ESQ — Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc.

US Financials Banks equity mkt cap 1.4B
115.31 +1.65% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 92.91 · high 132.92

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Performance

1 day+1.65%
1 week-9.96%
1 month-0.61%
3 months+3.87%
6 months+7.25%
Year to date+13.82%
1 year+19.12%
3 years+139.23%
5 years+347.98%

Technicals

RSI 1428.3
vs 50-day avg-5.24%
vs 200-day avg+4.53%
Volatility 1y32.5%
Max drawdown 1y-15.58%
Avg volume 30d149.6K
Daily bars held2,301
History from2017-06-27

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)0.67%
Paid last 12m0.7750
Payments in 12m4
Paying since2022-05-13

Measured signals that fired on ESQ

datesignal measured base rate
2026-08-17Fair value gap, bearish
structure
-0.45% over 21 days · t = -3.29 · n = 108,591
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-05Breakout to a 52-week high
price
-1.00% over 21 days · t = -8.58 · n = 24,386
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-04Equal highs taken out
structure
-0.70% over 21 days · t = -8.28 · n = 68,636
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-08-03Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression
structure
-0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-29Fair value gap, bullish
structure
-0.67% over 21 days · t = -6.43 · n = 111,973
statistically distinguishable from its control group
2026-07-29Bollinger bandwidth breaks out of its own compression
structure
-0.63% over 21 days · t = -2.80 · n = 7,196
statistically distinguishable from its control group

Excess return against a matched control group, on a point-in-time universe that includes delisted companies. Most families do not survive that. How the measurement works →

Insider transactions (Form 4)

dateinsiderwhatshares pricevalue
2026-08-07Coelho Anthony
Director
Option exercise20.0K12.50250.0K
2026-08-07Coelho Anthony
Director
Shares withheld for tax1.9K131.38249.9K
2026-08-04CARONIA LEONARD
Director
Option exercise2.2K19.5743.7K
2026-08-04CARONIA LEONARD
Director
Shares withheld for tax335130.3143.7K
2026-08-01CARONIA LEONARD
Director
Grant or award98.9K
2026-08-01O'ROURKE MICHAEL G
President of Chicago Bank Div
Grant or award66.7K
2026-08-01O'ROURKE MICHAEL G
President of Chicago Bank Div
Grant or award18.6K
2026-07-30Mitzman Robert
Director
Open-market sale3.0K129.60388.8K
2026-03-19ZISES SELIG
Director
Open-market sale3.0K105.00315.0K
2026-03-19Powers Richard T
Director
Open-market sale2.3K104.83241.9K

Open-market purchases (code P) are the informative ones. Grants, option exercises and tax withholding are compensation mechanics, not decisions. How to read a Form 4 →

Largest institutional holders

managervalueshares
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.78.0M725.2K
BlackRock, Inc.59.2M550.3K
WASATCH ADVISORS LP37.0M344.0K
VANGUARD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC33.5M311.8K
Copeland Capital Management, LLC32.7M304.6K
BASSWOOD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.28.9M268.7K
STATE STREET CORP28.6M266.3K
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC24.7M229.9K
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC24.2M224.8K
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP21.6M200.8K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d69.5% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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