NATIONAL VISION HLDGS INC EYE
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 63845R107 · ISIN US63845R1077
Optical retail company
- SectorHealth care
- IndustryOphthalmic Goods
- HeadquartersAlpharetta, GA
- Founded1990
- Websitenationalvision.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 ($3.8m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 79.1m as of 2026-07-31, 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 ≈ $19.02. Options: 8 managers hold calls ($10.3m notional), 4 hold puts ($1.0m).
Trends to Q2 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 192 |
| Q4 2022 | 194 |
| Q1 2023 | 184 |
| Q2 2023 | 195 |
| Q3 2023 | 201 |
| Q4 2023 | 200 |
| Q1 2024 | 203 |
| Q2 2024 | 188 |
| Q3 2024 | 204 |
| Q4 2024 | 194 |
| Q1 2025 | 212 |
| Q2 2025 | 246 |
| Q3 2025 | 264 |
| Q4 2025 | 263 |
| Q1 2026 | 257 |
| Q2 2026 | 233 |
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 | 118 | 89 |
| Q4 2024 | 107 | 96 |
| Q1 2025 | 114 | 92 |
| Q2 2025 | 134 | 124 |
| Q3 2025 | 146 | 119 |
| Q4 2025 | 130 | 139 |
| Q1 2026 | 113 | 128 |
| Q2 2026 | 126 | 141 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $24.2m | $4.8m | 0.20 |
| Q4 2025 | $973.4k | $462.2k | 0.47 |
| Q1 2026 | $13.6m | $13.8m | 1.01 |
| Q2 2026 | $10.3m | $1.0m | 0.10 |
Biggest buyers
| Engine Capital Management, LP | Added | +3.5m |
| FMR LLC | Added | +3.0m |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP | Added | +2.2m |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Added | +1.8m |
| GLENVIEW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Added | +1.5m |
| Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP | Added | +1.2m |
| SCOPUS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. | New | +1.1m |
| Boston Partners | Added | +824.0k |
| Avalon Trust Co | New | +761.8k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | Added | +637.7k |
Biggest sellers
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | Sold out | -3.5m |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. | Reduced | -2.4m |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Reduced | -1.3m |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. | Reduced | -1.1m |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. | Sold out | -1.1m |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ | Sold out | -797.8k |
| BWCP, LP | Sold out | -793.8k |
| Fiera Capital Corp | Reduced | -621.9k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P | Sold out | -584.0k |
| Ararat Capital Management LP | Reduced | -548.5k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $4.2m219.5k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Unchanged | $3.8m200.0k shares |
| UBS Group AG | Unchanged | $1.9m100.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $197.7k10.4k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | New | $192.0k10.1k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $62.7k3.3k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $11.4k600 shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | New | $1.9k100 shares |
Biggest puts
| Walleye Trading LLC | New | $416.3k21.9k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $389.7k20.5k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $235.7k12.4k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $1.9k100 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 -1.0 pts · filed 2025-10-17 | 14.4% |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 13G · institution -0.8 pts · filed 2026-08-13 | 9.6% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 7.3% |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2025-11-12 | 6.2% |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 13G · institution new · filed 2026-10-08 | 5.1% |
| FMR LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-08-06 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC (5.0%, 2026-07-31; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC), AMERICAN CENTURY INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC (4.5%, 2026-02-13), Fund 1 Investments, LLC (0.5%, 2025-11-14)
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 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $15.0k | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 2 | $298.8k | — |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $3.6m | $3.6m |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 2 | $1.3m | $1.3m |
| Q2 2026 | 1 | $776.0k | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-05 | Nicholson Michael J Director · By LLC | Bought | $776.0k50.0k 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.00% of their portfolio | 12.1m $230.3m | Added +578.8k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 7.7m $145.8m | Added +2.2m |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 5.4m $103.3m | Reduced -314.4k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.27% of their portfolio | 4.7m $90.2m | Added +521.7k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 4.1m $77.4m | Added +3.0m |
| Engine Capital Management, LP 6.51% of their portfolio | 3.5m $66.9m | Added +3.5m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.5m $65.9m | Added +287.1k |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.4m $64.6m | Reduced -37.7k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.4m $64.3m | Added +322.6k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.1m $59.9m | Added +1.8m |
| GLENVIEW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.18% of their portfolio | 3.1m $59.0m | Added +1.5m |
| Boston Partners 0.04% of their portfolio | 2.2m $42.7m | Added +824.0k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.1m $40.5m | Reduced -65.3k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.1m $39.2m | Added +255.4k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.0m $38.3m | Reduced -390.7k |
| EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC 0.90% of their portfolio | 2.0m $38.1m | Added +504.0k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.9m $36.6m | Reduced -1.3m |
| Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP 0.84% of their portfolio | 1.9m $36.1m | Added +1.2m |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.7m $32.2m | Added +480.1k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.7m $31.7m | Added +464.9k |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.14% of their portfolio | 1.5m $27.8m | Added +18.1k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $26.2m | Added +517.0k |
| EMERALD MUTUAL FUND ADVISERS TRUST 0.87% of their portfolio | 1.3m $24.7m | Added +360.7k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.2m $23.1m | Reduced -81.6k |
| SCOPUS ASSET MANAGEMENT, L.P. 0.50% of their portfolio | 1.1m $21.1m | New |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.0m $19.9m | Added +59.3k |
| Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.02% of their portfolio | 867.3k $16.5m | Reduced -76.5k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 859.2k $16.3m | Added +637.7k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 850.8k $16.2m | Reduced -324.6k |
| Fiera Capital Corp 0.06% of their portfolio | 823.5k $15.7m | Reduced -621.9k |
| Avalon Trust Co 0.89% of their portfolio | 761.8k $14.5m | New |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 729.6k $13.9m | Added +262.9k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 667.2k $12.7m | Added +258.5k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 613.1k $11.7m | Reduced -39.8k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 533.6k $10.1m | Added +21.5k |
| Cerity Partners LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 504.1k $9.6m | Added +485.2k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 489.1k $9.3m | Reduced -122.6k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 487.6k $9.3m | Added +12.0k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 485.4k $9.2m | Reduced -276.9k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 470.8k $8.9m | Reduced -84.7k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 469.2k $8.9m | Added +142.3k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 456.9k $8.7m | New |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 399.6k $7.6m | Reduced -459.2k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 367.8k $7.0m | Added +5.4k |
| Granite Investment Partners, LLC 0.33% of their portfolio | 341.1k $6.5m | Reduced -965 |
| Heights Point Management, LP 5.07% of their portfolio | 335.0k $6.4m | Added +135.1k |
| FIL Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 314.0k $6.0m | Reduced -66.5k |
| Pier Capital, LLC 0.78% of their portfolio | 310.4k $5.9m | Added +2.8k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 302.9k $5.8m | Reduced -89.5k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 288.9k $5.5m | Added +25.9k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.01% of their portfolio | 275.3k $5.2m | Reduced -8.4k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 274.4k $5.2m | Reduced -182.9k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 265.6k $5.0m | Added +46.1k |
| Fund 1 Investments, LLC 0.85% of their portfolio | 255.8k $4.9m | New |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.01% of their portfolio | 248.0k $4.7m | Reduced -189.5k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 241.1k $4.6m | Added +12.4k |
| SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 198.7k $3.8m | Added +26.8k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 188.8k $3.6m | Reduced -24.9k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 183.0k $3.5m | Reduced -1.3k |
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. 0.09% of their portfolio | 175.9k $3.3m | New |
| TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY 0.02% of their portfolio | 170.0k $3.2m | Added +69.3k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 163.5k $3.1m | Added +41.2k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 158.7k $3.0m | Reduced -67.5k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 151.4k $2.9m | Added +3.0k |
| Connor, Clark & Lunn Investment Management Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 148.2k $2.8m | New |
| Penn Capital Management Company, LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 146.3k $2.8m | New |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 138.5k $2.7m | Reduced -17.1k |
| Darwins River Capital, LP 1.38% of their portfolio | 132.6k $2.5m | New |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 125.1k $2.4m | Added +5.8k |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.03% of their portfolio | 121.3k $2.3m | Added +79.9k |
| Homestead Advisers Corp 0.06% of their portfolio | 119.3k $2.3m | Unchanged |
| WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC 0.04% of their portfolio | 118.1k $2.2m | Added +23.6k |
| Bridgewater Associates, LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 116.9k $2.2m | Added +90.4k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 115.3k $2.2m | Added +17.1k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 114.5k $2.2m | Reduced -12.2k |
| Linden Thomas Advisory Services, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 114.0k $2.2m | Added +12.6k |
| NFJ INVESTMENT GROUP, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 108.9k $2.1m | New |
| WINTON GROUP Ltd 0.07% of their portfolio | 108.8k $2.1m | Added +61.8k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 108.3k $2.1m | Reduced -79 |
| VARCOV Co. 0.75% of their portfolio | 103.7k $2.0m | New |
| BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.00% of their portfolio | 102.5k $1.9m | Added +100.6k |
| Maven Securities LTD 0.19% of their portfolio | 101.3k $1.9m | Added +71.2k |
| Pacific Capital Partners Ltd 1.59% of their portfolio | 96.4k $1.8m | New |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 88.6k $1.7m | Reduced -125.1k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 87.8k $1.7m | Reduced -2.4k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 85.4k $2.2m | Reduced -2.4m |
| DARK FOREST CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 0.10% of their portfolio | 84.5k $1.6m | New |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 82.7k $1.6m | Reduced -11.8k |
| HighTower Advisors, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 81.7k $1.6m | Added +3.0k |
| Polymer Capital Management (US) LLC 0.23% of their portfolio | 79.9k $1.5m | New |
| OP Asset Management Ltd 0.02% of their portfolio | 75.5k $1.4m | Unchanged |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 74.2k $1.4m | Added +51.4k |
| Brevan Howard Capital Management LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 71.2k $1.4m | New |
| Asset Management One Co., Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 68.9k $1.3m | Reduced -152.3k |
| Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 67.5k $1.3m | Added +41.1k |
| Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 65.0k $1.2m | Added +28.9k |
| FIFTH THIRD BANCORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 64.6k $1.2m | Reduced -16.2k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 63.1k $1.2m | Unchanged |
| PICTON MAHONEY ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.01% of their portfolio | 54.2k $1.0m | Reduced -218.8k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% of their portfolio | 52.6k $1.0m | Reduced -328 |