ESQEsquire Financial Holdings, Inc.
What is the market doing?
No clear lean: nothing decisive, though heavily shorted (+12% of shares).
Choppy, but holding above its 200-day average. Price is +6% vs its 200-day average.
Insiders were net sellers over the 90 days ending Oct 8, 2026; selling is often routine (taxes, diversification).
Heavily shorted, settled Sep 15, 2026, about a week of normal trading to cover. Up 19% since the previous count, up from 8.4% of shares outstanding three months ago.
Against the whole market›
Percentile against every name Ryufin tracks. Higher is better; the tick marks the middle of the market. Context, not one of the checks above.
Where this answer is blind. Insider selling is often routine (taxes, diversification); only cluster buying is a strong tell.
How ESQ is trading
Esquire Financial Holdings, Inc. is +15% over the past year while the S&P 500 is +18%: 3.0 points behind the market.
1-year return · S&P 500 +18%
- vs 200-day average
- +5.9%
vs 200-day average · close to trend
- RSI (14)
- 42
RSI (14) · neutral
- Below its 52-week high
- 11%
Below its 52-week high
Details›
- Last close2026-10-09
- $118.53
- 1 monthS&P 500 +2.7%
- −0.40%
- 1 yearS&P 500 +18%
- +15%
- 5 yearsS&P 500 +88%
- +355%
- vs 50-day average$121.04
- −2.1%
- 52-week high
- $133.09
- 52-week low
- $92.39
- Annualised volatility
- 32%
- Insider buying, net, 6 monthsForms 3/4/5 to 2026-10-08
- −$1.6M
| Year | Return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (year to date) | +17% |
| 2025 | +29% |
| 2024 | +61% |
| 2023 | +17% |
| 2022 | +38% |
| 2021 | +64% |
| 2020 | −26% |
| 2019 | +20% |
| 2018 | +9.9% |
| Month | Years | Positive | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9 | 7 of 9 | +5.7% |
| Feb | 9 | 5 of 9 | −1.3% |
| Mar | 9 | 3 of 9 | −4.9% |
| Apr | 9 | 5 of 9 | +3.5% |
| May | 9 | 7 of 9 | +4.3% |
| Jun | 9 | 6 of 9 | +1.7% |
| Jul | 10 | 7 of 10 | +5.0% |
| Aug | 10 | 7 of 10 | −0.40% |
| Sep | 10 | 7 of 10 | +2.2% |
| Oct | 10 | 7 of 10 | +3.0% |
| Nov | 9 | 7 of 9 | +7.2% |
| Dec | 9 | 6 of 9 | +0.64% |
End-of-day closes from IEX; the S&P 500 comparison uses SPY over the same window. Prices are a reference point, not a basis for trading decisions.
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