VUZI Insider Trading

Vuzix Corp. (VUZI) operates in the Technology sector, specifically the Consumer Electronics industry, with a market capitalization near $185.3M, listed on NASDAQ, employing roughly 88 people, carrying a beta of 1.75 to the broader market. Vuzix Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets artificial intelligence (AI)-powered smart glasses, waveguides, and augmented reality (AR) technologies in North America, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. Led by Paul J. Travers, public since 2010-04-05.

In the last 12 months, Vuzix Corp. insiders made 0 buy transactions and 4 sale transactions.

DateNameTypeSharesPriceValue
Jul 20, 2026Harned Timothy HeydenreichA-Award29,412$0.00$0
Jul 17, 2026Whitten-Doolin Paula BeckA-Award29,412$0.00$0
Jul 17, 2026MacKinnon Alasdair JohnA-Award29,412$0.00$0
May 27, 2026Whitten-Doolin Paula BeckS-Sale32,000$4.68$149.8K
May 21, 2026Harned Timothy HeydenreichS-Sale10,000$4.73$47.3K
Apr 30, 2026Russell GrantA-Award193,258$0.00$0
Apr 30, 2026Travers Paul JA-Award477,178$0.00$0
Apr 24, 2026Parkinson Christopher IainD-Return1,000,000$0.00$0
Mar 4, 2026Parkinson Christopher IainS-Sale11,663$2.69$31.4K
Dec 23, 2025Parkinson Christopher IainS-Sale9,457$2.92$27.6K

VUZI Insider Activity by Quarter

Reported Form 4 and Form 5 lines under VUZI's own SEC company ID, by transaction date, back to Q4 2024. Purchases and sales are code P / S (open market or private) in the company's shares; other lines are purchases and sales of other securities (options, warrants, preferred), awards, exercises, tax withholding, gifts and other acquisitions and dispositions. Later filings and amendments can change the current quarter. Earlier quarters are not shown: the filings read reach back to Sep 22, 2011, and a quarter counts only when every filing for it was read.

QuarterPurchasesBoughtSalesSoldOther Lines
Q4 2026 (so far)0N/A0N/A0
Q3 20260N/A0N/A3
Q2 20260N/A2$197.1K3
Q1 20260N/A1$31.4K0
Q4 20250N/A1$27.6K0
Q3 20250N/A0N/A7
Q2 20250N/A0N/A1
Q1 20250N/A0N/A9
Q4 20240N/A0N/A0

VUZI Institutional Ownership (13F)

As of Jun 30, 2026 (Q2 2026), 127 institutions reported holding 32,718,592 VUZI shares, valued at $94.8M as reported, 42.3% of its market cap (market cap of Jun 26, 2026). That is +11 institutions from the quarter before. Among managers whose reports for both quarters are comparable, 28 opened a position, 16 closed one, 44 added and 27 trimmed.

Top Holders, Q2 2026

ManagerSharesValueChange
STATE STREET CORP7,629,890$22.1M+309,977
AIGH Capital Management LLC6,745,667$19.6M+3,449,913
BlackRock, Inc.4,793,172$13.9M+28,577
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC3,123,693$9.1M+251,128
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC1,797,372$5.2M+168,663
Mitsubishi UFJ Asset Management Co., Ltd.761,265$2.2M-1,233,207
RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC742,199$2.2MNew
SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP725,578$2.1M-27,538
NORTHERN TRUST CORP587,749$1.7M+62,306
VANGUARD FIDUCIARY TRUST CO499,442$1.4M+36,520

By Quarter

QuarterInstitutionsSharesValue
Q2 202612732,718,592$94.8M
Q1 202611630,314,203$70.0M
Q4 202510328,705,344$108.6M
Q3 202511322,998,721$71.9M
Q2 202510724,040,727$70.2M
Q1 20259916,619,728$33.9M
Q4 20249411,657,637$46.0M
Q3 2024749,198,964$10.8M
Q2 202410217,248,914$23.3M

From the SEC's Form 13F data sets: investment managers with $100 million or more in Section 13(f) securities report their holdings each quarter, up to 45 days after it ends; a restated filing replaces the original, and values are as the managers reported them (a position whose price runs about 1,000 times below other managers', from a manager whose positions mostly do, is read as reported in thousands of dollars). The same shares can be reported by more than one manager, so totals can count some twice.

ETFs Holding VUZI

FundWeight of VUZIShares (as reported)Value (as reported)Source updated
KOMP State Street SPDR S&P Kensho New Economies Composite ETF0.58%5,699,901$15.7MOct 8, 2026
VTI Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF0.00%2,208,885$5.8MOct 7, 2026
IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF0.01%1,754,124$4.7MOct 8, 2026
VXF Vanguard Extended Market ETF0.00%810,481$2.1MOct 7, 2026
FITE State Street SPDR S&P Kensho Future Security ETF1.11%641,446$1.8MOct 8, 2026
IWO iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF0.01%593,728$1.6MOct 8, 2026
VTWO Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF0.01%399,271$1.0MOct 7, 2026
IWC iShares Micro-Cap ETF0.04%204,020$548.8KOct 8, 2026
VTWG Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth ETF0.01%75,029$195.8KOct 7, 2026
VERS ProShares - Metaverse ETF2.67%51,279$137.9KOct 8, 2026
QQQS Invesco NASDAQ Future Gen 200 ETF0.54%45,953$123.6KOct 8, 2026
RSSL Global X - Russell 2000 ETF0.01%30,856$90.4KOct 7, 2026
VTHR Vanguard Russell 3000 ETF0.00%4,978$13.0KOct 7, 2026
ITWO ProShares Russell 2000 High Income ETF0.01%3,785$10.2KOct 8, 2026
URTY ProShares - UltraPro Russell20000.00%2,663$7.2KOct 8, 2026

From each fund's latest holdings file on record that shows VUZI's listed security itself. A file counts when its line count is consistent with the fund's reported holdings count (at most twice it plus 10, or at most 1,000 lines for a reported count of exactly 10, which the data source gives many funds as a cap), read with that file or inherited from the fund's last classified file (within 20% of its line count, read within 60 days). Funds whose line for the company could not be confirmed as VUZI's listed security, or that hold it through underlying funds (look-through), are not listed. Only long positions count: a fund is left out when any of its lines for VUZI reports a negative weight, share count or value, or none of them above zero (a short position, or figures that disagree). Shares, value and weight are as reported in each fund's file, dated by the data source's last update of that file (not the date of the positions); the weight is VUZI's share of that fund.

VUZI Congress Trades

Members of Congress and their households disclosed 2 transactions in VUZI on file (0 purchases, 2 sales) by 1 member, the latest trade on Sep 3, 2026.

MemberChamberTypeAmountTradedDisclosed
Kevin Hern (R-OK-1)HouseSale (Full)$1,001 - $15,000Sep 3, 2026Sep 25, 2026
Kevin Hern (R-OK-1)HouseSale (Full)$1,001 - $15,000Jan 2, 2024Feb 11, 2024

From the periodic transaction reports members of the Senate and the House file under the STOCK Act, within 45 days of a trade (some file later); amounts are the ranges the reports give (a few give an exact amount), and a transaction a later report lists again is counted once. On file: House reports disclosed from Apr 10, 2023 through Oct 14, 2026; Senate reports disclosed from Jan 30, 2014 through Oct 7, 2026. The party is the member's on the trade date. A trade is listed under the company that traded under its ticker on the trade date (dated from Feb 1, 2021, unless the filing describes another company of ours; before that, only when the filing's description of the security is the company's name).

How to Read VUZI Insider Activity

Net insider sentiment skews to the sell side over the trailing twelve months: 4 sales versus 0 buys. Insider sales carry less informational weight than buys because they are often driven by liquidity, tax planning, or pre-scheduled Rule 10b5-1 trading plans rather than negative information. The transaction type alone does not say whether a sale was made on the open market or privately, or under a 10b5-1 plan; the filing's plan checkbox and footnotes do. The transaction table above includes the filer's reporting name, transaction type, share count, per-share price, and total dollar value where computable. For options traders, insider activity is one input to event-driven sizing alongside earnings calendar, analyst-rating cluster moves, and the implied-vol surface. Form 4 filings (the dominant Section 16 reporting form) must be submitted within two business days of the transaction; clusters of buys across multiple insiders within a short window are the strongest informational pattern. SEC EDGAR carries the underlying source filings for verification and additional historical depth.

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Frequently asked VUZI insider trading questions

How active are VUZI insiders right now?
Over the trailing twelve months, Vuzix Corp. (VUZI) insiders made 0 buy transactions and 4 sale transactions. Net insider sentiment over the trailing twelve months tilts to the sell side (4 sales vs 0 buys). The transaction list above shows the most recent filings; each entry includes the insider's name, transaction type, share count, and per-share price.
What counts as an insider transaction?
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act requires officers, directors, and 10% beneficial-owner shareholders to disclose changes in their holdings via Form 3 (initial statement), Form 4 (subsequent transactions, filed within two business days), and Form 5 (annual catch-up). Insider transactions cover open-market purchases and sales, exercise of stock options, gifts, and grants. The "transaction type" field on each row distinguishes these subcategories.
Are VUZI insider buys a bullish signal?
Insider purchases (Type P, made on the open market or privately; the code covers both) carry more informational weight than insider sales: an insider must commit personal capital, and the SEC scrutinizes purchases under Rule 10b5-1 for material non-public information. Sales, by contrast, are often driven by liquidity, tax planning, or pre-scheduled 10b5-1 trading plans rather than negative information. Cluster buying (multiple insiders buying within a short window) is a stronger signal than isolated buys.
How do VUZI insider transactions affect options pricing?
Insider transaction data does not directly drive implied volatility, but Form 4 disclosures can move single-name IV if the size or timing is unusual (e.g. a large CEO buy ahead of an earnings window). Options markets price the marginal informational content; routine transactions under pre-scheduled plans are typically ignored. For event-driven options sizing, pair the insider transaction history with the upcoming earnings calendar.