AGX 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 AGX shares is 336, representing 91.09% of the company's common stock.

NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in AGX by -31.82% restricting it's holding to 40.33 thousand shares of worth nearly $2.04M. GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC also lessened -12.92% of the AGX shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 37.94 thousand shares of worth $1.92M. KEELEY-TETON ADVISORS, LLC also shunned AGX shares holding by -2.52% last quarter which brought its holding to 89.43 thousand shares worth $4.52M.

As per its latest 13F filing, RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES increased its stake in AGX by 1.04% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 90.8 thousand shares having worth more than $4.59M. DEAN INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES, LLC also added 14.14% more shares of AGX to its portfolio, raising its holding to 99.36 thousand shares of worth $5.02M. LEGATO CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC also increased its AGX shares holding by 3.21% which brought its holding to 120.35 thousand shares worth $6.08M.

The insider with the most stakes in AGX is BOSSELMANN RAINER H , director at the company. Additionally, AGX stock is highly held by director QUINN JAMES W and PRESIDENT AND CEO Watson David Hibbert among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 7.14% percent of Argan, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 20 transaction(s) in which AGX insiders have sold stock, totaling 159.62K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include GETSINGER PETER W, DEILY RICHARD H, and JEFFREY JOHN RONALD JR..

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

Around 2.08M Argan, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 7.14% of AGX stock.

AGX director, BOSSELMANN RAINER H holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. AGX shares owned by BOSSELMANN total nearly 219.88 thousand.

NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC is the largest institutional owner in AGX which holds 40.33 thousand shares worth $2.04M or 0.3% of the total AGX shares outstanding followed by ALLEN OPERATIONS LLC with ownership of 32.8 thousand shares representing 0.25% of the AGX ownership. GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC is the third largest stakeholder with 37.94 thousand shares or 0.28% of the ownership worth more than $1.92M.

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

Number of AGX shares short is 451.06K. 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, 13.58M shares of AGX 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, AGX has 12.92M 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 AGX is 1.22.