ASTE 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 ASTE shares is 240, representing 96.12% of the company's common stock.

GABELLI FUNDS LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in ASTE by -0.3% restricting it's holding to 539.7 thousand shares of worth nearly $23.59M. JOHN G ULLMAN & ASSOCIATES INC also lessened -2.55% of the ASTE shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 40.1 thousand shares of worth $1.75M. D. E. SHAW & CO., INC. also shunned ASTE shares holding by -40.51% last quarter which brought its holding to 41.96 thousand shares worth $1.83M.

As per its latest 13F filing, STATE STREET CORP increased its stake in ASTE by 0.54% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 876.75 thousand shares having worth more than $38.32M. UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC also added 25.96% more shares of ASTE to its portfolio, raising its holding to 36.98 thousand shares of worth $1.62M. AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC also increased its ASTE shares holding by 68.03% which brought its holding to 42.51 thousand shares worth $1.86M.

The insider with the most stakes in ASTE is BROCK J DON , Chairman at the company. Additionally, ASTE stock is highly held by Chief Executive Officer Brock Benjamin G and Vice Chairman SMITH W NORMAN among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 1.32% percent of Astec Industries, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which ASTE insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include LITCHFIELD MATTHEW T SR, DOREY WILLIAM GLENWOOD, and BROCK BENJAMIN G.

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

Around 0 Astec Industries, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 1.32% of ASTE stock.

ASTE Chairman, BROCK J DON holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. ASTE shares owned by BROCK total nearly 2 million.

GABELLI FUNDS LLC is the largest institutional owner in ASTE which holds 539.7 thousand shares worth $23.59M or 2.37% of the total ASTE shares outstanding followed by STATE STREET CORP with ownership of 876.75 thousand shares representing 3.85% of the ASTE ownership. UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC is the third largest stakeholder with 36.98 thousand shares or 0.16% of the ownership worth more than $1.62M.

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

Number of ASTE shares short is 499.63K. 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, 22.80M shares of ASTE 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, ASTE has 22.51M 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 ASTE is 4.22.