FRESHPET INC FRPT
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 358039105 · ISIN US3580391056
American pet food company
- SectorConsumer staples
- IndustryGrain Mill Products
- HeadquartersBedminster, NJ
- Founded2005
- Websitefreshpet.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 ($39.9m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 48.5m as of 2024-10-31, 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 ≈ $148.20. Options: 18 managers hold calls ($126.1m notional), 22 hold puts ($188.9m).
Trends to Q4 2024
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 233 |
| Q4 2022 | 232 |
| Q1 2023 | 259 |
| Q2 2023 | 244 |
| Q3 2023 | 253 |
| Q4 2023 | 271 |
| Q1 2024 | 325 |
| Q2 2024 | 374 |
| Q3 2024 | 377 |
| Q4 2024 | 402 |
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 2023 | 153 | 94 |
| Q2 2023 | 104 | 135 |
| Q3 2023 | 130 | 109 |
| Q4 2023 | 122 | 130 |
| Q1 2024 | 160 | 145 |
| Q2 2024 | 204 | 145 |
| Q3 2024 | 163 | 206 |
| Q4 2024 | 183 | 182 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2024 | $104.8m | $155.2m | 1.48 |
| Q2 2024 | $136.7m | $150.5m | 1.10 |
| Q3 2024 | $136.5m | $172.0m | 1.26 |
| Q4 2024 | $126.1m | $188.9m | 1.50 |
Biggest buyers
| BlackRock, Inc. | Added | +468.7k |
| Invesco Ltd. | Added | +341.5k |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +264.4k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC | Added | +253.7k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP | New | +189.5k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | +175.0k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd | Added | +169.3k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +157.1k |
| FMR LLC | Added | +117.9k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Added | +113.2k |
Biggest sellers
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -1.6m |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -579.9k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -228.3k |
| SCOPUS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. | Reduced | -182.8k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Reduced | -167.6k |
| WASATCH ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -144.8k |
| Capital World Investors | Reduced | -131.1k |
| ARMISTICE CAPITAL, LLC | Sold out | -125.7k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC | Reduced | -123.5k |
| Rock Springs Capital Management LP | Reduced | -119.0k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $28.1m189.9k shares |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Reduced | $24.0m162.0k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $21.4m144.4k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $18.2m122.7k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $7.5m50.6k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $6.2m41.7k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $6.2m41.7k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $2.9m19.6k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $2.5m16.6k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | New | $2.3m15.7k shares |
Biggest puts
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP | Unchanged | $79.4m536.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $26.4m178.3k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $12.1m81.6k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $11.7m79.2k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $10.1m68.5k shares |
| BARCLAYS PLC | Reduced | $8.9m60.4k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $6.9m46.9k shares |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | New | $6.6m44.3k shares |
| Sculptor Capital LP | New | $6.0m40.4k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $3.6m24.5k 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 |
|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution filed 2025-04-03 | 11.6% |
| Capital World Investors 13G · institution new · filed 2026-05-14 | 6.1% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.8% |
| WASATCH ADVISORS LP 13G · institution -2.2 pts · filed 2026-07-15 | 5.7% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.2% |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 13G · institution +0.5 pts · filed 2026-05-15 | 5.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ (4.5%, 2026-05-13), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-26; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC), Champlain Investment Partners, LLC (3.6%, 2026-02-12)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $440.0k | — |
| Q3 2023 | 1 | $73.5k | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $375.3k | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.7m | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $2.5m | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.9m | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 3 | $8.1m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-12-04 | Morris Scott James President | Sold | $786.9k5.0k shares |
| 2024-11-26 | Morris Scott James President | Sold | $790.6k5.0k shares |
| 2024-11-25 | Morris Scott James President | Sold | $1.6m10.0k shares |
| 2024-11-08 | Morris Scott James President and COO | Sold | $2.3m15.0k shares |
| 2024-11-08 | Walsh Cathal SVP-Managing Director, Europe | Sold | $2.2m14.2k shares |
| 2024-11-07 | Machaba Thembeka Chief Human Resources Officer | Sold | $384.6k2.5k 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 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.7m $689.1m | Added +46.8k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.0m $447.4m | Added +468.7k |
| WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.01% of their portfolio | 2.9m $430.8m | Added +110.5k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.07% of their portfolio | 2.4m $358.3m | Reduced -108.2k |
| WASATCH ADVISORS LP 1.43% of their portfolio | 1.9m $288.3m | Reduced -144.8k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.7m $256.3m | Reduced -44.4k |
| Champlain Investment Partners, LLC 1.55% of their portfolio | 1.7m $245.5m | Reduced -87.2k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.6m $242.5m | Added +341.5k |
| GILDER GAGNON HOWE & CO LLC 2.43% of their portfolio | 1.5m $225.5m | Added +862 |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.2m $182.6m | Reduced -91.2k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $173.3m | Reduced -1.6m |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 1.0m $152.2m | Reduced -123.5k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 886.6k $131.3m | Reduced -579.9k |
| RIVERBRIDGE PARTNERS LLC 1.76% of their portfolio | 870.2k $128.9m | Reduced -69.2k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 844.7k $127.4m | Added +9.1k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 835.9k $123.8m | Added +27.9k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 835.2k $123.7m | Reduced -61.1k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.99% of their portfolio | 810.6k $120.1m | Added +39.1k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 800.6k $118.6m | Added +46.9k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 725.5k $107.4m | First filing |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.11% of their portfolio | 697.2k $103.3m | Added +13.6k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 680.1k $100.7m | Added +54.3k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 545.4k $80.8m | Reduced -56.1k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 510.2k $75.6m | Reduced -5.3k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 508.1k $75.3m | Added +13.2k |
| EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC 2.86% of their portfolio | 498.0k $73.8m | Reduced -16.0k |
| Man Group plc 0.22% of their portfolio | 489.8k $72.5m | Reduced -9.2k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.08% of their portfolio | 440.7k $65.3m | Reduced -167.6k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 440.3k $65.2m | Added +626 |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.24% of their portfolio | 436.4k $64.6m | Reduced -88.4k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 408.6k $60.5m | Added +52.3k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.09% of their portfolio | 385.6k $57.1m | Added +169.3k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 381.4k $55.1m | Added +253.7k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 380.8k $56.4m | Reduced -228.3k |
| AXA S.A. 0.17% of their portfolio | 374.3k $55.4m | Reduced -63.8k |
| KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 357.6k $53.0m | Reduced -16.5k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 345.3k $51.1m | Added +264.4k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 335.1k $49.6m | Added +33.1k |
| Rock Springs Capital Management LP 1.85% of their portfolio | 327.5k $48.5m | Reduced -119.0k |
| Capital Research Global Investors 0.01% of their portfolio | 323.0k $47.8m | Unchanged |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.06% of their portfolio | 314.7k $46.6m | Added +99.2k |
| EMERALD MUTUAL FUND ADVISERS TRUST 2.82% of their portfolio | 313.4k $46.4m | Reduced -60.3k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 304.5k $45.1m | Added +157.1k |
| LORD, ABBETT & CO. LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 293.2k $43.4m | Reduced -105.6k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 255.8k $37.9m | Reduced -823 |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.10% of their portfolio | 253.6k $37.6m | Added +19.0k |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC 1.58% of their portfolio | 246.9k $36.6m | Reduced -23.6k |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC 0.52% of their portfolio | 243.2k $36.0m | Added +43.6k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 231.1k $34.2m | Added +117.9k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 229.6k $34.0m | Added +175.0k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.04% of their portfolio | 225.1k $33.3m | Reduced -7.0k |
| PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT ASSOCIATION OF COLORADO 0.13% of their portfolio | 223.9k $33.2m | Unchanged |
| Woodline Partners LP 0.22% of their portfolio | 217.0k $32.1m | Reduced -108.7k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.05% of their portfolio | 216.7k $32.1m | Reduced -10.3k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.01% of their portfolio | 215.0k $31.8m | Added +40.6k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 212.6k $31.5m | Reduced -18.6k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 208.0k $30.8m | Reduced -7.2k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.49% of their portfolio | 204.0k $30.2m | Added +98.2k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 193.9k $28.7m | Added +67.8k |
| Holocene Advisors, LP 0.09% of their portfolio | 189.5k $28.1m | New |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 176.9k $26.2m | Added +30.5k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 174.6k $25.9m | Added +13.3k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 173.3k $25.7m | Added +102.2k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 165.4k $24.5m | Reduced -39.4k |
| SCOPUS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. 0.88% of their portfolio | 160.8k $23.8m | Reduced -182.8k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 155.6k $23.0m | Added +113.2k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 153.6k $22.7m | Reduced -8.7k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 152.6k $22.6m | Added +1.9k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 147.4k $21.8m | Reduced -40.9k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.01% of their portfolio | 140.5k $20.8m | Reduced -98.5k |
| Capital World Investors 0.00% of their portfolio | 136.1k $20.2m | Reduced -131.1k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 135.6k $20.1m | Added +2.3k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 134.6k $19.8m | Reduced -36.7k |
| OSTERWEIS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.83% of their portfolio | 119.9k $17.8m | Added +35.0k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 107.7k $15.9m | Added +28.7k |
| Fort Point Capital Partners LLC 1.74% of their portfolio | 105.0k $15.6m | Reduced -55.7k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 102.6k $15.2m | Reduced -23.9k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.03% of their portfolio | 99.1k $14.7m | First filing |
| COOKSON PEIRCE & CO INC 0.66% of their portfolio | 98.9k $14.6m | Added +114 |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.03% of their portfolio | 98.5k $14.6m | Added +6.8k |
| DEEPWATER ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 4.76% of their portfolio | 98.4k $14.6m | Added +10.1k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp 0.03% of their portfolio | 96.1k $14.2m | Reduced -12.5k |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ 0.66% of their portfolio | 94.3k $14.0m | New |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.06% of their portfolio | 92.7k $13.7m | Reduced -3.1k |
| NEXT CENTURY GROWTH INVESTORS LLC 1.03% of their portfolio | 92.4k $13.7m | Added +815 |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.15% of their portfolio | 92.2k $13.7m | Reduced -1.7k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 90.7k $13.4m | Added +800 |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 88.1k $13.1m | Reduced -20.6k |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 86.5k $12.8m | Added +2.6k |
| Amundi 0.00% of their portfolio | 82.2k $12.0m | Reduced -764 |
| MANE GLOBAL CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 0.54% of their portfolio | 79.0k $11.7m | New |
| GENEVA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.19% of their portfolio | 74.9k $11.1m | Reduced -9.3k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 74.6k $11.0m | Reduced -52.0k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 72.4k $10.7m | Added +25.1k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.01% of their portfolio | 68.1k $10.1m | Added +16.6k |
| M&G PLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 66.7k $9.9m | Reduced -4.3k |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC 0.27% of their portfolio | 66.5k $9.9m | Reduced -34.8k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 65.9k $9.8m | New |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 64.3k $9.5m | Reduced -2.0k |
| SEGALL BRYANT & HAMILL, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 64.2k $9.5m | Reduced -860 |