Geospace Technologies Corporation (GEOS)

About Geospace Technologies Corporation

Geospace Technologies Corporation designs and manufactures instruments and equipment used in the oil and gas industry to acquire seismic data in order to locate, characterize, and monitor hydrocarbon producing reservoirs. The company operates through three segments: Smart Water, Energy Solutions and Intelligent Industrial. The Energy Solutions segment offers wireless seismic data acquisition systems and reservoir characterization products and services, as well as traditional seismic exploration products, such as geophones, hydrophones, leader wires, connectors, cables, marine streamer retrieval and steering devices, and other seismic products. The Smart Water segment engages in the water management industry. This business segment contains the Hydroconn, a smart water connectivity offerings, and Aquana products. The Intelligent Industrial segment designs and sells products used for border and perimeter security surveillance, cross-border tunneling detection, and other products targeted at movement monitoring, intrusion detection, and situational awareness; and seismic sensor products used for vibration monitoring geotechnical applications such as mine safety applications and earthquake detection, seismic products targeted at the border and perimeter security markets, imaging products, as well as providing contract manufacturing services. This segment serves various agencies of the United States government, including the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Homeland Security, and other agencies, as well as energy companies. The company operates in Asia, Canada, Europe, Mexico, South America, the United States, and internationally. Geospace Technologies Corporation was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

Super investor ownership

5 of the funds we track reported a position in their latest SEC 13F filing. Largest first:

• First Eagle, First Eagle Investment Management, LLC$2.93M · 0.0% of book
• Marshall Wace, MARSHALL WACE, LLP$2.30M · 0.0% of book
• Israel Englander, MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC$1.31M · 0.0% of book
• Two Sigma, TWO SIGMA INVESTMENTS, LP$901.7K · 0.0% of book
• Ken Griffin, CITADEL ADVISORS LLC$399.2K · 0.0% of book

A word of warning on reading these figures: a 13F reports the market value of a holding, so a fund that traded nothing at all still appears to have sold when the price fell. We found 102 companies where the standard reading gives the opposite answer. Only the share count is honest.

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