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. Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 78.6m as of 2024-04-26, 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 ≈ $22.15. Options: 4 managers hold calls ($542.3k notional), 5 hold puts ($13.4m).
Trends to Q1 2024
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 |
Buyers vs sellers
Managers adding to or starting a position, vs cutting or selling out
Numbers
| Quarter | Bought or added | Cut or sold out |
|---|---|---|
| Q4 2022 | 78 | 107 |
| Q1 2023 | 96 | 110 |
| Q2 2023 | 102 | 96 |
| Q3 2023 | 95 | 109 |
| Q4 2023 | 111 | 95 |
| Q1 2024 | 93 | 96 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2023 | $602.1k | $375.6k | 0.62 |
| Q3 2023 | $957.3k | $10.9m | 11.43 |
| Q4 2023 | $4.0m | $12.9m | 3.24 |
| Q1 2024 | $542.3k | $13.4m | 24.79 |
Biggest buyers
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | +2.1m |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | Added | +1.3m |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Added | +644.5k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. | Added | +465.3k |
| Wolf Hill Capital Management, LP | Added | +368.8k |
| Metavasi Capital LP | New | +330.3k |
| J. Goldman & Co LP | Added | +327.9k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Added | +221.7k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC | New | +207.4k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC | Added | +182.5k |
Biggest sellers
| ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC | Reduced | -1.2m |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -953.2k |
| SCOPIA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP | Sold out | -692.7k |
| AXA S.A. | Sold out | -369.0k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co | Reduced | -341.5k |
| Invenomic Capital Management LP | Sold out | -280.6k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | Reduced | -244.0k |
| MORGAN STANLEY | Reduced | -181.2k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | Reduced | -178.9k |
| PRELUDE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | Sold out | -156.4k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | New | $432.1k19.5k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $104.2k4.7k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | New | $6.0k300 shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | $13.3m600.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $135.2k6.1k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | New | $8.9k400 shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $4.0k200 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 -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 in Q1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Q2 2022 | 6 | $3.0m | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2022 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2023 | 0 | — | 1 | $55.8k | — |
| Q2 2023 | 3 | $1.4m | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2023 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
None reported in Q1 2024.
Holders, Q1 2024
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 12.7m $280.8m | Added +68.8k |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 8.9m $197.4m | Added +26.0k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.51% of their portfolio | 8.9m $196.9m | Reduced -953.2k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 4.5m $100.0m | Added +182.5k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 4.3m $94.2m | Added +2.1m |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.08% of their portfolio | 3.4m $75.1m | Added +34.3k |
| HAWK RIDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP 3.33% of their portfolio | 3.3m $73.9m | Added +24.3k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.3m $73.3m | Added +57.6k |
| ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC 0.70% of their portfolio | 2.8m $62.4m | Reduced -1.2m |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.8m $62.4m | Reduced -181.2k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.3m $51.4m | Added +69.6k |
| J. Goldman & Co LP 1.93% of their portfolio | 1.9m $42.6m | Added +327.9k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.8m $39.1m | Added +62.4k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.7m $38.6m | Reduced -150.3k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.36% of their portfolio | 1.6m $36.3m | Added +1.3m |
| Wolf Hill Capital Management, LP 2.33% of their portfolio | 1.6m $35.4m | Added +368.8k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.3m $29.0m | Reduced -60.2k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.1m $25.5m | Added +644.5k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $24.3m | Added +97.0k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.03% of their portfolio | 949.3k $21.0m | Added +152.5k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 892.2k $19.8m | Added +24.1k |
| EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC 0.79% of their portfolio | 885.8k $19.6m | Added +10.2k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.01% of their portfolio | 817.6k $18.1m | Added +3.4k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 806.5k $17.9m | Reduced -14.4k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 784.6k $17.4m | Added +28.8k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 705.1k $15.6m | Reduced -38.6k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 644.3k $14.3m | Added +7.5k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 614.9k $13.6m | Reduced -31.2k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.03% of their portfolio | 607.7k $13.5m | Added +465.3k |
| EMERALD MUTUAL FUND ADVISERS TRUST 0.65% of their portfolio | 561.1k $12.4m | Unchanged |
| NORGES BANK 0.00% of their portfolio | 435.0k $9.6m | Added +67.6k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 412.7k $9.1m | Reduced -120.7k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 406.3k $9.0m | Reduced -23.0k |
| LAKEWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP 0.71% of their portfolio | 365.0k $8.1m | Unchanged |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 350.7k $7.8m | Added +36.0k |
| Metavasi Capital LP 4.53% of their portfolio | 330.3k $7.3m | New |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 306.2k $6.8m | Added +172.5k |
| Sapience Investments, LLC 2.06% of their portfolio | 280.3k $6.2m | Reduced -133.3k |
| Hudson Bay Capital Management LP 0.05% of their portfolio | 270.9k $6.0m | Added +75.2k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 264.3k $5.9m | Reduced -244.0k |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc 0.02% of their portfolio | 255.7k $5.7m | Unchanged |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.01% of their portfolio | 251.9k $5.6m | Reduced -1.1k |
| Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.14% of their portfolio | 240.7k $5.3m | Added +16.9k |
| KNIGHTSBRIDGE ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 1.42% of their portfolio | 239.6k $5.0m | Unchanged |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 235.4k $5.2m | Added +221.7k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 214.1k $4.7m | Added +641 |
| STATE OF WISCONSIN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.01% of their portfolio | 212.6k $4.7m | Reduced -25.9k |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 211.3k $4.7m | Added +132.0k |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 207.4k $4.6m | New |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 205.5k $4.6m | Added +24.3k |
| MONTAG A & ASSOCIATES INC 0.20% of their portfolio | 185.0k $4.1m | Unchanged |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 182.9k $4.1m | Reduced -178.9k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 177.0k $3.9m | Reduced -54.0k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.03% of their portfolio | 160.4k $3.6m | Reduced -2.0k |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 160.0k $3.5m | Reduced -5.4k |
| Trexquant Investment LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 157.3k $3.5m | Added +133.8k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 155.0k $3.4m | Added +9.3k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 154.0k $3.4m | Unchanged |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 145.2k $3.2m | Reduced -109.3k |
| BOOTHBAY FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.09% of their portfolio | 137.5k $3.0m | Reduced -104.1k |
| State of New Jersey Common Pension Fund D 0.01% of their portfolio | 133.2k $3.0m | Unchanged |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 126.2k $2.8m | Added +13.5k |
| Advantage Alpha Capital Partners LP 0.51% of their portfolio | 123.1k $2.7m | Reduced -108.6k |
| MAVERICK CAPITAL LTD 0.05% of their portfolio | 117.5k $2.6m | New |
| JACOBS LEVY EQUITY MANAGEMENT, INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 115.0k $2.5m | Reduced -69.1k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 103.5k $2.3m | Added +172 |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 102.3k $2.3m | Reduced -83 |
| Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd 0.24% of their portfolio | 100.0k $2.2m | New |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 95.5k $2.1m | Added +2.0k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 91.1k $2.0m | Added +35.4k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 89.9k $2.0m | New |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 87.7k $1.9m | Reduced -2.2k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 85.8k $1.9m | Reduced -40.3k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 81.7k $1.8m | Reduced -341.5k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 78.2k $1.7m | Reduced -4.2k |
| ALGERT GLOBAL LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 72.2k $1.6m | Reduced -11.3k |
| TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 68.5k $1.5m | Added +1.1k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% of their portfolio | 67.9k $1.5m | Reduced -1.8k |
| RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES 0.00% of their portfolio | 64.8k $1.4m | Added +22.1k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 64.1k $1.4m | Added +8.0k |
| SEVEN EIGHT CAPITAL, LP 0.15% of their portfolio | 64.0k $1.4m | Added +3.6k |
| WINTON GROUP Ltd 0.10% of their portfolio | 61.9k $1.4m | Added +51.1k |
| Graham Capital Management, L.P. 0.04% of their portfolio | 60.9k $1.4m | Added +42.1k |
| LANDSCAPE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. 0.12% of their portfolio | 60.8k $1.3m | New |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 60.3k $1.3m | Reduced -4.4k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.9k $1.2m | Reduced -1.0k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.9k $1.2m | Added +4.0k |
| VICTORY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.8k $1.2m | Reduced -1.9k |
| Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 52.8k $1.2m | New |
| HSBC HOLDINGS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 50.3k $1.1m | Reduced -9.4k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 49.6k $1.1m | Added +35.6k |
| Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd 0.08% of their portfolio | 48.1k $1.1m | Added +23.4k |
| State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.01% of their portfolio | 47.7k $1.1m | Reduced -470 |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 47.0k $1.0m | Added +2.8k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 45.8k $1.0m | Reduced -75.2k |
| Aquatic Capital Management LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 45.8k $1.0m | Added +20.4k |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL 0.01% of their portfolio | 45.4k $1.0m | Reduced -73.9k |
| AZZAD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC /ADV 0.11% of their portfolio | 43.6k $967.2k | Unchanged |
| AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. 0.00% of their portfolio | 41.9k $929.1k | Reduced -374 |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 41.0k $907.5k | Unchanged |