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 ($4.1m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 79.2m as of 2025-07-25, 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 ≈ $23.02. Options: 16 managers hold calls ($103.3m notional), 10 hold puts ($29.3m).
Trends to Q2 2025
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 |
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 | 95 | 109 |
| Q4 2023 | 111 | 95 |
| Q1 2024 | 93 | 96 |
| Q2 2024 | 101 | 103 |
| Q3 2024 | 118 | 89 |
| Q4 2024 | 107 | 96 |
| Q1 2025 | 114 | 92 |
| Q2 2025 | 134 | 124 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2024 | $14.8m | $238.6k | 0.02 |
| Q4 2024 | $176.0k | $89.6k | 0.51 |
| Q1 2025 | $37.8m | $16.9m | 0.45 |
| Q2 2025 | $103.3m | $29.3m | 0.28 |
Biggest buyers
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC | New | +3.6m |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +3.3m |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ | Added | +1.1m |
| Fiera Capital Corp | New | +1.1m |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC | New | +988.2k |
| BWCP, LP | New | +942.1k |
| Verition Fund Management LLC | Added | +860.9k |
| GLENVIEW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC | New | +812.5k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA | Added | +738.7k |
| Engle Capital Management, L.P. | New | +619.9k |
Biggest sellers
| Engine Capital Management, LP | Reduced | -3.9m |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. | Reduced | -2.5m |
| Fund 1 Investments, LLC | Reduced | -1.7m |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP | Reduced | -1.2m |
| BlackRock, Inc. | Reduced | -1.1m |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP | Reduced | -731.8k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | Reduced | -725.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Reduced | -711.4k |
| J. Goldman & Co LP | Reduced | -704.7k |
| Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP | Reduced | -671.0k |
Biggest calls
| Fund 1 Investments, LLC | Added | $49.4m2.1m shares |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | $17.3m750.0k shares |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC | New | $6.6m285.6k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | New | $6.6m285.6k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $5.8m250.0k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $4.8m208.2k shares |
| SIG BROKERAGE, LP | Added | $4.4m190.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $2.3m101.8k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $2.1m92.3k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $1.9m84.4k shares |
Biggest puts
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Unchanged | $13.1m570.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $4.0m174.7k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $4.0m172.0k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Added | $2.9m125.5k shares |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC | Added | $1.9m83.5k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $1.8m80.0k shares |
| SIG BROKERAGE, LP | Unchanged | $1.2m50.0k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $319.0k13.9k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | New | $55.2k2.4k 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 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 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2024 | 2 | $790.5k | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2024 | 2 | $274.6k | 1 | $185.8k | — |
| Q4 2024 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 1 | $15.0k | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 2 | $298.8k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-14 | Molony Megan SVP, CHIEF MERCH. & MC OFFICER | Sold | $73.7k3.9k shares |
| 2025-05-13 | Acharya Ravi SVP, Chief Technology Officer | Sold | $225.1k12.0k 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 2025
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% of their portfolio | 11.8m $272.4m | Reduced -1.1m |
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 11.0m $252.2m | Added +390.9k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 3.6m $81.9m | New |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.04% of their portfolio | 3.5m $80.4m | Added +3.3m |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 3.1m $71.5m | Reduced -193.6k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.9m $67.2m | Reduced -731.8k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.9m $65.8m | Added +301.6k |
| Burgundy Asset Management Ltd. 0.56% of their portfolio | 2.5m $57.7m | Reduced -2.5m |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.05% of their portfolio | 2.0m $47.1m | Reduced -725.8k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 2.0m $45.2m | Added +1.1m |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.9m $44.4m | Reduced -18.0k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.7m $39.1m | Reduced -75.4k |
| EMERALD ADVISERS, LLC 1.37% of their portfolio | 1.6m $37.3m | Added +278.6k |
| ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $32.8m | Added +738.7k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 1.4m $32.0m | Added +231.9k |
| MARSHALL WACE, LLP 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.4m $31.4m | Reduced -1.2m |
| Boston Partners 0.03% of their portfolio | 1.1m $26.1m | Reduced -45.8k |
| Fund 1 Investments, LLC 3.56% of their portfolio | 1.1m $25.1m | Reduced -1.7m |
| Fiera Capital Corp 0.08% of their portfolio | 1.1m $25.1m | New |
| J. Goldman & Co LP 0.77% of their portfolio | 1.1m $24.5m | Reduced -704.7k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 988.2k $22.7m | New |
| BWCP, LP 3.54% of their portfolio | 942.1k $21.7m | New |
| Verition Fund Management LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 902.8k $20.8m | Added +860.9k |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 886.9k $21.5m | Reduced -106.6k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 877.1k $20.2m | Reduced -27.8k |
| FEDERATED HERMES, INC. 0.04% of their portfolio | 863.7k $19.9m | Added +2.2k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 857.1k $19.7m | Reduced -11.6k |
| EMERALD MUTUAL FUND ADVISERS TRUST 1.17% of their portfolio | 836.4k $19.2m | Added +209.9k |
| GLENVIEW CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.53% of their portfolio | 812.5k $18.7m | New |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 785.9k $18.1m | Added +184.6k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 772.8k $17.8m | Reduced -711.4k |
| Engle Capital Management, L.P. 4.30% of their portfolio | 619.9k $14.3m | New |
| OBERWEIS ASSET MANAGEMENT INC/ 0.60% of their portfolio | 594.9k $13.7m | New |
| First Eagle Investment Management, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 568.1k $13.1m | Added +7.8k |
| Divisadero Street Capital Management, LP 0.85% of their portfolio | 554.0k $12.7m | Reduced -671.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.00% of their portfolio | 548.3k $12.6m | Reduced -51.8k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 528.5k $12.2m | Added +218.3k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% of their portfolio | 519.5k $12.0m | Reduced -4.0k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 512.0k $11.8m | Added +119.8k |
| Ararat Capital Management LP 5.30% of their portfolio | 507.7k $11.7m | Reduced -412.1k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.00% of their portfolio | 488.3k $11.2m | Reduced -10.6k |
| Atika Capital Management LLC 1.00% of their portfolio | 414.2k $9.5m | New |
| Lisanti Capital Growth, LLC 2.16% of their portfolio | 338.9k $7.8m | Added +22.7k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.00% of their portfolio | 337.6k $7.8m | New |
| Channing Capital Management, LLC 0.21% of their portfolio | 325.7k $7.5m | Reduced -148.6k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.01% of their portfolio | 319.2k $7.3m | Reduced -332.0k |
| NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND 0.01% of their portfolio | 303.2k $7.0m | Added +278.8k |
| Simplify Asset Management Inc. 0.39% of their portfolio | 281.2k $6.5m | New |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 278.3k $6.4m | Reduced -70.6k |
| Public Sector Pension Investment Board 0.03% of their portfolio | 269.5k $6.2m | Added +19.8k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 268.5k $6.2m | Reduced -148.3k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 266.0k $6.1m | Reduced -90.4k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 258.5k $5.9m | Reduced -19.3k |
| ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.07% of their portfolio | 256.1k $5.9m | New |
| CASTLEARK MANAGEMENT LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 255.5k $5.9m | New |
| FIL Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 250.0k $5.8m | Unchanged |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.00% of their portfolio | 235.5k $5.4m | Added +5.8k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 218.9k $5.0m | Reduced -374.9k |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% of their portfolio | 217.9k $5.0m | Added +10.9k |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 205.6k $4.7m | Added +151.8k |
| PICTON MAHONEY ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.07% of their portfolio | 204.3k $4.7m | New |
| PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 176.5k $4.1m | Added +99.1k |
| UBS Group AG 0.00% of their portfolio | 161.9k $3.7m | Reduced -267.4k |
| Militia Capital Partners, LP 0.87% of their portfolio | 160.0k $3.7m | New |
| Brevan Howard Capital Management LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 159.2k $3.7m | New |
| BARCLAYS PLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 146.1k $3.4m | Added +46.9k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.00% of their portfolio | 142.9k $3.3m | Reduced -9.7k |
| Informed Momentum Co LLC 0.49% of their portfolio | 142.0k $3.3m | New |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 137.2k $3.2m | Reduced -9.3k |
| Hiddenite Capital Partners LP 1.72% of their portfolio | 125.0k $2.9m | New |
| Hollow Brook Wealth Management LLC 0.84% of their portfolio | 124.9k $2.9m | Reduced -65.6k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 118.8k $2.7m | Reduced -12.8k |
| WOLVERINE TRADING, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 111.5k $2.6m | Added +71.4k |
| GILDER GAGNON HOWE & CO LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 107.6k $2.5m | New |
| SONA ASSET MANAGEMENT (US) LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 100.0k $2.3m | New |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% of their portfolio | 98.4k $2.3m | Added +40.6k |
| Sapience Investments, LLC 1.48% of their portfolio | 96.6k $2.2m | Reduced -93.0k |
| NOMURA HOLDINGS INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 94.0k $2.2m | New |
| WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC 0.04% of their portfolio | 92.8k $2.1m | Reduced -32.3k |
| CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.00% of their portfolio | 89.8k $2.1m | Added +2.2k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.00% of their portfolio | 89.5k $2.1m | Reduced -127.5k |
| Jackson Creek Investment Advisors LLC 0.55% of their portfolio | 89.4k $2.1m | Reduced -28.0k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 87.1k $2.0m | Reduced -36.4k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.00% of their portfolio | 86.7k $2.0m | Reduced -16.4k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 85.0k $2.0m | Reduced -7.9k |
| Caption Management, LLC 0.17% of their portfolio | 83.0k $1.9m | Reduced -14.1k |
| MACKENZIE FINANCIAL CORP 0.00% of their portfolio | 82.8k $1.9m | Reduced -41.7k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 80.7k $1.9m | Added +4.5k |
| General Equity Holdings LP 1.39% of their portfolio | 80.0k $1.8m | New |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.00% of their portfolio | 76.6k $1.8m | New |
| SIG BROKERAGE, LP 0.47% of their portfolio | 74.4k $1.7m | Added +57.7k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.00% of their portfolio | 72.6k $1.7m | Reduced -778 |
| BEACONLIGHT CAPITAL, LLC 0.98% of their portfolio | 72.4k $1.7m | New |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 70.1k $1.6m | Added +9.1k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 69.7k $1.6m | Reduced -165.4k |
| LAZARD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 68.8k $1.6m | Added +637 |
| Legato Capital Management LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 64.3k $1.5m | Added +6.1k |
| Wakefield Asset Management LLLP 0.39% of their portfolio | 60.7k $1.4m | Reduced -26.4k |
| Walleye Trading LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 58.3k $1.3m | New |
| WINTON GROUP Ltd 0.07% of their portfolio | 56.3k $1.3m | Reduced -37.8k |