HCICU — Hennessy Capital Investment Corp. VIII
Price · 2026-02-05 → 2026-08-21
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Performance
Technicals
Measured signals that fired on HCICU
| date | signal | measured base rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | Volume shock without a price move price | -1.33% over 21 days · t = -4.53 · n = 16,432 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)
| date | insider | what | shares | price | value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-06 | Hennessy Capital Group LLC | Open-market purchase | 671.0K | 10.00 | 6.7M |
| 2026-02-06 | HC VIII Sponsor LLC | Open-market purchase | 671.0K | 10.00 | 6.7M |
| 2026-02-06 | HENNESSY DANIEL J Chairman and CEO | Open-market purchase | 671.0K | 10.00 | 6.7M |
| 2026-02-06 | Hennessy Thomas D President | Open-market purchase | 671.0K | 10.00 | 6.7M |
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
| manager | value | shares |
|---|---|---|
| Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. | 12.0M | 1.2M |
| Linden Advisors LP | 10.5M | 1.1M |
| Empyrean Capital Partners, LP | 10.0M | 1.0M |
| BNP PARIBAS FINANCIAL MARKETS | 8.3M | 830.6K |
| Shaolin Capital Management LLC | 7.5M | 750.0K |
| D. E. Shaw & Co., Inc. | 7.5M | 750.0K |
| AQR Arbitrage LLC | 6.2M | 622.7K |
| Magnetar Financial LLC | 6.0M | 600.0K |
| MOORE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP | 6.0M | 600.0K |
| ARISTEIA CAPITAL, L.L.C. | 5.9M | 585.3K |
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 →
Latest SEC filings
| form | filed | period | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10-Q | 2026-08-12 | 2026-06-30 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| SCHEDULE 13G | 2026-05-13 | — | on EDGAR ↗ |
| SCHEDULE 13G | 2026-05-12 | — | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 10-Q | 2026-05-12 | 2026-03-31 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 10-K | 2026-03-30 | 2025-12-31 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 8-K | 2026-03-24 | 2026-03-24 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 8-K | 2026-02-12 | 2026-02-06 | on EDGAR ↗ |
| 3 | 2026-02-11 | 2026-02-04 | on EDGAR ↗ |
Short selling
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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