LUMINAR TECHNOLOGIES INC LAZRQ
COM NEW CL A · Common Stock · CUSIP 550424303 · ISIN US5504243032
133
institutional holders
+1 vs Q2 2025
17.5m
shares reported held*
$33.4mreported value*
24 new
39 added
33 reduced
23 sold out
net bought ≈ $6.9m (+3.6m 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 ($223 this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $1.91. Options: 17 managers hold calls ($21.4m notional), 16 hold puts ($8.5m).
Trends to Q3 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | 141 |
| Q1 2025 | 148 |
| Q2 2025 | 132 |
| Q3 2025 | 133 |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Q1 2025 | 76 | 64 |
| Q2 2025 | 62 | 59 |
| Q3 2025 | 63 | 56 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
CallsPuts
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q4 2024 | $63.6m | $34.4m | 0.54 |
| Q1 2025 | $48.4m | $25.2m | 0.52 |
| Q2 2025 | $26.9m | $12.6m | 0.47 |
| Q3 2025 | $21.4m | $8.5m | 0.40 |
Biggest buyers
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +2.3m |
| UBS Group AG | Added | +529.9k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +286.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +266.9k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Added | +196.0k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | +192.0k |
| Arax Advisory Partners | Added | +181.2k |
| Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC | Added | +175.7k |
| STATE STREET CORP | Added | +150.2k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Added | +124.1k |
Biggest sellers
| Yorkville Advisors Global, LP | Sold out | -405.9k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Reduced | -332.0k |
| DeepCurrents Investment Group LLC | Reduced | -243.3k |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ | Reduced | -156.8k |
| MASO CAPITAL PARTNERS Ltd | Sold out | -100.0k |
| Summit X, LLC | Sold out | -80.2k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Reduced | -69.9k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. | Reduced | -53.2k |
| TWO SIGMA SECURITIES, LLC | Reduced | -48.6k |
| Hancock Prospecting Pty Ltd | Sold out | -43.4k |
Biggest calls
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $7.0m3.7m shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $3.8m2.0m shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $2.7m1.4m shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | New | $1.8m960.2k shares |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | $1.8m918.8k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $1.5m778.8k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $847.3k443.6k shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | New | $771.1k403.7k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $534.5k279.8k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $374.1k186.1k shares |
Biggest puts
| WOLVERINE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | $5.7m3.0m shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $510.6k267.3k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $428.6k224.4k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $325.0k170.5k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Reduced | $298.0k156.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $252.3k132.1k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | New | $216.7k107.8k shares |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Added | $201.1k105.3k shares |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ | Reduced | $161.4k845 shares |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | Added | $118.4k62.0k 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 |
|---|---|
Russell Austin
13D · may seek influence
-4.6 pts · filed 2025-10-16
Stated purposeItem 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented by inserting the following text at the end thereof. On October 14, 2025, at the suggestion of certain shareholders and the invitation of certain members of the board of directors (the "Board") of Luminar Technologies, Inc. (the "Company"), the Reporting Person sent a non-binding proposal to the Board as a preliminary basis for discussion regarding a potential transaction (the "Proposed Transaction") in which Russell AI Labs, a company affiliated with the Reporting Person, would acquire 100% of the outstanding shares of the Class A Common Stock of the Company. Under the Proposed Transaction, Russell AI Labs may concurrently acquire a different larger global automotive technology company, and integrate such business into Luminar … Full filing |
8.4% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: CAPITAL VENTURES INTERNATIONAL (0.0%, 2026-08-14), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-01-30)
Holders, Q3 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.2m $8.1m | Added +2.3m |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.8m $5.4m | Added +42.1k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.0m $3.8m | Added +150.2k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.3m $2.4m | Added +286.1k |
| Mudrick Capital Management, L.P. 0.37% of their portfolio | 769.1k $1.5m | Unchanged |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 730.0k $1.4m | Added +529.9k |
| Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 443.1k $846.2k | Reduced -53.2k |
| Pilgrim Partners Asia Pte Ltd 0.37% of their portfolio | 440.0k $840.4k | First filing |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 419.9k $801.9k | Added +89.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 403.5k $770.6k | Added +266.9k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 391.8k $748.3k | Added +105.4k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 372.2k $710.9k | Added +196.0k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 271.8k $519.2k | Added +192.0k |
| Susquehanna Portfolio Strategies, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 209.6k $400.4k | Added +175.7k |
| Arax Advisory Partners 0.00% of their portfolio | 181.3k $346.0k | Added +181.2k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 172.6k $329.7k | Reduced -69.9k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 158.9k $303.4k | Added +124.1k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 157.0k $299.9k | Added +74.3k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 135.7k $259.2k | Added +18.3k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 135.1k $258.0k | Reduced -332.0k |
| DeepCurrents Investment Group LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 108.6k $207.3k | Reduced -243.3k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 103.4k $197.6k | New |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 96.7k $184.7k | New |
| Lido Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 89.8k $171.6k | Reduced -4 |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 68.7k $131.2k | Reduced -8.3k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 68.1k $130.1k | Unchanged |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 64.3k $122.9k | Reduced -6.1k |
| PEAK6 LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 62.5k $119.4k | Added +39.3k |
| Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 61.8k $118.1k | New |
| AXQ CAPITAL, LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 60.0k $114.6k | New |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 51.4k $98.2k | Added +1.1k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 49.3k $95.0k | Added +21.2k |
| SBI Securities Co., Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 48.2k $92.0k | Added +9.4k |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 46.0k $92.4k | New |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.3k $86.5k | Reduced -156.8k |
| Marathon Trading Investment Management LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 44.2k $84.4k | New |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 39.1k $74.7k | Added +7.7k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 36.6k $70.0k | Added +10.2k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.7k $68.3k | Added +16.6k |
| Man Group plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 30.3k $58.0k | New |
| Caitong International Asset Management Co., Ltd 0.04% of their portfolio | 29.5k $56.3k | New |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.6k $46.9k | Reduced -20.1k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 24.1k $46.0k | Added +474 |
| North Star Investment Management Corp. 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.9k $45.7k | Reduced -22.7k |
| LMR Partners LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.8k $45.4k | Unchanged |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.4k $42.8k | Reduced -10.1k |
| Scientech Research LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 22.2k $42.3k | New |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 22.2k $42.3k | Reduced -311 |
| Atom Investors LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.6k $41.3k | Reduced -11.3k |
| TWO SIGMA SECURITIES, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 20.8k $39.7k | Reduced -48.6k |
| Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.7k $39.6k | New |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.6k $39.4k | Reduced -9.3k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.6k $39.4k | Reduced -1.4k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.1k $38.5k | Reduced -3.9k |
| U.S. Capital Wealth Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.0k $38.2k | Unchanged |
| KINTRA WEALTH, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 19.0k $36.4k | Unchanged |
| MERCER GLOBAL ADVISORS INC /ADV 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.1k $34.6k | Added +1.3k |
| Daiwa Securities Group Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.3k $33.0k | Reduced -1.6k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.8k $32.2k | Reduced -16.3k |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 16.2k $31.0k | Reduced -5.6k |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.1k $26.9k | Added +10.3k |
| Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey 0.00% of their portfolio | 14.1k $26.9k | Added +7.9k |
| Summit Financial, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.4k $25.5k | New |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.3k $25.3k | Reduced -10.3k |
| Wealthfront Advisers LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.4k $21.7k | New |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.7k $18.9k | Added +2.4k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.3k $19.7k | Reduced -30.6k |
| LAZARI CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 10.3k $19.7k | New |
| BURNEY CO/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 10.2k $19.4k | New |
| JONES FINANCIAL COMPANIES LLLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 9.1k $18.4k | Added +5.1k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 8.3k $15.8k | Added +1.1k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 7.5k $14.4k | Unchanged |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 7.2k $13.7k | Added +6.7k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.7k $10.8k | Added +382 |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.1k $7.9k | Unchanged |
| CWM, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.5k $7.0k | Reduced -371 |
| MOTCO 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.0k $5.7k | Unchanged |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.5k $4.8k | Added +12 |
| TCTC Holdings, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.5k $4.7k | Unchanged |
| WHITTIER TRUST CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.2k $5.4k | Unchanged |
| Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.2k $4.2k | Unchanged |
| Sterling Capital Management LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.9k $3.6k | Added +1.2k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.6k $3.0k | Reduced -14.8k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.0k $2.0k | New |
| PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 955 $1.8k | Reduced -905 |
| AMALGAMATED BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 890 $2.0k | Unchanged |
| MAI Capital Management 0.00% of their portfolio | 756 $1.4k | Reduced -13 |
| IFP Advisors, Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 420 $802 | Added +14 |
| FIFTH THIRD BANCORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 318 $607 | Unchanged |
| NISA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 301 $575 | Added +242 |
| Bare Financial Services, Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 296 $565 | New |
| MCF Advisors LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 266 $509 | Reduced -6 |
| Bell Investment Advisors, Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 258 $493 | New |
| Avion Wealth 0.00% of their portfolio | 250 $0 | Added +230 |
| CoreCap Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 229 $437 | Unchanged |
| BLUE BELL PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 218 $416 | Reduced -194 |
| AdvisorNet Financial, Inc 0.00% of their portfolio | 200 $382 | Reduced -3 |
| Wealthspire Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 200 $382 | New |
| Larson Financial Group LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 183 $350 | Added +133 |
| Leonteq Securities AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 171 $327 | Reduced -17.9k |