BRK-B 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 BRK-B shares is 4975, representing 66.61% of the company's common stock.

NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in BRK-B by -8.04% restricting it's holding to 3.03 million shares of worth nearly $1.27B. ROYAL BANK OF CANADA also lessened -1.57% of the BRK-B shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 9.89 million shares of worth $4.16B. LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC also shunned BRK-B shares holding by -1.18% last quarter which brought its holding to 8.82 million shares worth $3.71B.

As per its latest 13F filing, BARCLAYS PLC increased its stake in BRK-B by 12.6% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 6.93 million shares having worth more than $2.92B. NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC also added 0.08% more shares of BRK-B to its portfolio, raising its holding to 6.36 million shares of worth $2.67B. UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC also increased its BRK-B shares holding by 3.12% which brought its holding to 5.05 million shares worth $2.12B.

The insider with the most stakes in BRK-B is BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC , 10 percent owner at the company. Additionally, BRK-B stock is highly held by Vice Chairman Jain Ajit and Vice Chairman MUNGER CHARLES T among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.39% percent of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which BRK-B insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC, JAIN AJIT, and GUYMAN CHARLOTTE.

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

Around 0 Berkshire Hathaway Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.39% of BRK-B stock.

BRK-B 10 percent owner, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. BRK-B shares owned by BERKSHIRE total nearly 228.05 million.

NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC is the largest institutional owner in BRK-B which holds 3.03 million shares worth $1.27B or 0.14% of the total BRK-B shares outstanding followed by ROYAL BANK OF CANADA with ownership of 9.89 million shares representing 0.46% of the BRK-B ownership. LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC is the third largest stakeholder with 8.82 million shares or 0.41% of the ownership worth more than $3.71B.

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 BRK-B is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.

Number of BRK-B shares short is 14.54M. 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, 1.33B shares of BRK-B 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, BRK-B has 1.22M 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 BRK-B is 3.53.