NEW YORK, June 26, 2026, 19:02 EDT
- Volato Group Inc (NYSEAMERICAN:SOAR) jumped 40.74% to $0.23 in after-hours trading. Shares had ended the regular session at $0.17, up 9.99%.
- Catheter Precision Inc (NYSEAMERICAN:VTAK) has disclosed in a new Schedule 13G filing that it holds 2,941,176 Volato shares, making up 7.5% of the class.
- Volato traded 63.28 million shares in regular session, about 1.6x the 39.34 million post-PIPE shares listed in the filing.
- The stake is roughly $1 million at the PIPE price, about 45% of the $2.21 million private placement.
Volato Group Inc shares rallied late Friday after a new ownership filing revealed the size of the main investor in its latest private placement. The disclosure is notable for a stock that recently saw single-day volume top its share count after the deal.
The aviation AI software company’s stock last traded at $0.23 as of 7:02 p.m. EDT, up 40.74% after hours. It ended regular hours at $0.17, up 9.99%. Volume in the main session reached 63.28 million shares, totaling 309% of the 65-day average. MarketWatch data showed after-hours volume at 59.21 million shares. MarketWatch
Catheter Precision Inc reported owning 2,941,176 shares, or 7.5% of Volato’s common stock, according to a new filing. Catheter Precision picked up the shares through a securities purchase agreement dated June 7, with the deal closing on June 18, the filing said. Volato, Inc.
Catheter Precision’s position is valued at just under $1 million at the $0.34 PIPE price. That’s roughly 45% of the $2.21 million Volato reported pulling in from the sale of 6.5 million shares in the private placement. Volato, Inc.
Volato’s numbers grabbed traders’ attention. In a 13G, the company listed 39,336,982 shares outstanding after the private placement. Volume on Friday beat that number by roughly 61%. Shares closed at $0.17, which is about half the $0.34 PIPE price. The after-hours quote stayed about 32% under. Volato, Inc.
Volato’s June 18 resale registration filing said the 6.5 million PIPE shares priced at $0.34 apiece can be resold by holders after registration. Volato won’t get proceeds from these resales. The company got $2.21 million from the initial PIPE sale. Volato, Inc.
Catheter Precision appeared in the same filing with 2,941,175 shares, while SEG Opportunity Fund LLC and C/M Capital Master Fund LP each showed 1,779,412 shares. The filing assumed all shares in the prospectus would be sold, which is standard for resale registrations and not an actual sale plan. Volato, Inc.
Volato is calling the financing part of its AI-focused aviation plan. “Closing this financing at $0.34 per share provides additional capital flexibility while reinforcing strategic investor support for Volato’s next phase,” CFO Mark Heinen said in a company statement on June 22. Volato, Inc.
Volato CEO Matt Liotta said June 15 the firm is looking at several unsolicited, non-binding LOIs around potential AI infrastructure deals. “Our job now is to separate what is interesting from what is executable,” he said. Volato also reported Vaunt annual recurring revenue hit about $4.0 million as of May 2026, a jump of 221% from last year. Volato, Inc.
Catheter Precision’s 13G filing showed it didn’t buy or own Volato shares to try to control the company. That should take some of the takeover talk off the table. Still, investors now know there’s a big strategic holder. The registered PIPE shares could add selling pressure when they hit the market. Volato, Inc.
The stock traded on NYSE American in the late session at the time of the dateline. The NYSE American’s regular hours are 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET, with late trading from 4:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. ET. June 26 didn’t appear as a 2026 NYSE holiday. nyse.com
