AAP Stock Ownership Breakdown

A company's 13F filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) provides investors with comprehensive information about institutional ownership in a listed company, a sign of strength in terms of how many institutions have confidence in that company. The number of institutional investors who currently own AAP shares is 525, representing 117.02% of the company's common stock.

TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in AAP by -46.13% restricting it's holding to 587.7 thousand shares of worth nearly $50.01M. SQUAREPOINT OPS LLC also lessened -73.09% of the AAP shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 620.2 thousand shares of worth $52.77M. CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC also shunned AAP shares holding by -55.74% last quarter which brought its holding to 698.11 thousand shares worth $59.40M.

As per its latest 13F filing, AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC increased its stake in AAP by 66.88% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 624.49 thousand shares having worth more than $53.13M. T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. also added 100% more shares of AAP to its portfolio, raising its holding to 653.82 thousand shares of worth $55.63M. RIVER ROAD ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC also increased its AAP shares holding by 9.99% which brought its holding to 697.16 thousand shares worth $59.32M.

The insider with the most stakes in AAP is Greco Thomas , President and CEO at the company. Additionally, AAP stock is highly held by director Smith Jeffrey C and director Brouillard John C. among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 1.1% percent of Advance Auto Parts, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 1 transaction(s) in which AAP insiders have sold stock, totaling 1.28K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include FINLEY TAMMY M, WORD HERMAN L JR, and CUSHING ROBERT B.

There have been 4 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Advance Auto Parts, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 3774 shares

Around 76.33K Advance Auto Parts, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 1.1% of AAP stock.

AAP President and CEO, Greco Thomas holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. AAP shares owned by Greco total nearly 132.47 thousand.

TWO SIGMA ADVISERS, LP is the largest institutional owner in AAP which holds 587.7 thousand shares worth $50.01M or 0.99% of the total AAP shares outstanding followed by SQUAREPOINT OPS LLC with ownership of 620.2 thousand shares representing 1.04% of the AAP ownership. AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC is the third largest stakeholder with 624.49 thousand shares or 1.05% of the ownership worth more than $53.13M.

Stock options give the owner the ability but not the obligation to buy or sell a security at a predetermined price and date. Stock options can be classified into two types: puts and calls. A put is a bet on falling stock, and a call is a bet on rising stock. As far as the AAP is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of AAP shares short is 10.58M. Shares short is a market sentiment in which investors have sold their shares short in a given stock but have not yet covered them or closed them out.

As of today, 59.73M shares of AAP are outstanding.

Float represents the number of tradeable shares in a specific stock. By subtracting restricted and closely-held shares from a firm's total outstanding shares, we can calculate its floating stock. The term "closely-held shares" refers to shares held by employees, major shareholders, and company insiders. At present, AAP has 58.85M shares in float.

Short ratio is calculated by dividing the number of short shares, short interest or bets that shareholders will sell short from the average daily volume. A higher ratio indicates longer times needed to repurchase borrowed shares (sold). The short ratio for AAP is 3.77.