APA 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 APA shares is 881, representing 86.2% of the company's common stock.

DOUGLAS LANE & ASSOCIATES, LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in APA by -6.02% restricting it's holding to 763.1 thousand shares of worth nearly $26.24M. CITADEL ADVISORS LLC also lessened -11.54% of the APA shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 808.8 thousand shares of worth $27.81M. LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC also shunned APA shares holding by -2.29% last quarter which brought its holding to 1.88 million shares worth $64.58M.

As per its latest 13F filing, D. E. SHAW & CO., INC. increased its stake in APA by 46.52% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 748.3 thousand shares having worth more than $25.73M. SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST HOLDINGS, INC. also added 0.81% more shares of APA to its portfolio, raising its holding to 744.26 thousand shares of worth $25.59M. TEACHERS RETIREMENT SYSTEM OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY also increased its APA shares holding by 0.56% which brought its holding to 808.75 thousand shares worth $27.80M.

The insider with the most stakes in APA is FARRIS G STEVEN , Chairman and CEO at the company. Additionally, APA stock is highly held by Director FERLIC RANDOLPH M and Executive Vice Pres & CFO Riney Stephen J among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.4% percent of APA Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which APA insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include LANNIE P ANTHONY, RINEY STEPHEN J, and JOUNG CHANSOO.

There have been 1 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which APA Corporation insiders have bought stock, totalling 4391 shares

Around 12.44K APA Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.4% of APA stock.

APA Chairman and CEO, FARRIS G STEVEN holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. APA shares owned by FARRIS total nearly 361.09 thousand.

STRS OHIO is the largest institutional owner in APA which holds 722 thousand shares worth $24.82M or 0.24% of the total APA shares outstanding followed by D. E. SHAW & CO., INC. with ownership of 748.3 thousand shares representing 0.24% of the APA ownership. SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST HOLDINGS, INC. is the third largest stakeholder with 744.26 thousand shares or 0.25% of the ownership worth more than $25.59M.

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

Number of APA shares short is 26.96M. 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, 369.95M shares of APA 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, APA has 367.87M 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 APA is 4.08.