MITEK SYS INC MITK
COM NEW · Common Stock · CUSIP 606710200 · ISIN US6067102003
Software company specializing in digital identity verification and mobile capture
- SectorTechnology
- IndustryComputer Peripheral Equipment, NEC
- HeadquartersSan Diego, CA
- Founded1986
- Websitemiteksystems.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. Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 44.7m as of 2022-09-30, 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 ≈ $9.69. Options: 6 managers hold calls ($1.1m notional), 6 hold puts ($1.2m).
Trends to Q4 2022
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 161 |
| Q4 2022 | 158 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $1.5m | $451.0k | 0.30 |
| Q4 2022 | $1.1m | $1.2m | 1.09 |
Biggest buyers
| VANGUARD GROUP INC | Added | +317.4k |
| Blue Grotto Capital, LLC | Added | +295.4k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +148.2k |
| BlackRock Inc. | Added | +140.7k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | New | +134.9k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +105.9k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | New | +88.7k |
| 272 Capital LP | Added | +88.3k |
| Cannell & Co. | Added | +82.7k |
| ROTHSCHILD & CO ASSET MANAGEMENT US INC. | New | +70.8k |
Biggest sellers
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -321.0k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. | Reduced | -178.0k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC | Sold out | -118.6k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC | Reduced | -112.2k |
| IQ EQ FUND MANAGEMENT (IRELAND) Ltd | Reduced | -90.6k |
| WISCONSIN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -88.0k |
| LGT Group Foundation | Reduced | -77.7k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC | Reduced | -65.7k |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. | Reduced | -46.1k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Reduced | -38.9k |
Biggest calls
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $431.0k44.5k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $266.5k27.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $152.0k15.7k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | New | $135.7k14.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $132.8k13.7k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $488.4k50.4k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | New | $449.6k46.4k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | New | $223.8k23.1k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $31.0k3.2k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $30.0k3.1k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 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 2025-07-17 | 7.0% |
| Legal & General Investment Management Ltd 13G · institution +0.5 pts · filed 2025-07-08 | 6.7% |
| Legal & General Group Plc 13G · institution new · filed 2024-11-14 | 6.2% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27)
Insider purchases and sales in Q4 2022
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 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 0 | — | 4 | $1.1m | — |
| Q1 2022 | 0 | — | 3 | $232.7k | — |
| Q2 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 3 | $453.4k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-11-28 | CARNECCHIA SCIPIO MAXIMUS Chief Executive Officer, director | Sold | $285.9k26.7k shares |
| 2022-11-28 | Diamond Michael E General Manager | Sold | $32.3k3.0k shares |
| 2022-11-28 | Ritter Stephen Chief Technology Officer | Sold | $30.0k2.8k shares |
| 2022-11-28 | Teruel Frank CFO | Sold | $4.8k450 shares |
| 2022-11-15 | Diamond Michael E General Manager | Sold | $34.5k3.0k shares |
| 2022-11-15 | Ritter Stephen Chief Technology Officer | Sold | $20.7k1.8k shares |
| 2022-11-07 | CARNECCHIA SCIPIO MAXIMUS Chief Executive Officer, director | Sold | $96.0k8.5k shares |
| 2022-11-07 | Diamond Michael E General Manager | Sold | $29.6k2.6k shares |
| 2022-11-07 | Ritter Stephen Chief Technology Officer | Sold | $16.0k1.4k 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 2022
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Grotto Capital, LLC 9.53% of their portfolio | 4.1m $39.5m | Added +295.4k |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.3m $32.3m | Added +140.7k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.9m $27.7m | Added +317.4k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.8m $26.7m | Reduced -4.8k |
| Toronado Partners, LLC 9.78% of their portfolio | 2.6m $25.5m | Added +44.1k |
| Independent Advisor Alliance 0.95% of their portfolio | 1.8m $17.2m | Added +3.6k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 967.4k $9.4m | Reduced -38.9k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 930.8k $9.0m | Reduced -30.4k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 835.7k $8.1m | Added +38.2k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 813.4k $7.9m | Added +29.5k |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. 0.46% of their portfolio | 645.2k $6.3m | Added +14.2k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 444.2k $4.3m | Reduced -178.0k |
| 272 Capital LP 1.81% of their portfolio | 417.9k $4.0m | Added +88.3k |
| Cannell & Co. 0.14% of their portfolio | 404.5k $3.9m | Added +82.7k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 404.3k $3.9m | Reduced -31.8k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 395.4k $3.8m | Added +8.7k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 385.2k $3.7m | Added +148.2k |
| LGT Group Foundation 0.11% of their portfolio | 373.6k $3.6m | Reduced -77.7k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 352.2k $3.4m | Reduced -321.0k |
| Sargent Investment Group, LLC 1.04% of their portfolio | 344.2k $3.3m | Reduced -4.2k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 332.0k $3.2m | Reduced -112.2k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 298.8k $3.0m | Reduced -33.2k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 296.2k $2.9m | Added +70.4k |
| WISCONSIN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 2.04% of their portfolio | 276.8k $2.7m | Reduced -88.0k |
| Kopp Family Office, LLC 1.53% of their portfolio | 262.3k $2.5m | Added +8.0k |
| TOCQUEVILLE ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. 0.04% of their portfolio | 223.6k $2.2m | Reduced -17.0k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 201.6k $2.0m | Reduced -20.1k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 185.3k $1.8m | Added +14.6k |
| Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 175.7k $1.7m | Reduced -25.5k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 163.8k $1.6m | Added +25.5k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 161.5k $1.6m | Added +105.9k |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 143.4k $1.4m | Added +40.0k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 142.9k $1.4m | Reduced -34.7k |
| Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 139.4k $1.4m | Reduced -1.6k |
| Redmond Asset Management, LLC 0.48% of their portfolio | 138.7k $1.3m | Unchanged |
| Teton Advisors, Inc. 0.34% of their portfolio | 137.0k $1.3m | Unchanged |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 134.9k $1.3m | New |
| BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 124.0k $1.2m | Added +58.7k |
| BANQUE PICTET & CIE SA 0.01% of their portfolio | 118.0k $1.1m | Unchanged |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 116.2k $1.1m | Reduced -6.1k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 114.5k $1.1m | Added +3.0k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 107.2k $1.0m | Added +3.1k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 100.1k $969.8k | Reduced -15.4k |
| GLOBEFLEX CAPITAL L P 0.12% of their portfolio | 96.7k $937.4k | Unchanged |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 88.7k $859.9k | New |
| WHITE PINE CAPITAL LLC 0.32% of their portfolio | 84.3k $816.7k | Added +281 |
| Summit Global Investments 0.07% of their portfolio | 84.1k $815.0k | Unchanged |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 83.7k $811.0k | Reduced -4.4k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 80.8k $783.1k | Added +12.7k |
| SUSQUEHANNA FUNDAMENTAL INVESTMENTS, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 80.7k $781.5k | Reduced -24.6k |
| IQ EQ FUND MANAGEMENT (IRELAND) Ltd 0.16% of their portfolio | 78.3k $758.7k | Reduced -90.6k |
| STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 71.4k $691.8k | Added +379 |
| ROTHSCHILD & CO ASSET MANAGEMENT US INC. 0.01% of their portfolio | 70.8k $685.9k | New |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.00% of their portfolio | 69.0k $668.9k | Reduced -2.7k |
| Perennial Investment Advisors, LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 62.7k $607.8k | Added +500 |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.00% of their portfolio | 60.8k $589.6k | Added +32.1k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 56.5k $547.2k | Added +34.0k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.4k $536.9k | Added +580 |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.5k $528.0k | Added +990 |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.9k $512.2k | Added +11.4k |
| Merit Financial Group, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 51.9k $502.5k | New |
| Hennion & Walsh Asset Management, Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 50.7k $492.0k | Reduced -807 |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.7k $491.2k | Reduced -13.7k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 47.6k $461.5k | Added +27.9k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.8k $443.8k | Unchanged |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 42.4k $411.1k | Reduced -10.7k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 38.1k $369.5k | Reduced -5.1k |
| Kovack Advisors, Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 37.3k $361.4k | Added +7.4k |
| Alpha Paradigm Partners, LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 35.9k $348.0k | Reduced -108 |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 35.7k $345.9k | Added +2.6k |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 34.0k $329.3k | Reduced -3.6k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 31.5k $305.1k | Reduced -3.8k |
| OCCUDO QUANTITATIVE STRATEGIES LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 30.4k $294.8k | Added +5.9k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.00% of their portfolio | 29.0k $281.5k | Reduced -28 |
| LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.7k $277.8k | Unchanged |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 28.4k $275.5k | Added +5.3k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 26.0k $252.0k | Added +5.8k |
| COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 25.8k $250.0k | Reduced -3.3k |
| Brevan Howard Capital Management LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 23.9k $232.0k | Unchanged |
| WEDBUSH SECURITIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 23.4k $227.0k | Reduced -1.0k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.2k $224.7k | Unchanged |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 23.0k $222.5k | Added +4.0k |
| OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.6k $209.2k | Reduced -46.1k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 21.3k $208.0k | Added +7.7k |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 20.0k $193.5k | Reduced -73 |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.9k $192.9k | New |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 19.8k $192.1k | Added +282 |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 18.0k $174.6k | Reduced -2.1k |
| Jump Financial, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 18.0k $174.4k | Reduced -13.9k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 17.0k $165.2k | Reduced -415 |
| Mutual Advisors, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 16.2k $156.9k | Reduced -296 |
| Foyston, Gordon & Payne Inc 0.04% of their portfolio | 15.4k $149.6k | New |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.2k $147.0k | Added +20 |
| Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) 0.01% of their portfolio | 15.1k $146.0k | Added +11.9k |
| FIFTH THIRD BANCORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.0k $145.3k | Unchanged |
| PALISADE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 15.0k $145.3k | Unchanged |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 14.3k $138.7k | New |
| Joule Financial, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 13.5k $130.5k | Reduced -749 |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.00% of their portfolio | 13.0k $126.0k | Reduced -6.5k |
| Coastal Bridge Advisors, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 13.0k $126.0k | Unchanged |