AVAV 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 AVAV shares is 547, representing 93.64% of the company's common stock.

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in AVAV by -13.4% restricting it's holding to 87.46 thousand shares of worth nearly $13.41M. UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC also lessened -0.52% of the AVAV shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 117.81 thousand shares of worth $18.06M. MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ also shunned AVAV shares holding by -20.01% last quarter which brought its holding to 122.18 thousand shares worth $18.73M.

As per its latest 13F filing, CREDIT SUISSE AG/ increased its stake in AVAV by 3.37% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 43.23 thousand shares having worth more than $6.63M. GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC also added 16.72% more shares of AVAV to its portfolio, raising its holding to 68.42 thousand shares of worth $10.49M. LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC also increased its AVAV shares holding by 7.52% which brought its holding to 84.22 thousand shares worth $12.91M.

The insider with the most stakes in AVAV is Conver Timothy E , director at the company. Additionally, AVAV stock is highly held by Chair, President and CEO Nawabi Wahid and Holland Charles R among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 1.08% percent of AeroVironment, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 4 transaction(s) in which AVAV insiders have sold stock, totaling 2.18K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include MCDONNELL KEVIN PATRICK, NAWABI WAHID, and STEVENSON TRACE E.

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

Around 68.97K AeroVironment, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 1.08% of AVAV stock.

AVAV director, Conver Timothy E holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. AVAV shares owned by Conver total nearly 238.33 thousand.

CREDIT SUISSE AG/ is the largest institutional owner in AVAV which holds 43.23 thousand shares worth $6.63M or 0.15% of the total AVAV shares outstanding followed by GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC with ownership of 68.42 thousand shares representing 0.25% of the AVAV ownership. LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC is the third largest stakeholder with 84.22 thousand shares or 0.3% of the ownership worth more than $12.91M.

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

Number of AVAV shares short is 1.29M. 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, 28.20M shares of AVAV 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, AVAV has 27.65M 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 AVAV is 4.79.