AZO 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 AZO shares is 1636, representing 96.5% of the company's common stock.

DZ BANK AG DEUTSCHE ZENTRAL GENOSSENSCHAFTS BANK, FRANKFURT AM MAIN, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in AZO by -20.03% restricting it's holding to 170.21 thousand shares of worth nearly $536.44M. DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ also lessened -5.44% of the AZO shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 187.35 thousand shares of worth $590.47M. MORGAN STANLEY also shunned AZO shares holding by -8.98% last quarter which brought its holding to 238.48 thousand shares worth $751.60M.

As per its latest 13F filing, GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC increased its stake in AZO by 1.04% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 402.71 thousand shares having worth more than $1.27B. BOSTON PARTNERS also added 1.66% more shares of AZO to its portfolio, raising its holding to 382.17 thousand shares of worth $1.20B. PARNASSUS INVESTMENTS, LLC also increased its AZO shares holding by 14% which brought its holding to 277.68 thousand shares worth $875.15M.

The insider with the most stakes in AZO is RHODES WILLIAM C III , Executive Chairman at the company. Additionally, AZO stock is highly held by director MRKONIC GEORGE R JR and Sr. VP Finance and Accounting PLEAS CHARLES III among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.3% percent of AutoZone, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 4 transaction(s) in which AZO insiders have sold stock, totaling 4.1K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include RHODES WILLIAM C III, MURPHY JOHN SCOTT, and GOULD ERIC S..

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

Around 44.92K AutoZone, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.3% of AZO stock.

AZO Executive Chairman, RHODES WILLIAM C III holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. AZO shares owned by RHODES total nearly 13.86 thousand.

DZ BANK AG DEUTSCHE ZENTRAL GENOSSENSCHAFTS BANK, FRANKFURT AM MAIN is the largest institutional owner in AZO which holds 170.21 thousand shares worth $536.44M or 0.99% of the total AZO shares outstanding followed by DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ with ownership of 187.35 thousand shares representing 1.08% of the AZO ownership. MORGAN STANLEY is the third largest stakeholder with 238.48 thousand shares or 1.38% of the ownership worth more than $751.60M.

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

Number of AZO shares short is 323.68K. 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, 16.78M shares of AZO 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, AZO has 16.84M 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 AZO is 2.58.