CHK 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 CHK shares is 651, representing 111.26% of the company's common stock.

VANGUARD GROUP INC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in CHK by -0.55% restricting it's holding to 12.6 million shares of worth nearly $1.12B. OAKTREE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP also lessened -0.23% of the CHK shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 6.98 million shares of worth $620.40M. MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ also shunned CHK shares holding by -11.37% last quarter which brought its holding to 3.83 million shares worth $339.94M.

As per its latest 13F filing, RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC increased its stake in CHK by 100% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 333.93 thousand shares having worth more than $29.66M. FOUNDRY PARTNERS, LLC also added 17.74% more shares of CHK to its portfolio, raising its holding to 198.42 thousand shares of worth $17.63M. T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. also increased its CHK shares holding by 45.73% which brought its holding to 12.81 million shares worth $1.14B.

The insider with the most stakes in CHK is NGP Energy Capital Management, L.L.C. , 10 percent owner at the company. Additionally, CHK stock is highly held by director DUNHAM ARCHIE W and 10 percent owner BX VINE (PUB) AGGREGATOR L.P. among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 4.84% percent of Chesapeake Energy Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which CHK insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include BLACKSTONE HOLDINGS III L.P., BX VINE INTERMEDIATE HOLDCO L.P., and BMA VI L.L.C..

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

Around 0 Chesapeake Energy Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 4.84% of CHK stock.

CHK 10 percent owner, NGP Energy Capital Management, L.L.C. holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. CHK shares owned by NGP total nearly 13.4 million.

RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC is the largest institutional owner in CHK which holds 333.93 thousand shares worth $29.66M or 0.25% of the total CHK shares outstanding followed by FOUNDRY PARTNERS, LLC with ownership of 198.42 thousand shares representing 0.15% of the CHK ownership. T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. is the third largest stakeholder with 12.81 million shares or 9.79% of the ownership worth more than $1.14B.

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

Number of CHK shares short is 20.00M. 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, 131.29M shares of CHK 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, CHK has 112.06M 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 CHK is 11.41.