SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC. - Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (SPE) Institutional Ownership

13F Institutional Holders and Ownership History from Q1 2014 to Q4 2025

Type / Class
Equity / Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share
Symbol
SPE on NYSE
Shares outstanding
10,626,898
Price per share
$14.69
All holders as of 30 Sep 2025
Q3 2025
Total 13F shares
3,144,555
Total reported value
$48,742,912
% of total 13F portfolios
0%
Share change
+196,608
Value change
+$3,047,647
Number of holders
41
Price from insider filings
$14.69
Reported Shares, Excluding Options vs Price
Reported Value, Excluding Options
Total Investors

Significant Owners of SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC. - Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (SPE) based on Schedule 13D/G filings

Filer Ownership Change % Holdings Value Net Change Nb Shares Change % Reporting Name Report Period
Kovitz Investment Group Partners, LLC 14% $21,359,531 1,439,321 Kovitz Investment Group Partners, LLC 31 Aug 2025
Focus Partners Wealth 13% $21,154,499 1,377,246 Focus Partners Wealth 01 Jan 2026

As of 30 Sep 2025, 41 institutional investors reported holding 3,144,555 shares of SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC. - Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (SPE). This represents 30% of the company’s total 10,626,898 outstanding shares.

Top 25 Institutional Shareholders

The largest institutional shareholders of SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC. - Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (SPE) together control 29% of the company’s outstanding shares — a level of ownership often associated with strong institutional conviction and long‑term capital commitment.

Institution Ownership % Shares Held Share Change % Portfolio % Holdings Value
Kovitz Investment Group Partners, LLC 13% 1,383,383 -6.4% 0.08% $21,442,446
Shaker Financial Services, LLC 3.3% 354,678 +33% 1.9% $5,497,509
BLUE BELL PRIVATE WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC 2.6% 272,298 +10% 0.64% $4,220,623
GatePass Capital, LLC 1.3% 134,300 +51% 1.2% $2,081,650
CSS LLC/IL 1.1% 115,979 -1.9% 0.11% $1,797,674
Advisors Asset Management, Inc. 1.1% 112,397 -1.6% 0.03% $1,742,154
SCOTIA CAPITAL INC. 1% 107,016 +1.2% 0.01% $1,658,753
SEVEN MILE ADVISORY 1% 106,074 0.27% $1,644,145
RIVERNORTH CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 0.97% 103,125 -0.35% 0.09% $1,598,438
MORGAN STANLEY 0.76% 80,300 +13% 0% $1,244,660
Cetera Investment Advisers 0.3% 31,826 +36% 0% $493,317
FIRST MANHATTAN CO. LLC. 0.3% 31,510 0% 0% $488,405
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC 0.27% 28,355 -9.1% 0% $439,507
OPPENHEIMER & CO INC 0.21% 22,266 -14% 0% $345,123
ENVESTNET ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 0.2% 21,677 -17% 0% $335,996
GUGGENHEIM CAPITAL LLC 0.19% 20,714 0% $321,067
OSAIC HOLDINGS, INC. 0.19% 20,100 -1.8% 0% $314,529
Ancora Advisors LLC 0.17% 18,470 -14% 0.01% $286,285
Sowell Financial Services LLC 0.16% 17,369 0% 0.01% $269,220
HARBOUR INVESTMENTS, INC. 0.15% 16,284 0% 0.01% $252,406
NBC SECURITIES, INC. 0.15% 16,231 +0.82% 0.02% $251,593
COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC 0.15% 15,515 +12% 0% $240,000
Live Oak Private Wealth LLC 0.14% 14,853 0% 0.03% $230,222
NWF Advisory Services Inc. 0.14% 14,700 0% 0.03% $227,850
TrueMark Investments, LLC 0.14% 14,552 0.04% $225,556

Institutional Holders of SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC. - Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (SPE) across Reporting Periods

Period Reported Shares, Excl. Options Value, Excl. Options Value Change Price (Median) Investors
2025 Q4 34,752 $510,856 +$17,459 $14.69 7
2025 Q3 3,144,555 $48,742,912 +$3,047,647 $15.50 41
2025 Q2 2,947,947 $45,659,674 +$77,932 $15.49 36
2025 Q1 2,940,812 $44,174,217 -$2,790,502 $15.02 37
2024 Q4 3,052,947 $44,650,130 -$1,414,646 $14.63 38
2024 Q3 3,127,882 $43,331,187 +$20,836,095 $13.91 36
2024 Q2 1,621,603 $21,198,221 -$21,640,178 $13.08 36
2024 Q1 3,410,314 $42,054,442 -$2,260,711 $12.64 36
2023 Q4 3,594,374 $42,617,386 -$889,279 $11.86 35
2023 Q3 3,709,062 $40,516,297 -$247,427 $10.93 37
2023 Q2 3,714,779 $41,698,957 -$659,544 $11.22 34
2023 Q1 3,774,556 $41,292,598 -$1,120,383 $10.94 35
2022 Q4 3,872,110 $44,145,066 -$88,423 $11.40 34
2022 Q3 3,952,196 $43,844,000 -$2,523,509 $11.09 31
2022 Q2 4,173,798 $52,954,000 -$5,406,746 $12.37 34
2022 Q1 1,749,576 $26,259,000 -$14,699,231 $15.01 32
2021 Q4 6,088,354 $94,011,000 -$7,782,578 $15.45 42
2021 Q3 6,501,833 $99,934,000 +$13,465,100 $15.37 38
2021 Q2 5,633,977 $85,464,000 +$24,696,702 $15.17 41
2021 Q1 4,023,150 $58,985,000 +$2,947,330 $14.66 34
2020 Q4 3,817,531 $53,748,000 -$588,831 $14.08 32
2020 Q3 3,858,047 $47,699,000 -$1,107,584 $12.41 27
2020 Q2 3,948,017 $44,494,000 -$3,045,900 $11.27 27
2020 Q1 4,173,967 $39,652,006 +$53,419 $9.50 27
2019 Q4 4,196,477 $61,902,000 -$3,770,397 $14.73 27
2019 Q3 4,157,364 $59,191,000 -$96,719 $14.24 26
2019 Q2 4,163,827 $57,253,000 +$1,236,332 $13.75 24
2019 Q1 4,074,430 $54,757,000 +$714,020 $13.44 27
2018 Q4 4,046,057 $48,260,000 -$953,770 $11.84 26
2018 Q3 4,124,698 $61,299,000 +$1,260,284 $15.02 28
2018 Q2 4,009,171 $60,201,000 -$96,027 $15.02 28
2018 Q1 3,988,498 $58,796,000 +$1,432,559 $14.74 29
2017 Q4 3,891,011 $57,900,000 +$303,978 $14.88 30
2017 Q3 3,841,515 $60,685,000 +$276,942 $15.86 28
2017 Q2 3,847,212 $58,480,000 +$2,122,963 $15.20 26
2017 Q1 3,709,558 $54,232,000 +$1,538,270 $14.61 27
2016 Q4 3,605,903 $49,223,000 -$9,532,646 $13.65 28
2016 Q3 4,303,577 $64,165,000 +$1,392,649 $14.91 28
2016 Q2 4,219,054 $58,011,000 -$3,128,871 $13.75 30
2016 Q1 4,436,495 $58,284,000 -$1,529,390 $13.07 27
2015 Q4 4,899,866 $65,409,000 -$2,383,887 $13.20 31
2015 Q3 4,724,436 $66,474,000 -$3,502,824 $14.07 26
2015 Q2 4,935,989 $75,477,000 +$7,683,028 $15.29 26
2015 Q1 4,423,539 $68,211,000 -$903,094 $15.42 27
2014 Q4 4,814,985 $74,008,000 -$496,815 $15.37 30
2014 Q3 4,845,623 $80,778,000 +$1,497,394 $16.67 27
2014 Q2 4,755,745 $79,421,000 +$605,071 $16.70 27
2014 Q1 4,728,187 $76,833,000 +$24,647,337 $16.25 29