AB 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 AB shares is 282, representing 20.41% of the company's common stock.

CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in AB by -4.46% restricting it's holding to 62.99 thousand shares of worth nearly $2.19M. PHASE 2 PARTNERS, LLC also lessened -26.29% of the AB shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 136.38 thousand shares of worth $4.74M. WEALTH ENHANCEMENT ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC also shunned AB shares holding by -2.5% last quarter which brought its holding to 176.63 thousand shares worth $6.14M.

As per its latest 13F filing, HRT FINANCIAL LP increased its stake in AB by 70.73% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 57.87 thousand shares having worth more than $2.01M. KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC also added 100% more shares of AB to its portfolio, raising its holding to 58.46 thousand shares of worth $2.03M. BNP PARIBAS ARBITRAGE, SNC also increased its AB shares holding by 115.72% which brought its holding to 70.61 thousand shares worth $2.45M.

The insider with the most stakes in AB is Equitable Holdings, Inc. , See Remarks at the company. Additionally, AB stock is highly held by AXA Equitable Holdings, Inc. and AXA AMERICA HOLDINGS, INC. among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 1.39% percent of AllianceBernstein Holding L.P.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 2 transaction(s) in which AB insiders have sold stock, totaling 16.78K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include STONEHILL CHARLES G.T., HOGBIN CHRISTOPHER, and BURKE KATE C.

There have been 1 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. insiders have bought stock, totalling 700000 shares

Around 3.8M AllianceBernstein Holding L.P. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 1.39% of AB stock.

AB See Remarks, Equitable Holdings, Inc. holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. AB shares owned by Equitable total nearly 3.77 million.

HRT FINANCIAL LP is the largest institutional owner in AB which holds 57.87 thousand shares worth $2.01M or 0.05% of the total AB shares outstanding followed by KESTRA ADVISORY SERVICES, LLC with ownership of 58.46 thousand shares representing 0.05% of the AB ownership. CETERA ADVISOR NETWORKS LLC is the third largest stakeholder with 62.99 thousand shares or 0.05% of the ownership worth more than $2.19M.

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

Number of AB shares short is 997.17K. 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, 113.44M shares of AB 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, AB has 104.94M 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 AB is 2.35.