CLFD 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 CLFD shares is 194, representing 65.92% of the company's common stock.

FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in CLFD by -79.53% restricting it's holding to 312.01 thousand shares of worth nearly $9.62M. MORGAN STANLEY also lessened -38.4% of the CLFD shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 81.29 thousand shares of worth $2.51M. D. E. SHAW & CO., INC. also shunned CLFD shares holding by -43.97% last quarter which brought its holding to 59.9 thousand shares worth $1.85M.

As per its latest 13F filing, ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP increased its stake in CLFD by 21.85% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 399.61 thousand shares having worth more than $12.32M. WEIL COMPANY, INC. also added 45.76% more shares of CLFD to its portfolio, raising its holding to 10.31 thousand shares of worth $317.87K. STATE STREET CORP also increased its CLFD shares holding by 2.7% which brought its holding to 302.35 thousand shares worth $9.32M.

The insider with the most stakes in CLFD is ROTH RONALD G , Chairman of the Board at the company. Additionally, CLFD stock is highly held by Chief Executive Officer Beranek Cheryl P and Chief Executive Officer Beranek Cheryl among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 18.01% percent of Clearfield, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which CLFD insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include HARDING ROGER G, HAYWARD DONALD R., and HERZOG DANIEL R.

There have been 2 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Clearfield, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 6324 shares

Around 1.27M Clearfield, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 18.01% of CLFD stock.

CLFD Chairman of the Board, ROTH RONALD G holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. CLFD shares owned by ROTH total nearly 1.27 million.

ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP is the largest institutional owner in CLFD which holds 399.61 thousand shares worth $12.32M or 2.63% of the total CLFD shares outstanding followed by WEIL COMPANY, INC. with ownership of 10.31 thousand shares representing 0.07% of the CLFD ownership. FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC is the third largest stakeholder with 312.01 thousand shares or 2.05% of the ownership worth more than $9.62M.

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

Number of CLFD shares short is 1.09M. 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, 14.13M shares of CLFD 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, CLFD has 11.86M 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 CLFD is 10.22.