BCE 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 BCE shares is 739, representing 43.77% of the company's common stock.

AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in BCE by -27.98% restricting it's holding to 2.95 million shares of worth nearly $100.40M. TD WATERHOUSE CANADA INC. also lessened -7.55% of the BCE shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 2.9 million shares of worth $128.46M. LPL FINANCIAL LLC also shunned BCE shares holding by -2.9% last quarter which brought its holding to 1.15 million shares worth $39.06M.

As per its latest 13F filing, SIG NORTH TRADING, ULC increased its stake in BCE by 100% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 1.02 million shares having worth more than $34.79M. AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC also added 20.12% more shares of BCE to its portfolio, raising its holding to 1.17 million shares of worth $39.54M. LINCLUDEN MANAGEMENT LTD also increased its BCE shares holding by 6.35% which brought its holding to 1.18 million shares worth $39.99M.

The insider with the most stakes in BCE is N/A , N/A at the company. Additionally, BCE stock is highly held by N/A N/A and N/A N/A among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.02% percent of null's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which BCE insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include .

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

Around 0 null shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.02% of BCE stock.

BCE N/A, N/A holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. BCE shares owned by N/A total nearly -.

AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC is the largest institutional owner in BCE which holds 2.95 million shares worth $100.40M or 0.32% of the total BCE shares outstanding followed by TD WATERHOUSE CANADA INC. with ownership of 2.9 million shares representing 0.32% of the BCE ownership. SIG NORTH TRADING, ULC is the third largest stakeholder with 1.02 million shares or 0.11% of the ownership worth more than $34.79M.

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

Number of BCE shares short is 8.56M. 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, 912.28M shares of BCE 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, BCE has 911.15M 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 BCE is null.