AAPL 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 AAPL shares is 6525, representing 62.27% of the company's common stock.

STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in AAPL by -0.33% restricting it's holding to 25.72 million shares of worth nearly $4.41B. ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. also lessened -3.4% of the AAPL shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 27.37 million shares of worth $4.69B. RHUMBLINE ADVISERS also shunned AAPL shares holding by -0.79% last quarter which brought its holding to 28.77 million shares worth $4.93B.

As per its latest 13F filing, NATIONAL PENSION SERVICE increased its stake in AAPL by 1.6% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 24.93 million shares having worth more than $4.27B. CITADEL ADVISORS LLC also added 2.43% more shares of AAPL to its portfolio, raising its holding to 29.08 million shares of worth $4.99B. AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC also increased its AAPL shares holding by 2.53% which brought its holding to 48.52 million shares worth $8.32B.

The insider with the most stakes in AAPL is LEVINSON ARTHUR D , director at the company. Additionally, AAPL stock is highly held by Chief Executive Officer COOK TIMOTHY D and COO WILLIAMS JEFFREY E among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 2.07% percent of Apple Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 13 transaction(s) in which AAPL insiders have sold stock, totaling 328.68K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include WILLIAMS JEFFREY E, LEVINSON ARTHUR D, and KONDO CHRIS.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Apple Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 17.49M Apple Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 2.07% of AAPL stock.

AAPL director, LEVINSON ARTHUR D holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. AAPL shares owned by LEVINSON total nearly 4.16 million.

NATIONAL PENSION SERVICE is the largest institutional owner in AAPL which holds 24.93 million shares worth $4.27B or 0.16% of the total AAPL shares outstanding followed by STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO with ownership of 25.72 million shares representing 0.17% of the AAPL ownership. ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. is the third largest stakeholder with 27.37 million shares or 0.18% of the ownership worth more than $4.69B.

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 AAPL is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of AAPL shares short is 135.19M. 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, 15.04B shares of AAPL 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, AAPL has 15.09B 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 AAPL is 2.74.