The Geo GroupGEO

13F holders, Q2 2026 (June 30)
290holders +31
67new positions
32sold out
6famous investors
$29.54avg. 13F price*

At the end of Q2 2026, 290 institutions reported holding The Geo Group Inc. (GEO) in their 13F filings, up 31 from Q1 2026. 67 opened new positions and 32 sold out. The largest holders were BlackRock, Inc. ($570.7M), Pentwater Capital Management LP ($312.7M) and UBS Group AG ($225.9M). 6 famous investors held it, including Paul Tudor Jones (0.0% of Tudor Investment Corporation's portfolio), Ken Griffin (0.0% of Citadel Advisors's portfolio) and David E. Shaw (0.0% of D. E. Shaw & Co.'s portfolio).

Company
The Geo Group Inc.
CUSIP
36162J106
Latest filing quarter
Q2 2026

History

Number of 13F holders

0100200300 Q1 2024: 223Q1 2024Q2 2024: 225Q2 2024Q3 2024: 239Q3 2024Q4 2024: 281Q4 2024Q1 2025: 297Q1 2025Q2 2025: 286Q2 2025Q3 2025: 283Q3 2025Q4 2025: 274Q4 2025Q1 2026: 259Q1 2026Q2 2026: 290Q2 2026

Total Exit/New Position Q1 2026 → Q2 2026

InstitutionsTotal Value
New Positions67$296.9M
Exits32$30.5M

All 13F filers, Q1 2026 → Q2 2026: 16,644,835 shares bought and 19,437,567 shares sold, net −2,792,732 shares. Counts holders who added, trimmed, opened or closed a position; split-adjusted.

Ownership 290 holders

BlackRock, Inc. 0.01% Reduce -6.2% 19,314,511 $570.7M
Pentwater Capital Management LP 2.50% Add +10.6% 10,582,000 $312.7M
UBS Group AG 0.04% Reduce -18.6% 7,645,016 $225.9M
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC 0.01% Reduce -0.3% 7,427,064 $219.5M
Vanguard Capital Management LLC 0.00% Reduce -0.0% 5,761,739 $170.3M
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. 0.02% Add +31.9% 5,497,723 $162.5M
State Street Corp. 0.00% Add +0.7% 4,938,884 $145.9M
Continental General Insurance Co. 30.44% Reduce -13.7% 4,925,578 $145.6M
Rubric Capital Management LP 1.12% Add +10.4% 4,131,219 $122.1M
HSBC Holdings PLC 0.06% New 4,006,518 $118.7M
Geode Capital Management, LLC 0.01% Add +3.5% 3,334,033 $98.5M
Morgan Stanley 0.00% Reduce -1.1% 3,134,103 $92.6M
Turiya Advisors Asia Ltd 17.86% Reduce -41.6% 2,656,580 $78.5M
Cooper Creek Partners Management LLC 3.02% Reduce -54.0% 2,445,230 $72.3M
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. 0.01% Reduce -0.7% 2,210,061 $65.3M
Susquehanna International Group, LLP 0.05% Add +97.2% 2,043,766 $60.4M
Northern Trust Corp. 0.01% Add +9.5% 1,619,503 $47.9M
Assenagon Asset Management S.A. 0.06% New 1,611,010 $47.6M
KCM Capital Inc 7.25% Reduce -24.8% 1,500,000 $44.3M
Discovery Capital Management, LLC / CT 1.55% Reduce -11.7% 1,258,600 $37.2M
Luxor Capital Group, LP 3.76% New 1,155,516 $34.1M
Philosophy Capital Management LLC 3.19% Reduce -34.8% 1,122,440 $33.2M
Hodges Capital Management Inc. 1.92% Reduce -13.2% 980,259 $29.0M
Citadel Advisors 0.02% Reduce -48.2% 920,251 $27.2M
Capitolis Liquid Global Markets LLC 0.12% Reduce -9.9% 900,500 $26.6M
Vanguard Fiduciary Trust Co. 0.01% Reduce -8.3% 865,322 $25.6M
Bank of New York Mellon Corp 0.00% Add +3.0% 806,277 $23.8M
Findell Capital Management LLC 3.90% Reduce -8.6% 800,000 $23.6M
Park West Asset Management LLC 1.54% Reduce -47.8% 760,097 $22.5M
Jane Street Group, LLC 0.01% Reduce -21.8% 726,146 $21.5M
Lee Danner & Bass Inc. 1.17% No change 685,500 $20.3M
Kore Advisors LP 22.83% Reduce -31.4% 669,134 $19.8M
Principal Financial Group Inc. 0.01% Reduce -5.2% 633,823 $18.7M
Invesco Ltd. 0.00% Reduce -38.5% 633,083 $18.7M
Allianz Asset Management GmbH 0.02% Reduce -19.9% 590,836 $17.5M
Goldentree Asset Management LP 0.88% New 511,000 $15.1M
Shay Capital LLC 1.60% Add +29.6% 489,900 $14.5M
Algert Global LLC 0.17% Add +107.9% 488,997 $14.4M
Thompson Siegel & Walmsley LLC 0.26% Reduce -23.5% 485,424 $14.3M
Philadelphia Financial Management of San Francisco, LLC 3.92% New 484,100 $14.3M
SG Americas Securities, LLC 0.01% Reduce -44.9% 468,212 $13.8M
ArrowMark Colorado Holdings LLC 0.49% Reduce -41.9% 397,000 $11.7M
River Road Asset Management, LLC 0.13% Reduce -36.5% 395,087 $11.7M
Intrinsic Edge Capital Management LLC 1.37% Add +277.3% 377,301 $11.1M
D. E. Shaw & Co. 0.01% Add +287.8% 376,932 $11.1M
Kanen Wealth Management LLC 2.71% New 370,593 $11.1M
Caption Management, LLC 0.40% Add +613.0% 368,635 $10.9M
Two Sigma Investments, LP 0.01% Reduce -53.6% 362,041 $10.7M
Nearwater Capital Markets, Ltd 0.18% New 350,000 $10.3M
Nuveen, LLC 0.00% Add +7.7% 328,878 $9.7M
Rhumbline Advisers 0.01% Reduce -11.6% 318,402 $9.4M
Legal & General Group Plc 0.00% Reduce -5.6% 310,152 $9.2M
Walleye Trading LLC 0.12% Add +123.8% 300,292 $8.9M
First Trust Advisors LP 0.01% New 288,964 $8.5M
IMC-Chicago, LLC 0.07% Add +15.2% 270,484 $8.0M
Voya Investment Management LLC 0.01% Reduce -11.8% 268,481 $7.9M
Tudor Investment Corporation 0.03% Add +273.3% 259,360 $7.7M
Swiss National Bank 0.00% Reduce -8.1% 253,000 $7.5M
Bank of America Corp. 0.00% Reduce -32.6% 233,701 $6.9M
HRT Financial LP 0.01% Add +265.2% 224,576 $6.6M
Ameriprise Financial Inc. 0.00% Reduce -6.0% 222,468 $6.6M
Ballast Asset Management, LP 2.37% Reduce -37.4% 200,700 $5.9M
UBS AM, a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC 0.00% Add +5260.4% 200,479 $5.9M
Sei Investments Co. 0.01% Reduce -40.5% 190,685 $5.6M
Quantinno Capital Management LP 0.01% Add +2.6% 180,776 $5.3M
T. Rowe Price Associates Inc. 0.00% Add +13.2% 180,695 $5.3M
Great Lakes Advisors, LLC 0.04% Reduce -42.2% 174,947 $5.2M
XTX Topco Ltd 0.06% New 169,113 $5.0M
Garnet Equity Capital Holdings, Inc. 1.99% New 150,546 $4.4M
Prudential Financial Inc. 0.00% Reduce -1.3% 137,743 $4.1M
Verition Fund Management LLC 0.03% Reduce -19.0% 137,156 $4.1M
Clearline Capital LP 0.26% No change 134,268 $4.0M
Deutsche Bank AG 0.00% Add +5.5% 130,752 $3.9M
Wells Fargo & Company 0.00% Add +95.8% 130,260 $3.8M
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 0.00% Reduce -58.9% 121,343 $3.7M
Wolverine Asset Management LLC 0.19% Reduce -5.9% 122,525 $3.6M
ExodusPoint Capital Management, LP 0.03% Add +207.4% 121,830 $3.6M
Trexquant Investment LP 0.02% New 116,722 $3.4M
CANADA LIFE ASSURANCE Co 0.01% Reduce -6.0% 111,580 $3.3M
VANGUARD ASSET MANAGEMENT, Ltd 0.00% Add +5.8% 109,512 $3.2M
Boothbay Fund Management, LLC 0.06% Reduce -46.9% 109,328 $3.2M
New York State Teachers Retirement System 0.01% Add +4.3% 107,527 $3.2M
Militia Capital Management LLC 0.52% Reduce -54.9% 97,600 $2.9M
Emmett Investment Management, LP 1.91% New 89,867 $2.7M
State of Alaska, Department of Revenue 0.03% Reduce -21.9% 87,428 $2.6M
Thrivent Financial for Lutherans 0.00% Reduce -5.6% 86,127 $2.5M
Citigroup Inc. 0.00% Add +96.7% 84,825 $2.5M
Intech Investment Management LLC 0.02% Add +164.2% 84,437 $2.5M
Alliancebernstein L.P. 0.00% Reduce -9.7% 146,809 $2.5M
Russell Investments Group, Ltd. 0.00% Add +233.7% 82,302 $2.4M
JB Capital Partners LP 0.37% No change 80,000 $2.4M
PEAK6 LLC 0.06% Add +53.0% 78,931 $2.3M
Tectonic Advisors LLC 0.11% Reduce -21.4% 77,736 $2.3M
Teacher Retirement System of Texas 0.01% New 77,716 $2.3M
Harber Asset Management LLC 1.37% Reduce -71.0% 77,358 $2.3M
AQR Capital Management 0.00% Add +28.5% 77,026 $2.3M
Nomura Holdings Inc. 0.01% Reduce -0.1% 74,788 $2.2M
MetLife Investment Management, LLC 0.01% Add +4.3% 74,539 $2.2M
Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, The 0.00% Add +3.7% 64,050 $1.9M
MIRAE ASSET GLOBAL ETFS HOLDINGS Ltd. 0.00% Reduce -5.6% 59,002 $1.7M
Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund 0.02% Reduce -21.7% 58,194 $1.7M
Y-Intercept (Hong Kong) Ltd 0.03% New 58,165 $1.7M
Louisiana State Employees Retirement System 0.03% Reduce -5.1% 57,500 $1.7M
Creative Planning 0.00% Add +53.1% 52,054 $1.5M
Dynamic Technology Lab Private Ltd 0.34% New 51,725 $1.5M
Jupiter Topco LLC 0.00% — 51,650 $1.5M
LPL Financial LLC 0.00% Reduce -12.3% 51,558 $1.5M
Squarepoint Ops LLC 0.00% New 51,168 $1.5M
Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC 0.00% Reduce -30.7% 50,421 $1.5M
Victory Capital Management Inc. 0.00% Add +5.8% 50,389 $1.5M
Parallax Volatility Advisers, L.P. 0.07% No change 50,000 $1.5M
Brevan Howard Capital Management LP 0.02% Add +178.1% 48,448 $1.4M
Horizon Investments, LLC 0.02% New 48,364 $1.4M
State Board of Administration of Florida Retirement System 0.00% Reduce -0.2% 47,008 $1.4M
Millennium Management 0.00% Reduce -47.8% 45,980 $1.4M
State of Tennessee, Department of Treasury 0.00% Add +49.2% 45,498 $1.3M
First Dallas Securities Inc. 0.43% Reduce -36.0% 43,920 $1.3M
Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC 0.01% Add +31.6% 42,445 $1.3M
Jain Global LLC 0.02% New 42,192 $1.2M
Sciencast Management LP 0.26% New 41,669 $1.2M
Franklin Resources Inc. 0.00% Add +23.7% 40,162 $1.2M
Verdence Capital Advisors LLC 0.06% Reduce -29.9% 38,744 $1.1M
Harbor Capital Advisors, Inc. 0.08% Reduce -27.7% 38,295 $1.1M
Police & Firemen's Retirement System of New Jersey 0.01% Add +5.3% 37,791 $1.1M
CenterBook Partners LP 0.05% Reduce -91.6% 37,134 $1.1M
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP 0.00% Reduce -1.6% 37,033 $1.1M
ProShare Advisors LLC 0.00% Add +76.2% 36,616 $1.1M
Yousif Capital Management, LLC 0.01% Reduce -3.1% 35,638 $1.1M
Amalgamated Bank 0.01% Reduce -10.6% 35,150 $1.0M
Arizona State Retirement System 0.01% Reduce -9.1% 34,787 $1.0M
Handelsbanken Fonder AB 0.00% Add +3.0% 34,600 $1.0M
Teachers Retirement System of the State of Kentucky 0.01% No change 34,356 $1.0M
Zurcher Kantonalbank (Zurich Cantonalbank) 0.00% No change 33,600 $993K
Fox Run Management, L.L.C. 0.16% New 33,184 $981K
Bridgewater Associates 0.00% Reduce -59.2% 32,793 $969K
Kingswood Wealth Advisors, LLC 0.04% New 32,026 $946K
Royal Bank of Canada 0.00% Add +217.4% 31,612 $934K
BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT Holding S.A. 0.00% Reduce -7.9% 31,435 $929K
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Public School Empls Retrmt SYS 0.00% Reduce -8.0% 31,102 $919K
Kestra Advisory Services, LLC 0.00% Add +0.5% 30,605 $904K
State of Wisconsin Investment Board 0.00% Reduce -20.5% 29,951 $885K
Vanguard Investments Australia, Ltd. 0.00% Reduce -16.9% 29,931 $884K
Raymond James Financial Inc. 0.00% Add +4.3% 29,775 $880K
Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund 0.01% Reduce -4.8% 29,751 $879K
Barclays PLC 0.00% Reduce -51.0% 24,468 $723K
Quadrature Capital Ltd 0.01% Reduce -66.0% 22,978 $679K
Natixis Advisors, LLC 0.00% Add +29.9% 21,945 $648K
Tidal Investments LLC 0.00% New 21,792 $644K
Bridgefront Capital, LLC 0.17% Reduce -30.5% 21,787 $644K
Two Sigma Securities, LLC 0.05% New 19,209 $568K
Maryland State Retirement & Pension System 0.01% Reduce -3.2% 19,181 $567K
Pictet Asset Management Holding SA 0.00% Reduce -20.2% 18,719 $553K
Quantbot Technologies LP 0.02% New 17,946 $530K
Glenmede Trust Co. NA 0.00% Reduce -29.6% 17,851 $527K
FMR LLC 0.00% Reduce -98.3% 17,186 $508K
Engineers Gate Manager LP 0.01% New 16,163 $478K
Acadian Asset Management LLC 0.00% New 15,972 $471K
Public Employees Retirement Association of Colorado 0.00% No change 15,908 $470K
Mercer Global Advisors Inc. 0.00% Add +10.9% 15,809 $467K
Chesapeake Capital Corp. 0.24% New 15,298 $452K
Mutual of America Capital Management LLC 0.00% Reduce -4.0% 15,023 $444K
Waters Parkerson & Co., LLC 0.02% No change 15,000 $443K
Xponance LLC 0.00% Add +33.8% 14,846 $439K
Atria Investments, Inc 0.00% Add +2.7% 14,600 $431K
Axq Capital, LP 0.05% New 14,471 $428K
Nisa Investment Advisors, LLC 0.00% Add +11.4% 14,079 $416K
Pinnacle Wealth Planning Services, Inc. 0.04% Add +2.0% 13,300 $393K
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 0.00% Add +3.6% 13,210 $390K
Pathstone Holdings, LLC 0.00% New 13,206 $390K
Neuberger Berman Group LLC 0.00% Add +22.7% 12,355 $365K
CIBC Asset Management Inc 0.00% Reduce -3.7% 11,931 $353K
Vanguard Personalized Indexing Management, LLC 0.00% New 11,707 $346K
Ameritas Investment Partners, Inc. 0.01% Add +2.8% 11,629 $344K
WINTON GROUP Ltd 0.01% New 10,900 $322K
State of Wyoming 0.03% Reduce -19.3% 10,638 $314K
Inscription Capital, LLC 0.03% Reduce -6.0% 10,550 $312K
IHT Wealth Management, LLC 0.01% Reduce -21.3% 10,488 $310K
Bank of Montreal 0.00% Add +3.8% 10,444 $309K
Holocene Advisors, LP 0.00% Reduce -92.5% 10,104 $299K
RBF Capital, LLC 0.01% Reduce -33.3% 10,000 $296K
Envestnet Asset Management Inc. 0.00% Reduce -31.4% 9,976 $295K
Inceptionr LLC 0.07% New 9,926 $293K
Kestra Private Wealth Services, LLC 0.00% Reduce -3.2% 9,762 $288K
Evergreen Capital Management LLC 0.00% New 9,506 $281K
GAMMA Investing LLC 0.01% Add +9.3% 9,469 $280K
Wealthspire Advisors, LLC 0.00% New 8,664 $256K
Corient Private Wealth LP 0.00% New 8,472 $250K
Centiva Capital, LP 0.01% New 8,029 $237K
Tower Research Capital LLC (TRC) 0.01% Reduce -39.2% 7,997 $236K
Caxton Associates LLP 0.00% New 7,863 $232K
Cambridge Investment Research Advisors, Inc. 0.00% New 7,823 $231K
Mariner, LLC 0.00% New 7,800 $230K
Wealthcare Advisory Partners LLC 0.00% New 7,746 $229K
James Investment Research, Inc. 0.02% New 7,691 $227K
Choreo, LLC 0.00% New 7,554 $223K
CIBC Bancorp USA Inc. 0.00% New 7,246 $214K
Crossmark Global Holdings, Inc. 0.00% New 7,238 $214K
Baird Financial Group, Inc. 0.00% Reduce -44.7% 7,126 $211K
DNB Asset Management AS 0.00% New 7,097 $210K
T3 Companies, LLC 0.24% New 7,000 $207K
Swiss Life Asset Management Ltd 0.00% New 6,815 $201K
Jones Financial Companies LLLP 0.00% Add +79.0% 6,589 $200K
Tidemark, LLC 0.04% No change 6,700 $198K
Lanark Financial, Inc. 0.01% No change 5,533 $164K
Federated Hermes, Inc. 0.00% Add +148.4% 5,246 $155K
Osaic Holdings, Inc. 0.00% Reduce -0.3% 5,006 $148K
Public Employees Retirement System of Ohio 0.00% Add +10.4% 4,267 $126K
Pension & Wealth Management Advisors, Inc. 0.03% No change 4,000 $118K
KBC Group NV 0.00% No change 3,669 $108K
Covestor Ltd 0.05% Add +10.5% 3,156 $93K
First Horizon Corp. 0.00% New 2,672 $79K
Sterling Capital Management LLC 0.00% Add +198.2% 2,582 $76K
Hantz Financial Services, Inc. 0.00% Add +8.0% 2,417 $71K
Abound Wealth Management 0.01% No change 2,045 $60K
Graticule Asia Macro Advisors LLC 0.00% New 1,901 $56K
Los Angeles Capital Management LLC 0.00% Add +200.0% 1,896 $56K
Bessemer Group Inc. 0.00% No change 1,723 $51K
Versant Capital Management, Inc 0.00% No change 1,670 $49K
US Bancorp \de 0.00% Add +3.2% 1,476 $44K
Fifth Third Bancorp 0.00% Reduce -9.9% 1,408 $42K
Salomon & Ludwin, LLC 0.00% Add +450.6% 1,316 $40K
LRI Investments, LLC 0.00% No change 1,350 $40K
Optiver Holding B.V. 0.00% Add +866.1% 1,169 $35K
Global Retirement Partners, LLC 0.00% — 1,160 $34K
Farther Finance Advisors, LLC 0.00% Add +44.4% 979 $29K
Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB 0.00% No change 900 $27K
Steward Partners Investment Advisory, LLC 0.00% Add +235.0% 891 $26K
UMB Bank, n.a. 0.00% Add +1.6% 883 $26K
Nomura Asset Management Co. Ltd. 0.00% Reduce -71.9% 870 $26K
Kemnay Advisory Services Inc. 0.00% Add +37.2% 856 $25K
Geneos Wealth Management Inc. 0.00% No change 782 $23K
Bayforest Capital Ltd 0.02% New 780 $23K
International Assets Investment Management, LLC 0.00% No change 725 $22K
Smartleaf Asset Management LLC 0.00% No change 706 $21K
Institute for Wealth Management, LLC. 0.00% New 685 $20K
Arax Advisory Partners 0.00% Add +148.7% 684 $20K
EverSource Wealth Advisors, LLC 0.00% Add +97.0% 597 $18K
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management Co. 0.00% Reduce -0.9% 550 $16K
Larson Financial Group LLC 0.00% Reduce -5.5% 549 $16K
Federation des caisses Desjardins du Quebec 0.00% No change 545 $16K
Capital Advisors, Ltd. LLC 0.00% Add +13.8% 485 $14K
WealthCollab, LLC 0.00% No change 405 $12K
Parallel Advisors, LLC 0.00% New 383 $11K
Allworth Financial LP 0.00% Add +26.5% 339 $10K
Private Trust Co. NA 0.00% No change 330 $10K
IFP Advisors, Inc 0.00% Reduce -82.9% 314 $9K
WPG Advisers, LLC 0.00% Add +62.7% 275 $8K
Rothschild Investment LLC 0.00% Add +42.5% 255 $8K
Bravera Wealth 0.00% No change 179 $5K
SJS Investment Consulting Inc. 0.00% New 177 $5K
Assetmark, Inc. 0.00% No change 170 $5K
Avion Wealth 0.00% No change 200 $5K
Harbour Investments, Inc. 0.00% No change 150 $4K
Ameriflex Group, Inc. 0.00% New 140 $4K
Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss LLC 0.00% Add +29.9% 139 $4K
Quarry LP 0.00% Add +151.8% 136 $4K
Fulcrum Asset Management LLP 0.00% New 134 $4K
TD Waterhouse Canada Inc. 0.00% No change 120 $4K
Keating Financial Advisory Services, Inc. 0.00% Add +0.8% 122 $4K
Crews Bank & Trust 0.00% No change 100 $3K
Parkside Financial Bank & Trust 0.00% Reduce -25.9% 86 $3K
Rossby Financial, LCC 0.00% No change 84 $2K
Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc. 0.00% No change 84 $2K
Rockefeller Capital Management L.P. 0.00% Reduce -50.6% 77 $2K
MassMutual Private Wealth & Trust, FSB 0.00% No change 71 $2K
Vision Retirement, LLC 0.00% No change 69 $2K
Natixis 0.00% No change 59 $2K
Huntington National Bank 0.00% No change 55 $2K
Caldwell Sutter Capital, Inc. 0.00% No change 49 $1K
Plante Moran Financial Advisors, LLC 0.00% New 36 $1K
Bare Financial Services, Inc 0.00% No change 35 $1K
Caitong International Asset Management Co., Ltd 0.00% New 35 $1K
Fiduciary Financial Advisors 0.00% New 32 $946
Ankerstar Wealth, LLC 0.00% New 24 $709
Cedar Mountain Advisors, LLC 0.00% New 23 $680
Rialto Wealth Management, LLC 0.00% New 23 $680
Gilpin Wealth Management, LLC 0.00% Add +633.3% 22 $651
Morse Asset Management, Inc 0.00% No change 20 $591
JFS Wealth Advisors, LLC 0.00% New 20 $591
Hilton Head Capital Partners, LLC 0.00% No change 19 $561
Signaturefd, LLC 0.00% No change 18 $532
Clearstead Advisors, LLC 0.00% New 11 $326
CoreCap Advisors, LLC 0.00% No change 9 $266
Davis Capital Management 0.00% New 7 $207
Silver Grove Financial Group, Inc. 0.00% New 5 $148
Essential Partners LLC 0.00% Add +66.7% 5 $148
GHP Investment Advisors, Inc. 0.00% No change 5 $148
Hughes Financial Services, LLC 0.00% New 5 $148
Dunhill Financial, LLC 0.00% No change 3 $103
Evolution Advisers, Inc. 0.00% New 13 $0

"% of holder's portfolio" is GEO's weight in each manager's 13F, not the share of The Geo Group Inc. the manager owns.