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COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 62955J103 · ISIN US62955J1034
Oilfield services company
* 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 ($16.4m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Implied quarter-end price ≈ $12.43. Options: 16 managers hold calls ($29.3m notional), 12 hold puts ($18.2m).
Trends to Q2 2025
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 344 |
| Q4 2022 | 390 |
| Q1 2023 | 396 |
| Q2 2023 | 366 |
| Q3 2023 | 368 |
| Q4 2023 | 393 |
| Q1 2024 | 402 |
| Q2 2024 | 400 |
| Q3 2024 | 429 |
| Q4 2024 | 433 |
| Q1 2025 | 442 |
| Q2 2025 | 432 |
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 2023 | 158 | 183 |
| Q4 2023 | 179 | 160 |
| Q1 2024 | 181 | 181 |
| Q2 2024 | 188 | 176 |
| Q3 2024 | 193 | 206 |
| Q4 2024 | 202 | 218 |
| Q1 2025 | 231 | 201 |
| Q2 2025 | 209 | 237 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | $51.8m | $6.3m | 0.12 |
| Q4 2024 | $30.2m | $9.3m | 0.31 |
| Q1 2025 | $36.0m | $18.7m | 0.52 |
| Q2 2025 | $29.3m | $18.2m | 0.62 |
Biggest buyers
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +4.5m |
| First Pacific Advisors, LP | Added | +3.5m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +2.8m |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Added | +2.5m |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +1.8m |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP | Added | +1.3m |
| PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +1.1m |
| MASTERS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +1.0m |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | +901.4k |
| GREENHAVEN ASSOCIATES INC | Added | +868.4k |
Biggest sellers
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -3.2m |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | -1.5m |
| Caisse de depot et placement du Quebec | Reduced | -1.4m |
| Alyeska Investment Group, L.P. | Sold out | -1.3m |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO | Reduced | -1.3m |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P | Sold out | -1.3m |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Reduced | -1.0m |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. | Reduced | -1.0m |
| Lodge Hill Capital, LLC | Sold out | -997.1k |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Reduced | -966.5k |
Biggest calls
| MASTERS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC | Unchanged | $12.4m1.0m shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $3.6m286.3k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $3.0m239.4k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | New | $2.1m170.6k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $2.0m164.1k shares |
| CIBC WORLD MARKETS CORP | New | $2.0m158.6k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $747.0k60.1k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | New | $717.2k57.7k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $645.1k51.9k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $513.0k40.3k shares |
Biggest puts
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $9.4m752.4k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $3.5m282.5k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $1.6m126.1k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $1.2m99.1k shares |
| CAPITAL FUND MANAGEMENT S.A. | New | $600.4k48.3k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $589.2k47.4k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Reduced | $447.5k36.0k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $364.2k29.3k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $343.7k27.0k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $149.2k12.0k 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 |
|---|---|
| PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2024-10-04 | 11.0% |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 13G · institution -1.4 pts · filed 2026-08-06 | 8.6% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.2% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.2% |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 13G · institution new · filed 2025-10-09 | 5.0% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (4.1%, 2026-05-15), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2025
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 1 | $61.0k | — |
| Q2 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 5 | $2.9m | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q2 2025.
Holders, Q2 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| PZENA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 1.73% of their portfolio | 42.7m $530.9m | Added +1.1m |
| HOTCHKIS & WILEY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 1.61% of their portfolio | 39.9m $496.1m | Reduced -573.3k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 39.2m $487.1m | Reduced -279.3k |
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 39.0m $484.7m | Reduced -966.5k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 0.93% of their portfolio | 37.6m $467.0m | Reduced -667.0k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 18.4m $228.9m | Added +294.2k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 12.5m $155.6m | Reduced -540.0k |
| First Pacific Advisors, LP 1.25% of their portfolio | 7.0m $87.2m | Added +3.5m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 6.7m $83.7m | Reduced -200.4k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.06% of their portfolio | 6.1m $75.7m | Added +1.3m |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 5.3m $65.8m | Added +4.5m |
| GREENHAVEN ASSOCIATES INC 0.92% of their portfolio | 5.0m $61.9m | Added +868.4k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.7m $57.9m | Added +118.9k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.1m $51.5m | Reduced -191.5k |
| EARNEST PARTNERS LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 4.0m $50.1m | Reduced -72.2k |
| Pacer Advisors, Inc. 0.12% of their portfolio | 3.9m $49.1m | Reduced -1.0m |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 3.9m $49.0m | Reduced -3.2m |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP 0.05% of their portfolio | 3.5m $43.9m | Reduced -724.3k |
| Artisan Partners Limited Partnership 0.06% of their portfolio | 3.5m $42.9m | Reduced -53.9k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.2m $40.3m | Reduced -906.0k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.2m $39.8m | Added +135.7k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.2m $39.3m | Added +2.5m |
| FIL Ltd 0.03% of their portfolio | 3.0m $37.8m | Added +126.0k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.9m $36.6m | Added +2.8m |
| LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.06% of their portfolio | 2.2m $27.8m | Added +724.8k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.2m $27.2m | Reduced -32.6k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.1m $25.9m | Reduced -337.9k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.0m $25.2m | Added +901.4k |
| MASTERS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 4.79% of their portfolio | 2.0m $24.9m | Added +1.0m |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.0m $24.3m | Added +609.6k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.9m $23.9m | Added +129.0k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.9m $23.2m | Added +1.8m |
| HEARTLAND ADVISORS INC 1.25% of their portfolio | 1.8m $22.5m | Added +107.4k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.7m $21.1m | Reduced -85.4k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.5m $18.5m | Added +425.6k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $17.8m | Reduced -20.3k |
| Ninety One UK Ltd 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.4m $17.5m | Added +475.5k |
| Polaris Capital Management, LLC 1.08% of their portfolio | 1.3m $16.2m | Reduced -80.6k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.3m $16.1m | Reduced -1.0m |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.2m $14.7m | Reduced -6.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.1m $13.9m | Reduced -671.8k |
| WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC 0.24% of their portfolio | 1.1m $13.3m | Added +9.4k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $12.9m | Reduced -1.5m |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 959.9k $11.9m | Reduced -532.9k |
| EDMOND DE ROTHSCHILD HOLDING S.A. 0.19% of their portfolio | 940.0k $11.7m | Reduced -60.0k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 914.7k $11.4m | Added +39.9k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 878.2k $10.9m | Reduced -1.3m |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 854.6k $10.6m | Added +161.3k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 851.9k $10.6m | Reduced -24.6k |
| Gotham Asset Management, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 845.3k $10.5m | Added +294.7k |
| Ceredex Value Advisors LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 820.5k $10.2m | Added +124.0k |
| HARBOR CAPITAL ADVISORS, INC. 0.42% of their portfolio | 805.0k $10.0m | Added +127.4k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 782.8k $9.7m | Added +45.6k |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ 0.39% of their portfolio | 730.2k $9.1m | Added +13.8k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 723.5k $9.0m | Reduced -30.3k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 700.7k $8.7m | Added +31.6k |
| Edgestream Partners, L.P. 0.24% of their portfolio | 689.6k $8.6m | Added +479.9k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 677.4k $8.4m | Added +76.3k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 652.2k $8.1m | Added +11.5k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.08% of their portfolio | 592.1k $7.4m | Added +92.2k |
| Energy Income Partners, LLC 0.13% of their portfolio | 533.4k $6.6m | Reduced -8.6k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 532.0k $6.6m | Added +171.6k |
| Kiltearn Partners LLP 1.29% of their portfolio | 516.7k $6.4m | Reduced -37.5k |
| Tejara Capital Ltd 2.90% of their portfolio | 503.5k $6.3m | Reduced -73.1k |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 476.0k $6.0m | Added +250.7k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 462.1k $5.7m | New |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.02% of their portfolio | 459.2k $5.7m | Reduced -4.3k |
| STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 451.6k $5.6m | Added +5.2k |
| NEW YORK STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 445.2k $5.5m | Reduced -63.7k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 432.0k $5.4m | Reduced -412.3k |
| Point72 Asset Management, L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 416.5k $5.2m | Reduced -91.8k |
| HRT FINANCIAL LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 405.9k $5.0m | Reduced -100.5k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 402.3k $5.0m | Added +31.6k |
| GENDELL JEFFREY L 0.13% of their portfolio | 387.9k $4.8m | Added +128.7k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 363.1k $4.5m | Reduced -906 |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.01% of their portfolio | 347.9k $4.3m | New |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.01% of their portfolio | 330.2k $4.1m | Reduced -31.8k |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 318.1k $4.0m | Added +307.1k |
| New Age Alpha Advisors, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 316.5k $3.9m | Reduced -37.1k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 298.2k $3.7m | Added +100.8k |
| Man Group plc 0.01% of their portfolio | 289.7k $3.6m | Added +31.3k |
| Vest Financial, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 287.8k $3.6m | Added +130.3k |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.00% of their portfolio | 282.4k $3.5m | Reduced -20.3k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 275.4k $3.4m | Reduced -640.3k |
| RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 273.5k $3.4m | Added +4.2k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 271.2k $3.4m | New |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 270.7k $3.4m | Added +73.8k |
| Amundi 0.00% of their portfolio | 265.3k $3.5m | Added +3.8k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 260.5k $3.2m | Added +170.2k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 259.8k $3.2m | Reduced -526.0k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 254.7k $3.2m | Added +11.5k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 246.3k $3.1m | New |
| Belmont Capital, LLC 0.44% of their portfolio | 235.1k $2.9m | Reduced -134.5k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 230.6k $2.9m | Added +68.7k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 215.6k $2.7m | Reduced -148.6k |
| Integrated Wealth Concepts LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 214.8k $2.7m | Added +37.7k |
| MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 211.5k $2.6m | Reduced -25.1k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 210.1k $2.6m | Added +184.4k |
| LEE DANNER & BASS INC 0.20% of their portfolio | 209.0k $2.6m | Unchanged |
| State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury 0.01% of their portfolio | 203.1k $2.5m | Reduced -26.5k |