Flowserve (FLS)
Industrials · industrial machinery and flow control · NYSE
Flowserve provides essential fluid motion and control systems, specializing in engineered pumps, precision valves, and mechanical seals for critical industrial infrastructure.
What Flowserve does
Flowserve is a global provider of fluid motion control products and services, primarily focused on the design, manufacture, and maintenance of pumps, valves, and seals. The company serves a diverse range of critical industries including oil and gas, chemical, power generation, and general industrial applications. Flowserve offers comprehensive lifecycle management through its aftermarket service network, providing repair, upgrade, and monitoring solutions for fluid management systems.
Themes: fluid management infrastructure, industrial automation and control, aftermarket services and maintenance, energy infrastructure support
Fundamentals
- Price$69.65 as of 2026-10-08 close
- Market cap$8.9B as of 2026-07-21 (share count; price 2026-10-08)
- 1-year return+32.9% 2025-10-08 close $52.42 → 2026-10-08 close $69.65
- P/E24.42 as of 2026-10-08
- ROE+15.4% FY2025, SEC XBRL
- Debt / equity0.94 as of 2026-09-03
- Revenue growth (YoY)-0.3% as of 2026-09-03
- Beta1.52 as of 2026-09-03
- Last reported earnings2026-07-29 SEC EDGAR Form 8-K (Item 2.02)
Dividend: yield +1.2%; 12-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC XBRL).
How FLS compares in its sector
- price-to-earnings ratiomiddle range 349 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-10-08
- return on equitymiddle range 432 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- indicated dividend yieldmiddle range 271 covered Industrials peers, as of 2026-09-03
- free cash flow (absolute dollars, latest fiscal year)middle range 417 covered Industrials peers, as of FY2025
Position among covered Industrials companies that report each metric (minimum 5 peers). A relative position within our covered catalog — not a valuation, quality, or investment judgment. A higher percentile is simply a higher value (for P/E, more expensive on earnings — never "better"). Informational only.
Top 10 scores & list membership
FLS is not currently in any published Top 10 list. Its scores are below.
Top 10 score
44.7 #1008 of 1,379 scored · #175 of 238 in Industrials
Capital return 71st (consecutive years of dividend increases 12 years, net share count bought back over the year 1) and profitability 64th (return on equity 15.4%); weakest is growth (14th, revenue growth year over year -0.3%).
Scores as of 8 Oct 2026. Each bar is a percentile: how this company ranked against every company the score ranked, 0–100. A list is a published formula and its output, not a recommendation. Method version 4.
Dividend coverage (FY2025)
Covered by reported results. In FY2025, FLS's dividend was covered by reported results (earnings payout 32%, free-cash-flow payout 25%). This describes past coverage, not a forecast.
- Earnings payout32% dividends / net income
- Free-cash-flow payout25% dividends / (operating cash flow − capex)
Coverage derived from reported SEC EDGAR XBRL figures for FY2025 (dividends paid vs. net income and free cash flow, same fiscal year). This describes PAST coverage for one fiscal year — it does not predict whether a dividend will be maintained, raised, or cut, and a one-year payout ratio can be distorted by non-recurring items. Informational only — not financial advice.
How Flowserve looks technically
Flowserve (FLS) is trading 8.7% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend. Its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 8 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal. There is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 20, below the 25 that marks a real trend), though sellers have been pushing harder than buyers lately — pressure, not a trend. Momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 34, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30). MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 2 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative). It just made a new 20-day low, its first since 2026-07-22, breaking below its recent trading range. It is 24.6% below its highest point of the past year.
Trend
8
| Distance from the 200-day | it is trading 8.7% below its 200-day average, the long-term trend line — a long-term downtrend | -8.7% |
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| 50-day moving average | its average price over the last 50 trading days — a short-term trend line — is $76.65 | $76.65 |
| 200-day moving average | its average price over the last 200 trading days — the long-term trend line — is $76.31 | $76.31 |
| Swing structure | each recent peak has been lower than the one before it and each dip deeper — the pattern chart-watchers call a downtrend, which describes where price has already been and not where it goes next | lower highs and lower lows |
| Last swing turn | its last significant turn was a swing high 15 calendar days ago — the swings before that are what the structure reading is measured on | 15 sessions |
| Wave structure | its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five; the labelling fails if price closes above 77.77. It is one of several labellings that fit, and it describes the swings already printed, not what comes next. The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C. | possible downward five-wave sequence, in wave 3 (one of several readings) |
| Since the 50/200 cross | its 50-day average crossed above its 200-day average about 8 trading days ago — a "golden cross", a bullish long-term signal | 8 sessions |
| Trend strength (14-day ADX) | there is no clear trend right now — the price is choppy (ADX, a 0–100 trend-strength gauge, is 20, below the 25 that marks a real trend), though sellers have been pushing harder than buyers lately — pressure, not a trend | 19.5 |
Momentum
3
| 14-day RSI | momentum is neutral — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 34, neither overbought (above 70) nor oversold (below 30) | 33.9 |
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| Position in its 14-day range | it is trading near the bottom of its 14-day range ($68.80 to $77.77) — its "stochastic" reading is 9 out of 100, where 0 would mean closing exactly at the 14-session low and 100 exactly at the high. This measures WHERE the price sits inside its recent range, which is a different question from the RSI beside it: RSI is a momentum gauge, measuring how FAST the price has been moving, so a stock can drift quietly to the bottom of its range with an ordinary RSI, or fall sharply and still sit in the middle. It has been slipping within that range over the last few sessions. | 9.5 |
| Since the MACD crossed zero | MACD, a trend-momentum gauge, turned bearish about 2 trading days ago (its momentum flipped negative) | 2 sessions |
Range
12
| 52-week high | its highest closing price over the past year (about 252 trading days) was $92.38 | $92.38 |
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| From the 52-week high | it is 24.6% below its 52-week high (its highest price of the past year) | -24.6% |
| Above the 52-week low | it is 43.0% above its 52-week low (its lowest price of the past year) | +43.0% |
| Below the 52-week high | it is 24.6% below its highest point of the past year | 24.6% |
| Since a 20-day breakout | it just made a new 20-day low, its first since 2026-07-22, breaking below its recent trading range | 1 session |
| Since a 55-day breakout | it made a new 55-day high about 31 trading days ago | 31 sessions |
| All-time high | its highest closing price on record is $92.38 (set on 2026-02-26) | $92.38 |
| Given back of the 52-week move | over the past year its closes ranged ($49.09 to $92.04), and it has given back around half of its rise from last year’s low — 52% of it. Chart-watchers call 61.8%-65% given back the "golden pocket" — for this company that is $64.12 to $65.50. It is watched widely enough that orders cluster there, which is the honest reason it matters; it is not a forecast. | 52.1% |
| From the all-time high | it is 24.6% below its all-time high | -24.6% |
| Nearest price level | it is trading 1.5% above a support level at $68.58 — a price it turned at five times since 2025-12-17, most recently on 2026-09-14. Since 2024-10-08 it has 10 such levels below the current price and 4 above. Levels like these describe where the price has reversed or paused before; they are not a forecast of where it will go. | -1.5% |
| All-time low | its lowest closing price on record is $10.08 (set on 2005-07-08) | $10.08 |
| Above the all-time low | it is 591.0% above its all-time low | +591.0% |
Volatility
5
| Band width vs its own 6 months | day-to-day price swings are narrower than usual versus its own recent 6-month history (tighter than about 89% of it) | 11th percentile |
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| Typical daily range | in a typical session it travels about $2.47 between its high and its low — about 3.6% of its price. That is its "average true range" over the last 14 sessions, which also counts the distance from the previous close, so a day that opens well away from yesterday counts as the large move it was | $2.47 |
| Bollinger bands (20-day, ±2σ) | most of its recent trading has stayed between about $69.89 and $77.19 — the "Bollinger bands", a range drawn two standard deviations either side of its 20-day average price, which widens when the stock gets more volatile and narrows when it settles | $69.89 – $73.54 – $77.19 |
| Typical daily range (% of price) | its price moves about 3.6% in a typical session — about typical for the companies we cover. This is the average gap between a session's high and low over the last 14 sessions, counting overnight moves, expressed against the current price so it can be compared with companies trading at any price | 3.5% |
| Stretch from the 200-day average | it is trading 2.7 daily ranges below its 200-day average price (8.7% below it in plain percentage terms) — a way of asking how far it has stretched from its own average in units of how far it normally moves in a day, so a calm company and a jumpy one can be compared on the same scale | 2.7 daily ranges below its 200-day average |
Volume
1
| Volume vs its 30-day average | trading volume is about normal versus its 30-day average | 1.20× |
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Analyst
2
| Change in the average price target | analysts have cut their average price target by 0.1% since the prior reading | -0.1% |
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| Change in the consensus rating | the analyst consensus rating is unchanged since the prior reading | unchanged |
Candlestick patterns
2
| Since a doji | today it opened and closed at almost the same price after trading through a wider range — a "doji", the classic picture of buyers and sellers finishing the session level | today |
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| Since a bearish engulfing | 5 sessions ago it opened above the previous session's close and finished below that session's open — a "bearish engulfing" pair, where one down day more than undid the up day before it | 5 sessions ago |
Price gaps
2
| Gap at the open | it opened on 2026-10-08 1.2% below the previous session's close — an overnight gap, the part of the move that happened while the market was shut, and had not traded back through that level by the close | -1.2% |
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| Gap filled | a 2.5% gap up opened on 2026-09-17 has been "filled" 5 sessions ago — price traded back through the level the gap left behind, and it took 10 sessions to close | 5 sessions ago |
Price streaks
1
| Closing streak | it has closed lower 4 sessions in a row, a -6.35% move over the run — an unbroken run of down days, which describes what has already happened and says nothing about the next session | 4 sessions down |
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Relative strength
4
| vs market, 1 month | over the past 1 month this stock lagged the market by 10.6 percentage points (the stock lost 9.5% while the market gained 1.0%) | -10.6% |
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| vs market, 3 months | over the past 3 months this stock lagged the market by 2.9 percentage points (the stock gained 0.9% while the market gained 3.8%) | -2.9% |
| vs market, 6 months | over the past 6 months this stock lagged the market by 25.7 percentage points (the stock lost 8.3% while the market gained 17.5%) | -25.7% |
| vs market, 12 months | over the past 12 months this stock beat the market by 17.9 percentage points (the stock gained 32.9% while the market gained 15.0%) | +17.9% |
Signal agreement
2
| Bullish technical signals | 2 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bullish state: a "golden cross" — its 50-day average is above its 200-day, near the bottom of its 14-day range (oversold) — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 2 of 9 |
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| Bearish technical signals | 5 of the 9 technical signals we can compute for it are currently in a bearish state: trading below its 200-day average, a fresh 20-day low, MACD momentum is negative, lagging the market over 6 months, trading below the Ichimoku cloud — these describe past price behaviour, not a forecast | 5 of 9 |
Trend (Ichimoku cloud)
1
| Vs the Ichimoku cloud | trading 6.9% below the Ichimoku cloud — a band drawn from where its own highs and lows sat up to 2026-09-01 and projected forward over today's price, the side traders read as an established downtrend, with the band above acting as the level that would have to be cleared. The band itself is moderate, spanning 4.4% of the share price. | -6.9% |
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Volume-weighted price
2
| Vs this year’s average price paid | the price is 9% below the average price paid so far this year, so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $76.40 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 190 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -8.8% |
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| Vs the average paid since it last reported | the price is 9% below the average price paid since it last reported on 2026-07-29 (its 10-Q), so the typical buyer over that stretch is under water. That average is $76.20 — a volume-weighted average of daily closes over 51 sessions, not a true tick-by-tick VWAP. | -8.6% |
Price levels it has turned at before
FLS last closed at $69.65 on 2026-10-08. Since 2024-10-08 it has turned at 10 prices below its last close and 4 above; the 3 nearest below and the 3 nearest above are listed, nearest first.
| Level | Side | Distance | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| $68.58 | Support | 1.5% below the last close | turned there five times · 2025-12-17 to 2026-09-14 |
| $72.48 | Resistance | 4.1% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-11-03 to 2026-06-05 |
| $64.88 | Support | 6.8% below the last close | turned there twice · 2025-01-22 to 2025-11-14 |
| $74.70 | Resistance | 7.3% above the last close | turned there twice · 2025-12-11 to 2026-07-06 |
| $63.64 | Support | 8.6% below the last close | turned there three times · 2025-02-07 to 2026-05-19 |
| $76.90 | Resistance | 10.4% above the last close | turned there five times · 2026-01-28 to 2026-09-23 |
A level is a price this company reversed or paused at more than once — they describe past behaviour, not a forecast of where the price will go.
Wave structure
Its recent swings can be read as a five-part downward sequence — what Elliott-wave chartists call an impulse — now in leg 3 of five.
This labelling fails — stops being a possible reading at all — if it closes above $77.77.
This is one of several labellings that fit the same swings, so treat it as a reading rather than the reading. It was chosen from 2 labellings that survived the rules, counting shorter readings of the same bars.
On past moves of this shape the leg has usually ended somewhere between $53.51 and $62.78 — that is where it has tended to end if the count holds, not a forecast of where the price goes.
Alternate reading: The same swings also read as a three-part correction in leg C, which fails on a close above $77.77.
This reading has stood for 7 trading days, since 2026-09-30.
Read from daily closes as of 2026-10-08.
An Elliott-wave count describes the swings already printed and the level that would disprove it. It is not a forecast, a target, or advice.
Screens: Trading below the 200-day moving average · Recent golden cross (50-day crossed above 200-day) · Pulled back from the 12-month high · Broke down to a new 20-day low · MACD just crossed bearish (12/26/9) · trendless / choppy (low ADX) | Learn: moving average · golden cross · adx · rsi · macd · breakout · fifty two week high low
Based on daily closing prices as of 2026-10-08. Describes past price behavior only — informational, not financial advice.
Analyst consensus
- Consensus ratingBuy (1.82 mean, 1=Strong Buy…5=Strong Sell) — 10 analysts
- Mean price target$89.00 range $70.00 – $100.00; median $91.50
Analyst estimates, as of 2026-10-09. These are third-party analyst opinions and price targets, aggregated — not a recommendation, prediction, or advice from stocks-llm. Informational only.
Analyst EPS estimate for FLS
- Consensus EPS estimate$0.9853 next reporting period, as of 2026-10-09
- Estimate change, 30 days-$0.00705 (-0.7%) from $0.9924, on 2026-09-04, 35-day window
- Readings revised upward11% of 9 comparable readings
The consensus estimate for the next reporting period, and how it has moved between readings of that SAME period. A change is measured only between readings estimating one period — when a company reports, the consensus moves to the next quarter and the two numbers are not comparable. Informational only, not a forecast and not advice.
Key risks (from latest filing)
["exposure to global economic volatility and cyclical demand in end-markets like oil and gas","risks associated with international operations and foreign currency fluctuations","challenges in integrating acquisitions or managing complex global supply chains"]
What changed in the latest 10-Q
AI-assisted comparison of FLS's 10-Q filed 2026-07-29 against the prior one filed 2026-04-29.
Management's Discussion & Analysis (MD&A)
- Added:
- Newer filing (2026-07-29): changed 'footprint of manufacturing facilities and QRCs in more than 48 countries' to 'footprint of manufacturing facilities and QRCs in 48 countries'.
- Newer filing (2026-07-29): changed 'capital and operating spending of global infrastructure industries' to 'operating and capital spending of global infrastructure industries'.
- Newer filing (2026-07-29): expanded segment bullet descriptions to include 'Flowserve Pumps Division ("FPD")' and 'Flow Control Division ("FCD")' instead of abbreviations only.
- Newer filing (2026-07-29): updated cash and cash equivalents from $792.4 million as of March 31, 2026 to $731.0 million as of June 30, 2026.
- Newer filing (2026-07-29): updated borrowings available from $470.7 million under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement to $763.3 million under the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
- Newer filing (2026-07-29): updated heading from 'RESULTS OF OPERATIONS — Three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025' to 'OUR RESULTS OF OPERATIONS — Three and Six months ended June 30, 2026 and 2025'.
- Removed:
- Older filing (2026-04-29): included 'more than' in describing QRC footprint ('in more than 48 countries'); the newer filing omits 'more than'.
- Older filing (2026-04-29): stated cash and cash equivalents of $792.4 million as of March 31, 2026; newer filing reports $731.0 million as of June 30, 2026 and omits the March 31 figure.
- Older filing (2026-04-29): stated $470.7 million of borrowings available under the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement; newer filing omits this and reports $763.3 million under the Third Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.
- Older filing (2026-04-29): heading 'RESULTS OF OPERATIONS — Three months ended March 31, 2026 and 2025' omitted in newer filing.
- Reworded:
- Changed phrase 'capital and operating spending' (older, 2026-04-29) to 'operating and capital spending' (newer, 2026-07-29).
- Changed 'in more than 48 countries' (older, 2026-04-29) to 'in 48 countries' (newer, 2026-07-29).
- Changed segment bullet descriptions from 'FPD designs...' and 'FCD designs...' (older) to 'Flowserve Pumps Division ("FPD") designs...' and 'Flow Control Division ("FCD") designs...' (newer).
- Changed liquidity paragraph date reference from 'As of March 31, 2026' (older) to 'As of June 30, 2026' (newer).
- Notes:
- Comparison limited to the excerpted portions of the MD&A provided; further changes beyond the truncated text may exist but could not be assessed.
- Both texts end mid-sentence; full Results of Operations section beyond the provided excerpt was not compared.
Risk Factors
The two filings could not be meaningfully compared for this section.
AI-assisted comparison of two SEC filing sections. It describes wording and theme changes only, makes no materiality, legal, or investment judgement, and is not financial advice. Informational only — not financial advice.
Insider activity (SEC Form 4)
No open-market insider purchases or sales recorded in the last 90 days, of which we have read Form 4 filings through 2026-10-04. The 5 days since 2026-10-04 have not been checked yet.
- Last 180 days · read to 2026-10-042 buys ($231615) · 0 sells — 2 buying insiders
Most recent open-market transaction: 2026-05-18. Based on Form 4 filings read through 2026-10-04; anything filed since is not yet included.
View full insider trading history → View SEC Form 3/4/5 filingsAsk about FLS's insider activity →
Only open-market purchases (SEC code P) and sales (code S) are counted here. Option exercises, vesting/awards, gifts, and shares withheld for taxes are excluded — they are compensation or mechanical, not open-market conviction. Sales may be planned and non-discretionary (e.g. a Rule 10b5-1 plan) and are not necessarily bearish; open-market buying is not a recommendation to buy. Informational only — not financial advice.
Institutional ownership (13F)
5 institutional 13F filers reported holding FLS as of 2026-06-30 (quarter-end position, filed within 45 days).
- Distinct 13F filers 5
- Reported shares held 19,123,452
- Reported value $1,419,111,359
reported quarterly holdings change (2026-03-31 → 2026-06-30): 0 new, 3 increased, 2 decreased, 0 exited. Change counts cover only managers that filed 13F reports in BOTH quarters, derived between two quarter-end snapshots — not same-day trades; a single manager is never said to have "bought" or "sold".
Institutional holdings are quarter-end long positions reported on SEC Form 13F-HR, filed up to 45 days after the quarter ends — they are delayed, are not real-time trades, exclude short positions and most non-US securities, and are not investment advice. Any increase/decrease is a reported change between two quarterly snapshots, not a same-day purchase or sale. These are quarter-end snapshots from the 13F filings on SEC EDGAR, filed within 45 days — not real-time, and any change is a difference between two quarterly reports, not a same-day trade. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Short interest (FINRA)
FLS had 7,922,558 shares of reported short interest as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (delayed, bi-monthly; not real-time).
FLS had 6.23% of its shares outstanding sold short as of the 2026-09-15 FINRA settlement date (percent of FLOAT would be higher — float is not disclosed in the source). FINRA reported 4.66 days to cover at the same settlement.
- Reported short interest (shares) 7,922,558
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding) 6.23%
- Prior settlement (shares) 7,980,015
- Reported change -0.72%
- Days to cover (reported) 4.66
Reported to FINRA as of the 2026-09-15 settlement date. Short interest is reported to FINRA and published on a delayed, bi-monthly schedule (as of a settlement date, disseminated roughly eight business days later) — it is NOT real-time, does not cover every venue or all US trading, and is not a short-squeeze prediction or investment advice. Days-to-cover is the value FINRA reports; percent of float is not shown because the source file carries no share-count denominator — where a percent appears it is of shares OUTSTANDING, the larger base, and is therefore a floor on percent of float. Informational only — not financial advice.
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Frequently asked questions
What does Flowserve (FLS) do?
Flowserve is a global provider of fluid motion control products and services, primarily focused on the design, manufacture, and maintenance of pumps, valves, and seals. The company serves a diverse range of critical industries including oil and gas, chemical, power generation, and general industrial applications. Flowserve offers comprehensive lifecycle management through its aftermarket service network, providing repair, upgrade, and monitoring solutions for fluid management systems.
What sector is Flowserve (FLS) in?
Flowserve (FLS) is classified in the Industrials sector. Its industry is industrial machinery and flow control. It trades on NYSE.
Does FLS pay a dividend?
Yes — Flowserve (FLS) pays a dividend, with an indicated yield of about 1.19% and 12-year non-decreasing per-share dividend streak (SEC EDGAR XBRL) (market data, as of 2026-09-03). Informational only — not financial advice.
Who are Flowserve's (FLS) competitors?
Notable peers of Flowserve (FLS) include Sulzer, ITT Inc., Crane Co., Pentair and Emerson Electric. This peer set is informational only — not financial advice.
Is Flowserve (FLS) overbought or oversold right now?
Flowserve (FLS) is currently neither overbought nor oversold — its 14-day RSI (a 0–100 momentum gauge) is 34, in the neutral middle (as of 2026-10-08). RSI describes recent price momentum, not a forecast — informational only, not financial advice.
Where does stocks-llm's data on FLS come from?
Fundamentals come from SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest; prices are market data, as of 2026-09-03; company filings and profile facts come from SEC EDGAR. All figures are delayed daily-close data shown with their as-of date — informational only, not financial advice.
Fundamentals: SEC XBRL company filings for the figures marked with a fiscal year, and market data, as of 2026-09-03 for the rest. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-10-08.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & market data, shown with their as-of date.