BBY 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 BBY shares is 1264, representing 86.96% of the company's common stock.

BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in BBY by -1.67% restricting it's holding to 1.84 million shares of worth nearly $150.81M. GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC also lessened -2% of the BBY shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 2.52 million shares of worth $206.86M. AMUNDI also shunned BBY shares holding by -1.09% last quarter which brought its holding to 4.59 million shares worth $360.23M.

As per its latest 13F filing, KBC GROUP NV increased its stake in BBY by 49.02% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 1.28 million shares having worth more than $105.18M. RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC. also added 3.94% more shares of BBY to its portfolio, raising its holding to 1.83 million shares of worth $149.91M. UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC also increased its BBY shares holding by 5.5% which brought its holding to 2.25 million shares worth $184.97M.

The insider with the most stakes in BBY is SCHULZE RICHARD M , Chairman Emeritus at the company. Additionally, BBY stock is highly held by CEO Barry Corie S and Chief SC & Global Prop Officer Bass Robert L among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 8.73% percent of Best Buy Co., Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 4 transaction(s) in which BBY insiders have sold stock, totaling 174.48K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include BILUNAS MATTHEW M, BARRY CORIE S, and SCARLETT KATHLEEN.

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

Around 578.23K Best Buy Co., Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 8.73% of BBY stock.

BBY Chairman Emeritus, SCHULZE RICHARD M holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. BBY shares owned by SCHULZE total nearly 13.6 million.

KBC GROUP NV is the largest institutional owner in BBY which holds 1.28 million shares worth $105.18M or 0.59% of the total BBY shares outstanding followed by RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL SERVICES ADVISORS, INC. with ownership of 1.83 million shares representing 0.85% of the BBY ownership. BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP is the third largest stakeholder with 1.84 million shares or 0.85% of the ownership worth more than $150.81M.

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

Number of BBY shares short is 14.00M. 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, 213.80M shares of BBY 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, BBY has 197.45M 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 BBY is 6.15.