BDC 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 BDC shares is 436, representing 105% of the company's common stock.

GRANITE INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in BDC by -3.49% restricting it's holding to 295.01 thousand shares of worth nearly $27.32M. BLACKROCK INC. also lessened -0.03% of the BDC shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 4.99 million shares of worth $462.56M. DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP also shunned BDC shares holding by -0.63% last quarter which brought its holding to 1.47 million shares worth $136.14M.

As per its latest 13F filing, MORGAN STANLEY increased its stake in BDC by 8.78% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 347.09 thousand shares having worth more than $32.14M. VANGUARD GROUP INC also added 0.03% more shares of BDC to its portfolio, raising its holding to 4.65 million shares of worth $430.51M. ALLSPRING GLOBAL INVESTMENTS HOLDINGS, LLC also increased its BDC shares holding by 2.24% which brought its holding to 1.38 million shares worth $128.15M.

The insider with the most stakes in BDC is CRESSEY BRYAN C , director at the company. Additionally, BDC stock is highly held by director ALDRICH DAVID J and President and CEO Chand Ashish among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 1.24% percent of Belden Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 8 transaction(s) in which BDC insiders have sold stock, totaling 21.42K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include ZINK DOUG, ANDERSON BRIAN EDWARD, and CALDERON NANCY E..

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

Around 208.41K Belden Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 1.24% of BDC stock.

BDC director, CRESSEY BRYAN C holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. BDC shares owned by CRESSEY total nearly 65.05 thousand.

GRANITE INVESTMENT PARTNERS, LLC is the largest institutional owner in BDC which holds 295.01 thousand shares worth $27.32M or 0.72% of the total BDC shares outstanding followed by MORGAN STANLEY with ownership of 347.09 thousand shares representing 0.84% of the BDC ownership. BLACKROCK INC. is the third largest stakeholder with 4.99 million shares or 12.02% of the ownership worth more than $462.56M.

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

Number of BDC shares short is 1.02M. 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, 40.34M shares of BDC 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, BDC has 39.81M 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 BDC is 3.96.