WILLSCOT HLDGS CORP WSC
COM CL A · Common Stock · CUSIP 971378104 · ISIN US9713781048
Mobile offices and portable storage units provider
- SectorIndustrials
- IndustryServices-Miscellaneous Equipment Rental & Leasing
- HeadquartersScottsdale, AZ
- Founded2020
- Websitewillscotmobilemini.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 ($20.2m this quarter). Holder counts are more reliable. Shares outstanding: 197.3m as of 2023-07-28, 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 ≈ $47.76. Options: 11 managers hold calls ($26.7m notional), 11 hold puts ($32.3m).
Trends to Q2 2023
Institutional holders
Managers reporting a position, each quarter
Numbers
| Quarter | Holders |
|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | 374 |
| Q4 2022 | 402 |
| Q1 2023 | 425 |
| Q2 2023 | 422 |
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 | 166 | 209 |
| Q1 2023 | 210 | 190 |
| Q2 2023 | 191 | 226 |
Calls vs puts
Options held, notional value, last 4 quarters. P/C = puts ÷ calls
Numbers
| Quarter | Calls | Puts | P/C |
|---|---|---|---|
| Q3 2022 | $38.5m | $13.2m | 0.34 |
| Q4 2022 | $41.4m | $16.9m | 0.41 |
| Q1 2023 | $37.6m | $31.0m | 0.82 |
| Q2 2023 | $26.7m | $32.3m | 1.21 |
Biggest buyers
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ | Added | +4.2m |
| PointState Capital LP | New | +1.5m |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC | Added | +983.2k |
| Spyglass Capital Management LLC | New | +936.2k |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC | New | +894.8k |
| Man Group plc | New | +728.5k |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC | Added | +653.0k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD | Added | +615.6k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. | Added | +435.6k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC | Added | +326.4k |
Biggest sellers
| FMR LLC | Reduced | -20.0m |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. | Reduced | -1.6m |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC | Reduced | -1.4m |
| BlackRock Inc. | Reduced | -1.3m |
| Artemis Investment Management LLP | Reduced | -1.1m |
| Invesco Ltd. | Reduced | -909.0k |
| EMINENCE CAPITAL, LP | Reduced | -844.1k |
| VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. | Reduced | -760.0k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Reduced | -701.5k |
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. | Sold out | -630.0k |
Biggest calls
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Reduced | $10.7m223.9k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $5.9m123.5k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Unchanged | $4.2m87.5k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Unchanged | $1.8m37.5k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $1.8m36.7k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $1.3m27.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Reduced | $841.0k17.6k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $162.5k3.4k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $90.8k1.9k shares |
| CONCOURSE FINANCIAL GROUP SECURITIES, INC. | Unchanged | $00 shares |
Biggest puts
| SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP | Added | $12.6m264.4k shares |
| PEAK6 Investments LLC | Added | $4.7m98.7k shares |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC | Added | $4.5m94.4k shares |
| Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. | Unchanged | $4.2m87.5k shares |
| Caption Management, LLC | Added | $4.2m87.5k shares |
| SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC | Added | $807.0k16.9k shares |
| Walleye Capital LLC | Added | $487.5k10.2k shares |
| Walleye Trading LLC | Reduced | $458.8k9.6k shares |
| JANE STREET GROUP, LLC | New | $258.1k5.4k shares |
| GROUP ONE TRADING LLC | Added | $90.8k1.9k 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 |
|---|---|
| FMR LLC 13G · institution +1.7 pts · filed 2026-05-06 | 15.0% |
| BlackRock, Inc. 13G · institution new · filed 2025-04-03 | 11.8% |
| VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-29 | 5.1% |
| VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 13G · institution new · filed 2026-04-30 | 5.1% |
Fell to 5% or below in the last year: JPMORGAN CHASE & CO (4.4%, 2026-07-22), VANGUARD GROUP INC (0.0%, 2026-03-27; now reported by VANGUARD PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT LLC)
Insider purchases and sales in Q2 2023
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 2021 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Q4 2021 | 1 | $384.3k | 0 | — | — |
| Q1 2022 | 1 | $201.3k | 1 | $4.9m | — |
| Q2 2022 | 1 | $418.8k | 0 | — | — |
| Q3 2022 | 0 | — | 3 | $20.8m | — |
| Q4 2022 | 1 | $234.4k | 1 | $2.3m | — |
| Q1 2023 | 2 | $401.8k | 0 | — | — |
| Q2 2023 | 1 | $223.1k | 2 | $5.2m | — |
| Date | Insider | Trade | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-15 | Shanks Sally J Chief Accounting Officer | Sold | $496.3k10.5k shares |
| 2023-06-08 | SAGANSKY JEFFREY Director | Sold | $4.7m100.0k shares |
| 2023-05-02 | Soultz Bradley Lee Chief Executive Officer, director | Bought | $223.1k5.0k 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 2023
| Manager | Shares | Change |
|---|---|---|
| VANGUARD GROUP INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 19.1m $911.7m | Reduced -585.6k |
| FMR LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 18.0m $861.4m | Reduced -20.0m |
| BlackRock Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 11.7m $560.4m | Reduced -1.3m |
| PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 0.07% of their portfolio | 10.5m $501.4m | Added +4.2m |
| AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 0.09% of their portfolio | 6.1m $293.8m | Added +653.0k |
| Clearbridge Investments, LLC 0.24% of their portfolio | 5.5m $264.6m | Reduced -37.1k |
| Invesco Ltd. 0.06% of their portfolio | 4.4m $210.8m | Reduced -909.0k |
| JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.9m $185.3m | Added +43.7k |
| Capital World Investors 0.04% of their portfolio | 3.8m $183.6m | Unchanged |
| STATE STREET CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.1m $150.0m | Reduced -121.4k |
| GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 3.0m $144.2m | Reduced -15.6k |
| MORGAN STANLEY 0.01% of their portfolio | 3.0m $143.1m | Added +138.5k |
| BESSEMER GROUP INC 0.30% of their portfolio | 3.0m $142.2m | Added +326.4k |
| MACQUARIE GROUP LTD 0.16% of their portfolio | 3.0m $141.6m | Added +615.6k |
| DF DENT & CO INC 1.80% of their portfolio | 2.8m $133.1m | Added +89.4k |
| WESTFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO LP 0.82% of their portfolio | 2.7m $129.1m | Added +298.8k |
| WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.40% of their portfolio | 2.6m $123.3m | Added +183.1k |
| VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 0.12% of their portfolio | 2.3m $112.0m | Reduced -1.4m |
| COOPERMAN LEON G 5.83% of their portfolio | 2.2m $107.5m | Added +250.0k |
| DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 0.03% of their portfolio | 2.2m $106.6m | Reduced -245.2k |
| NORGES BANK 0.02% of their portfolio | 2.2m $104.9m | Added +134.7k |
| CONGRESS ASSET MANAGEMENT CO 0.86% of their portfolio | 2.1m $98.9m | Added +71.3k |
| Broad Bay Capital Management, LP 13.11% of their portfolio | 2.0m $97.3m | Reduced -150.0k |
| MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC 0.10% of their portfolio | 1.9m $90.3m | Added +983.2k |
| EMINENCE CAPITAL, LP 1.48% of their portfolio | 1.7m $82.4m | Reduced -844.1k |
| WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.7m $81.2m | Reduced -563.0k |
| LOOMIS SAYLES & CO L P 0.12% of their portfolio | 1.5m $72.8m | Reduced -551.4k |
| SAMLYN CAPITAL, LLC 1.24% of their portfolio | 1.5m $71.6m | Reduced -204.1k |
| JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 0.06% of their portfolio | 1.5m $70.5m | Reduced -73.2k |
| PointState Capital LP 2.68% of their portfolio | 1.5m $70.3m | New |
| BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC 0.25% of their portfolio | 1.4m $66.3m | Added +11.1k |
| CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 0.02% of their portfolio | 1.4m $64.6m | Reduced -28.2k |
| TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP 0.16% of their portfolio | 1.3m $63.9m | Reduced -6.2k |
| TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP 0.17% of their portfolio | 1.3m $63.8m | Reduced -200.9k |
| RIVERBRIDGE PARTNERS LLC 0.80% of their portfolio | 1.3m $63.6m | Reduced -25.1k |
| DENDUR CAPITAL LP 9.88% of their portfolio | 1.3m $61.2m | Added +131.2k |
| CITADEL ADVISORS LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 1.2m $58.6m | Reduced -701.5k |
| Driehaus Capital Management LLC 0.71% of their portfolio | 1.2m $55.9m | Reduced -478.9k |
| BISLETT MANAGEMENT, LLC 34.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $52.6m | Unchanged |
| BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.1m $52.5m | Reduced -471.0k |
| NORTHERN TRUST CORP 0.01% of their portfolio | 1.0m $49.9m | Added +11.4k |
| Swedbank AB 0.08% of their portfolio | 993.0k $47.5m | Added +72.7k |
| Qube Research & Technologies Ltd 0.18% of their portfolio | 975.9k $46.6m | Added +114.6k |
| Spyglass Capital Management LLC 3.23% of their portfolio | 936.2k $44.7m | New |
| NATIXIS ADVISORS, LLC 0.14% of their portfolio | 925.0k $44.2m | Added +37.4k |
| Chescapmanager LLC 10.51% of their portfolio | 916.3k $43.8m | Unchanged |
| SILVERCREST ASSET MANAGEMENT GROUP LLC 0.31% of their portfolio | 894.8k $42.8m | New |
| Artemis Investment Management LLP 0.50% of their portfolio | 876.9k $39.3m | Reduced -1.1m |
| Hudson Way Capital Management LLC 7.46% of their portfolio | 832.5k $39.8m | Reduced -134.5k |
| Aristotle Capital Boston, LLC 1.17% of their portfolio | 818.2k $39.1m | Reduced -215.7k |
| Granahan Investment Management, LLC 1.15% of their portfolio | 784.2k $37.5m | Reduced -9.5k |
| T. Rowe Price Investment Management, Inc. 0.02% of their portfolio | 759.6k $36.3m | Reduced -39.9k |
| Handelsbanken Fonder AB 0.19% of their portfolio | 738.6k $35.3m | Added +95.8k |
| Man Group plc 0.11% of their portfolio | 728.5k $34.8m | New |
| TEACHER RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF TEXAS 0.23% of their portfolio | 715.0k $34.2m | Added +267.1k |
| Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.01% of their portfolio | 708.1k $33.8m | Reduced -20.9k |
| PUTNAM INVESTMENTS LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 689.2k $32.9m | Reduced -150.9k |
| CORSAIR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. 11.03% of their portfolio | 678.0k $32.4m | Reduced -13.2k |
| No Street GP LP 3.80% of their portfolio | 675.0k $32.3m | Reduced -75.0k |
| Nuveen Asset Management, LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 666.3k $31.8m | Reduced -200.5k |
| Fisher Asset Management, LLC 0.02% of their portfolio | 656.5k $31.4m | Reduced -2.6k |
| Bayberry Capital Partners LP 10.95% of their portfolio | 655.0k $31.3m | Reduced -95.0k |
| Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.07% of their portfolio | 645.4k $30.8m | Reduced -401.0k |
| RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 640.2k $30.6m | Added +59.9k |
| Park West Asset Management LLC 2.68% of their portfolio | 639.8k $30.6m | Added +8.8k |
| PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 632.9k $30.2m | Added +212.8k |
| TimesSquare Capital Management, LLC 0.43% of their portfolio | 620.6k $29.7m | Added +241.4k |
| GILDER GAGNON HOWE & CO LLC 0.40% of their portfolio | 608.7k $29.1m | Reduced -881 |
| Allspring Global Investments Holdings, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 603.2k $28.8m | Added +161.4k |
| VAUGHAN NELSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, L.P. 0.32% of their portfolio | 597.3k $28.5m | Reduced -760.0k |
| Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.11% of their portfolio | 583.2k $27.9m | Reduced -1.6m |
| Philosophy Capital Management LLC 5.98% of their portfolio | 560.5k $26.8m | Reduced -88.7k |
| Melqart Asset Management (UK) Ltd 2.39% of their portfolio | 545.8k $26.1m | Reduced -361.9k |
| DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 0.01% of their portfolio | 507.3k $24.2m | Added +506 |
| Kepos Capital LP 4.38% of their portfolio | 500.0k $23.9m | First filing |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. 0.04% of their portfolio | 486.4k $23.2m | Added +115.5k |
| KENNEDY CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.53% of their portfolio | 474.2k $22.7m | Added +169.2k |
| Balyasny Asset Management L.P. 0.06% of their portfolio | 456.3k $21.8m | Added +435.6k |
| Swiss National Bank 0.01% of their portfolio | 448.0k $21.4m | Reduced -2.9k |
| CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 0.02% of their portfolio | 426.1k $20.4m | Added +15.5k |
| Cubist Systematic Strategies, LLC 0.22% of their portfolio | 413.9k $19.8m | Added +187.1k |
| Onex Canada Asset Management Inc. 1.18% of their portfolio | 409.0k $19.5m | Reduced -169.6k |
| FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP 0.02% of their portfolio | 400.4k $19.1m | Reduced -230.3k |
| FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 0.01% of their portfolio | 399.1k $19.1m | Added +18.5k |
| AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC 0.04% of their portfolio | 397.3k $18.9m | Reduced -7.4k |
| California Public Employees Retirement System 0.02% of their portfolio | 389.6k $18.6m | Reduced -18.0k |
| SEI INVESTMENTS CO 0.03% of their portfolio | 380.5k $18.2m | Reduced -10.5k |
| UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.01% of their portfolio | 378.3k $17.7m | Unchanged |
| WCM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.05% of their portfolio | 367.9k $17.6m | Added +24.0k |
| AGF MANAGEMENT LTD 0.13% of their portfolio | 366.2k $17.5m | Added +6.0k |
| ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP 0.16% of their portfolio | 338.6k $16.2m | Added +50.9k |
| Waterfront Capital Partners, LLC 1.34% of their portfolio | 333.4k $15.9m | Reduced -54.7k |
| PICTON MAHONEY ASSET MANAGEMENT 0.76% of their portfolio | 324.2k $15.5m | Reduced -12.1k |
| Davidson Kempner Capital Management LP 0.32% of their portfolio | 323.3k $15.4m | Reduced -99.6k |
| FULLER & THALER ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. 0.09% of their portfolio | 317.2k $15.2m | Added +31.5k |
| VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.07% of their portfolio | 316.7k $15.1m | Reduced -283.6k |
| ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 0.01% of their portfolio | 307.7k $14.7m | Added +56.3k |
| Compound Global Advisors, LLC 3.39% of their portfolio | 307.6k $14.7m | Added +126.0k |
| NATIONAL BANK OF CANADA /FI/ 0.03% of their portfolio | 289.9k $13.8m | Added +289.2k |
| Ensign Peak Advisors, Inc 0.03% of their portfolio | 280.1k $13.4m | Added +104.2k |