ORMAT TECHNOLOGIES INC ORA
COM · Common Stock · CUSIP 686688102 · ISIN US6866881021
Israeli American public energy 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 ($3.4m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 61.5m as of 2026-08-01, 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 ≈ $108.96. Options: 13 managers hold calls ($246.2m notional), 14 hold puts ($125.4m).
Trends to Q2 2026
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 284 |
| Q4 2022 | 291 |
| Q1 2023 | 288 |
| Q2 2023 | 291 |
| Q3 2023 | 285 |
| Q4 2023 | 279 |
| Q1 2024 | 288 |
| Q2 2024 | 281 |
| Q3 2024 | 283 |
| Q4 2024 | 316 |
| Q1 2025 | 329 |
| Q2 2025 | 327 |
| Q3 2025 | 348 |
| Q4 2025 | 399 |
| Q1 2026 | 417 |
| Q2 2026 | 434 |
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 | 124 | 140 |
| Q4 2024 | 154 | 126 |
| Q1 2025 | 163 | 148 |
| Q2 2025 | 169 | 150 |
| Q3 2025 | 179 | 132 |
| Q4 2025 | 191 | 169 |
| Q1 2026 | 216 | 169 |
| Q2 2026 | 244 | 163 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2025 | $221.5m | $164.1m | 0.74 |
| Q4 2025 | $278.6m | $107.7m | 0.39 |
| Q1 2026 | $340.6m | $48.2m | 0.14 |
| Q2 2026 | $246.2m | $125.4m | 0.51 |
Biggest buyers
| MEITAV INVESTMENT HOUSE LTD | New | +623.8k |
| Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd | Added | +457.4k |
| Phoenix Financial Ltd. | Added | +448.5k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | +390.2k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC | Added | +280.7k |
| FMR LLC | Added | +210.9k |
| Erste Asset Management GmbH | Added | +203.0k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC | Added | +189.6k |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD | Added | +178.8k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ | Added | +173.8k |
Biggest sellers
| BlackRock, Inc. | Reduced | -1.3m |
| Van Berkom & Associates Inc. | Reduced | -677.7k |
| Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. | Reduced | -431.5k |
| UBS Group AG | Reduced | -418.4k |
| Handelsbanken Fonder AB | Reduced | -367.8k |
| VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP | Reduced | -226.4k |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc | Reduced | -210.1k |
| Amundi | Reduced | -174.0k |
| Aperture Investors, LLC | Reduced | -137.0k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP | Reduced | -104.1k |
Biggest calls
| UBS Group AG | Unchanged | $182.1m1.7m shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | Added | $20.7m190.4k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $16.5m151.2k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | $8.1m74.5k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | Reduced | $4.8m43.7k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | Added | $4.4m40.5k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Reduced | $4.3m39.1k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $2.8m25.5k shares |
| TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL | New | $1.6m14.5k shares |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | New | $304.9k2.8k shares |
Biggest puts
| Walleye Trading LLC | Added | $32.7m300.0k shares |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $26.0m239.2k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | $17.1m156.6k shares |
| PEAK6 LLC | New | $14.5m133.0k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $11.6m106.1k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Reduced | $6.0m55.2k shares |
| IMC-Chicago, LLC | Added | $5.5m50.1k shares |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC | New | $4.8m43.7k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $3.3m30.0k shares |
| CITIGROUP INC | Unchanged | $2.5m22.5k 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 -2.3 pts · filed 2026-07-29 | 12.5% |
| Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. 13G · passive investor +2.1 pts · filed 2026-07-29 | 7.1% |
| Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. 13G · passive investor +1.0 pts · filed 2026-07-23 | 6.0% |
| Phoenix Financial Ltd. 13G · passive investor new · filed 2026-09-16 | 5.3% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.1% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-07-31 | 5.0% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC)
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 | — | 2 | $135.8k | — |
| Q1 2025 | 0 | — | 2 | $156.4k | — |
| Q2 2025 | 0 | — | 7 | $1.3m | $47.2k |
| Q3 2025 | 0 | — | 7 | $3.9m | $2.0m |
| Q4 2025 | 0 | — | 5 | $5.8m | $1.1m |
| Q1 2026 | 0 | — | 1 | $785.8k | $771.2k |
| Q2 2026 | 0 | — | 7 | $5.3m | $1.3m |
| Q3 2026 | 0 | — | 1 | $48.1k | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-01 | Willis Aron John EVP, Electricity Segment | Sold | $48.1k451 shares |
| 2026-05-27 | STERN STANLEY Director | Sold | $34.6k250 shares |
| 2026-05-21 | Granot David Director | Sold | $237.4k1.8k shares |
| 2026-05-20 | Granot David Director | Sold | $232.6k1.8k shares |
| 2026-05-19 | Marom Michal Director | Sold | $403.4k3.1k shares |
| 2026-05-15 | STERN STANLEY Director | Sold | $75.1k577 shares |
| 2026-05-14 | Ginzburg Assi Chief Financial Officer | Sold | $2.4m17.8k shares |
| 2026-05-13 | Benyosef Ofer EVP, Energy Storage & BD | Sold plan | $1.2m9.4k shares |
| 2026-05-13 | Wong Byron G. Director | Sold | $604.4k4.5k shares |
| 2026-05-11 | SHARIR DAFNA Director | Sold plan | $108.1k883 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. 0.01% of their portfolio | 8.2m $896.4m | Reduced -1.3m |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.1m $333.3m | Added +62.6k |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.7m $290.4m | Added +39.9k |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 2.5m $273.8m | Added +75.6k |
| Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd 1.17% of their portfolio | 2.4m $259.6m | Added +457.4k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.04% of their portfolio | 1.9m $210.7m | Added +21.2k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.8m $195.0m | Reduced -30.9k |
| CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.6m $173.6m | Added +600 |
| NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.4m $153.0m | Added +91.4k |
| Global Alpha Capital Management Ltd. 8.88% of their portfolio | 1.4m $148.2m | Reduced -431.5k |
| Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. 0.69% of their portfolio | 1.3m $141.3m | Added +150.0k |
| Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. 0.84% of their portfolio | 1.2m $130.8m | Added +40.0k |
| Y.D. More Investments Ltd 3.48% of their portfolio | 1.0m $111.8m | Added +144.0k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $110.0m | Added +75.8k |
| GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 920.2k $100.2m | Added +189.6k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 775.1k $84.4m | Added +30.1k |
| NORGES BANK 0.01% of their portfolio | 749.5k $81.6m | Not comparable |
| Legal & General Group Plc 0.02% of their portfolio | 713.0k $77.7m | Added +93.6k |
| UBS Group AG 0.01% of their portfolio | 678.2k $73.9m | Reduced -418.4k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 652.3k $71.0m | Reduced -2.7k |
| MEITAV INVESTMENT HOUSE LTD 0.46% of their portfolio | 623.8k $68.1m | New |
| Phoenix Financial Ltd. 0.41% of their portfolio | 554.3k $60.4m | Added +448.5k |
| Erste Asset Management GmbH 0.47% of their portfolio | 551.7k $60.9m | Added +203.0k |
| Impax Asset Management Group plc 0.36% of their portfolio | 513.0k $55.9m | Reduced -210.1k |
| Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 493.4k $53.7m | Added +390.2k |
| Van Berkom & Associates Inc. 1.68% of their portfolio | 479.8k $52.2m | Reduced -677.7k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 445.7k $48.5m | Reduced -13.7k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.00% of their portfolio | 438.4k $47.7m | Reduced -41.2k |
| JUPITER ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD 0.23% of their portfolio | 428.7k $46.7m | Added +178.8k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.27% of their portfolio | 424.5k $46.2m | Reduced -47.3k |
| Altshuler Shaham Ltd 0.58% of their portfolio | 420.2k $45.9m | Added +165.6k |
| VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO 0.01% of their portfolio | 407.9k $44.4m | Added +16.4k |
| Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) 0.08% of their portfolio | 398.7k $43.4m | Reduced -50.8k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.01% of their portfolio | 385.8k $42.0m | Added +173.8k |
| SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP 0.03% of their portfolio | 355.3k $39.2m | Reduced -104.1k |
| FMR LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 344.6k $37.5m | Added +210.9k |
| AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 302.1k $32.9m | Added +280.7k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.00% of their portfolio | 283.7k $31.6m | Added +61.3k |
| Amundi 0.01% of their portfolio | 283.5k $30.9m | Reduced -174.0k |
| STOREBRAND ASSET MANAGEMENT AS 0.07% of their portfolio | 276.9k $30.2m | Added +10.6k |
| ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 0.01% of their portfolio | 261.2k $28.5m | Added +110.6k |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 249.0k $27.1m | Added +12.4k |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 247.0k $26.9m | Added +90.7k |
| PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 238.6k $26.0m | Added +13.2k |
| Nuveen, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 238.2k $25.9m | Added +109.3k |
| Empower Advisory Group, LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 234.1k $25.5m | Added +3.6k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.01% of their portfolio | 228.2k $24.8m | Added +25.2k |
| Ranger Investment Management, L.P. 1.54% of their portfolio | 224.1k $24.4m | Added +116.1k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 194.4k $21.2m | Added +126.2k |
| Handelsbanken Fonder AB 0.06% of their portfolio | 194.2k $21.1m | Reduced -367.8k |
| RHUMBLINE ADVISERS 0.02% of their portfolio | 187.9k $20.5m | Added +6.0k |
| Mivtachim The Workers Social Insurance Fund Ltd. (Under Special Management) 2.61% of their portfolio | 181.7k $19.8m | Unchanged |
| Retirement Systems of Alabama 0.06% of their portfolio | 180.1k $19.6m | Reduced -11.0k |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS 0.01% of their portfolio | 165.4k $18.0m | Added +23.9k |
| BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 160.6k $17.5m | Reduced -66.4k |
| MIZUHO MARKETS AMERICAS LLC 0.31% of their portfolio | 160.3k $17.5m | Added +11.1k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 158.7k $17.3m | Added +24.4k |
| TRILLIUM ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.50% of their portfolio | 147.9k $16.1m | Reduced -8.6k |
| Aperture Investors, LLC 1.66% of their portfolio | 143.9k $15.7m | Reduced -137.0k |
| KBC Group NV 0.03% of their portfolio | 129.7k $14.1m | Reduced -9.3k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.00% of their portfolio | 126.2k $14.1m | Added +5.6k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 122.1k $13.3m | Added +7.9k |
| ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 121.7k $13.2m | Added +95.5k |
| AGF MANAGEMENT LTD 0.05% of their portfolio | 118.8k $12.9m | Added +2.7k |
| Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 115.0k $12.5m | Added +71.4k |
| CITIGROUP INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 111.8k $12.2m | Added +55.2k |
| AEGON ASSET MANAGEMENT UK Plc 0.13% of their portfolio | 111.6k $12.2m | Reduced -21.0k |
| Yelin Lapidot Holdings Management Ltd. 2.19% of their portfolio | 106.2k $11.6m | Unchanged |
| Guinness Asset Management LTD 0.19% of their portfolio | 105.7k $11.5m | Reduced -2.8k |
| Grantham, Mayo, Van Otterloo & Co. LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 99.1k $10.8m | Added +17.4k |
| RWC Asset Management LLP 0.40% of their portfolio | 97.3k $10.6m | Reduced -2.1k |
| GABELLI FUNDS LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 95.5k $10.4m | Reduced -600 |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 91.9k $10.0m | Added +1.6k |
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP 0.01% of their portfolio | 91.1k $9.9m | Added +61.1k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 90.0k $9.8m | Reduced -7.6k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.01% of their portfolio | 88.9k $9.7m | Reduced -18.3k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.01% of their portfolio | 84.4k $9.2m | Added +45.6k |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.00% of their portfolio | 83.2k $9.1m | Added +14.2k |
| GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. ET AL 0.08% of their portfolio | 82.7k $9.0m | Unchanged |
| Telemark Asset Management, LLC 0.63% of their portfolio | 80.0k $8.7m | Unchanged |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.00% of their portfolio | 74.7k $8.1m | Added +23.7k |
| MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.01% of their portfolio | 72.7k $7.9m | Added +6.7k |
| INTECH INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 70.6k $7.7m | Reduced -45.3k |
| CALIFORNIA STATE TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM 0.01% of their portfolio | 70.5k $7.7m | Added +873 |
| WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 0.00% of their portfolio | 69.8k $7.6m | Added +21.0k |
| MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.03% of their portfolio | 65.1k $7.1m | Added +3.1k |
| KLP KAPITALFORVALTNING AS 0.02% of their portfolio | 64.5k $7.0m | Reduced -11.4k |
| Universal- Beteiligungs- und Servicegesellschaft mbH 0.01% of their portfolio | 64.5k $7.0m | Added +2.7k |
| ALPS ADVISORS INC 0.03% of their portfolio | 62.1k $6.8m | Added +637 |
| MANUFACTURERS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, THE 0.01% of their portfolio | 59.0k $6.4m | Added +1.7k |
| Candriam S.C.A. 0.03% of their portfolio | 58.9k $6.4m | Reduced -13.1k |
| VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd 0.00% of their portfolio | 58.0k $6.3m | Added +6.3k |
| LGT CAPITAL PARTNERS LTD. 0.32% of their portfolio | 57.9k $6.3m | Added +41.2k |
| XTX Topco Ltd 0.08% of their portfolio | 57.7k $6.3m | Added +47.0k |
| LPL Financial LLC 0.00% of their portfolio | 55.0k $6.0m | Added +44.2k |
| DZ BANK AG Deutsche Zentral Genossenschafts Bank, Frankfurt am Main 0.00% of their portfolio | 54.2k $5.9m | Added +14.0k |
| Eos Management, L.P. 2.31% of their portfolio | 53.5k $5.8m | Added +7.6k |
| Walleye Trading LLC 0.08% of their portfolio | 53.1k $5.8m | Reduced -70.6k |
| Raiffeisen Bank International AG 0.07% of their portfolio | 50.8k $5.6m | Unchanged |
| EAGLE GLOBAL ADVISORS LLC 0.18% of their portfolio | 49.4k $5.4m | Added +26.0k |