Potbelly Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

NasdaqGS:PBPB Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
07 Jan 25	BuyUS$70,149	David Nierenberg	Individual	7,600	US$9.24
18 Dec 24	BuyUS$44,367	David Nierenberg	Individual	4,740	US$9.40
07 Aug 24	BuyUS$485,600	Nierenberg Investment Management Company, Inc.	Company	74,345	US$6.62
23 May 24	BuyUS$13,638	Adam Noyes	Individual	1,614	US$8.45
22 May 24	BuyUS$8,720	Lynette McKee	Individual	1,000	US$8.72
15 May 24	BuyUS$10,007	Steven Cirulis	Individual	1,141	US$8.77
15 May 24	BuyUS$12,963	Robert Wright	Individual	1,450	US$8.94
15 Mar 24	BuyUS$20,335	Robert Wright	Individual	1,750	US$11.62
12 Mar 24	BuyUS$11,650	Steven Cirulis	Individual	1,000	US$11.65
11 Mar 24	BuyUS$303,460	180 Degree Capital Corp.	Company	25,500	US$11.90
07 Mar 24	SellUS$5,887,487	180 Degree Capital Corp.	Company	433,222	US$13.59

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: PBPB insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of PBPB?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
Hedge Funds	2,980,564	9.96%
General Public	3,112,070	10.4%
Individual Insiders	3,845,446	12.8%
Institutions	19,999,010	66.8%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 72.33% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
9.96%	Nierenberg Investment Management Company, Inc.	2,980,564	US$37.8m	5.33%	19.25%
6.68%	BlackRock, Inc.	1,999,733	US$25.4m	4.49%	no data
4.81%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	1,439,104	US$18.2m	1.74%	no data
4.57%	Christopher Woodruff	1,369,008	US$17.4m	0%	no data
4.31%	Punch & Associates Investment Management, Inc.	1,290,355	US$16.4m	3.8%	0.88%
4.01%	Renaissance Technologies LLC	1,201,854	US$15.2m	-6.02%	0.02%
3.79%	180 Degree Capital Corp.	1,135,122	US$14.4m	4.02%	27.27%
3.71%	First Eagle Investment Management, LLC	1,111,828	US$14.1m	9.94%	0.02%
3.1%	Heartland Advisors, Inc.	928,600	US$11.8m	16.4%	0.6%
3.01%	Portolan Capital Management, LLC	902,529	US$11.4m	21.7%	0.78%
2.35%	Robert Wright	704,036	US$8.9m	3.47%	no data
2.03%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	608,336	US$7.7m	3.61%	no data
1.8%	Hodges Capital Management Inc	539,915	US$6.8m	42.1%	0.4%
1.77%	Soviero Asset Management, LP	530,000	US$6.7m	-27.6%	5.72%
1.71%	Vann A. Avedisian Trust U/A	513,163	US$6.5m	0%	no data
1.7%	Archon Capital Management LLC	507,940	US$6.4m	-27.5%	7.69%
1.68%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	502,752	US$6.4m	0.6%	no data
1.67%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	498,915	US$6.3m	1.43%	no data
1.62%	Silvercrest Asset Management Group LLC	483,763	US$6.1m	-0.65%	0.04%
1.59%	Ancora Advisors LLC	474,831	US$6.0m	5.23%	0.13%
1.59%	Millennium Management LLC	474,796	US$6.0m	54.3%	no data
1.34%	Western Standard, LLC	400,769	US$5.1m	-50%	4.62%
1.29%	Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund	387,114	US$4.9m	77%	no data
1.15%	Arrowstreet Capital, Limited Partnership	343,188	US$4.4m	266%	no data
1.08%	Russell Investment Management, LLC	324,066	US$4.1m	141%	no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/01/31 23:14
End of Day Share Price	2025/01/31 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/29
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Potbelly Corporation is covered by 9 analysts. 4 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
David Tarantino	Baird
Todd Brooks	Benchmark Company
Gregory Francfort	BofA Global Research