Reduced -2.9k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $5.5m | Added +157.0k |
| Prescott Group Capital Management, L.L.C. 0.35% of their portfolio | 979.9k $4.1m | Unchanged |
| Kanen Wealth Management LLC 0.90% of their portfolio | 872.8k $3.7m | Reduced -260.0k |
| Quinn Opportunity Partners LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 741.3k $3.1m | Reduced -25.0k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 680.0k $2.8m | Added +340.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 630.5k $2.6m | Added +470.9k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 608.0k $2.5m | Reduced -1.1m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 600.9k $2.5m | Added +358.2k |
| BRIDGEWAY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 560.7k $2.3m | Added +9.9k |
| Fund 1 Investments, LLC 0.39% of their portfolio | 537.0k $2.2m | New |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 520.5k $2.2m | Reduced -42.4k |
| Security National Bank 0.24% of their portfolio | 493.2k $2.0m | New |
| STOREBRAND ASSET MANAGEMENT AS 0.00% of their portfolio | 449.4k $1.9m | Unchanged |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 439.4k $1.8m | Added +314.0k |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 367.0k $1.5m | New |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 360.8k $1.5m | Added +34.6k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 360.5k $1.5m | Added +54.8k |
| Huntleigh Advisors, Inc. 0.18% of their portfolio | 317.7k $1.3m | Added +15.0k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 280.0k $1.2m | Added +116.9k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 254.3k $1.1m | Added +39.1k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 210.1k $869.9k | Reduced -512.0k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 206.2k $853.6k | Reduced -30.3k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 196.6k $813.9k | Reduced -262.6k |
| Informed Momentum Co LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 193.0k $798.9k | Reduced -7.9k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 177.9k $736.4k | Added +81.9k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 165.7k $685.8k | New |
| SYCAMORE PARTNERS MANAGEMENT, L.P. 0.62% of their portfolio | 165.5k $685.2k | Reduced -118.5k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 158.9k $657.8k | Added +47.3k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 157.5k $653.0k | Added +70.9k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 157.3k $651.1k | New |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 153.5k $635.7k | Added +97.3k |
| LVW Advisors, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 150.0k $621.0k | Unchanged |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 149.1k $617.2k | Reduced -104.7k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 148.4k $614.5k | Added +123.4k |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 143.5k $593.9k | New |
| Empowered Funds, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 134.9k $558.5k | Added +9.9k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 132.3k $547.7k | New |
| GSA CAPITAL PARTNERS LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 125.6k $520.0k | New |
| Caprock Group, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 114.1k $472.5k | Unchanged |
| CROWN ADVISORS MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.23% of their portfolio | 100.0k $414.0k | Not comparable |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 93.0k $385.0k | Reduced -74.4k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 88.8k $367.8k | Reduced -90.6k |
| Walleye Capital LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 88.2k $365.1k | Added +4.7k |
| Creative Planning 0.00% of their portfolio | 87.6k $362.8k | Added +24.3k |
| Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd 0.07% of their portfolio | 78.8k $326.0k | New |
| Ancora Advisors LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 73.7k $305.1k | Added +690 |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 73.6k $304.6k | Reduced -635 |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 70.2k $290.7k | Reduced -14.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 66.8k $276.4k | Added +30.4k |
| Centiva Capital, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 63.1k $261.4k | Reduced -101.2k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 58.7k $243.0k | New |
| Spark Investment Management LLC 0.45% of their portfolio | 55.9k $231.4k | Unchanged |
| Headlands Technologies LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 55.2k $228.6k | Added +31.4k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 53.1k $219.9k | New |
| STRS OHIO 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.7k $209.9k | New |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 47.3k $196.0k | New |
| BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 43.1k $178.4k | New |
| RBF Capital, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 40.0k $165.6k | Reduced -50.0k |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.9k $148.5k | Reduced -15.6k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 34.5k $142.9k | New |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 33.6k $139.1k | Added +18.2k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 32.8k $136.0k | New |
| HB Wealth Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.5k $118.0k | Unchanged |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.3k $109.0k | Reduced -385.6k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.2k $104.3k | Added +24.3k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.1k $103.8k | New |
| LEVIN CAPITAL STRATEGIES, L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 25.0k $103.5k | New |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.3k $104.2k | Added +11.4k |
| State of Wyoming 0.01% of their portfolio | 24.3k $100.6k | New |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.2k $79.7k | Unchanged |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.1k $75.0k | New |
| Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.7k $73.1k | Reduced -68 |
| Texas Capital Bank Wealth Management Services Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.5k $72.6k | Unchanged |
| Worth Venture Partners, LLC 0.16% of their portfolio | 16.8k $69.6k | Reduced -13.9k |
| Partnership Wealth Management, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 16.1k $66.7k | Unchanged |
| Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.1k $66.5k | New |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.4k $63.7k | New |
| Virtu Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.4k $60.0k | New |
| EWA, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 13.6k $56.5k | Added +1.6k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.4k $57.8k | New |
| EntryPoint Capital, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 12.8k $53.0k | New |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.5k $51.8k | Added +3.5k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.3k $50.9k | New |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.6k $48.0k | New |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.3k $42.6k | New |
| Carrera Capital Advisors 0.01% of their portfolio | 10.1k $41.7k | Unchanged |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 9.5k $39.3k | Added +5.0k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF OHIO 0.00% of their portfolio | 8.2k $33.9k | New |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.4k $22.2k | New |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.3k $21.9k | New |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.2k $21.4k | Reduced -29 |