CNP 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 CNP shares is 891, representing 93.86% of the company's common stock.

STATE STREET CORP, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in CNP by -8.42% restricting it's holding to 30.18 million shares of worth nearly $859.94M. NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC also lessened -2.4% of the CNP shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 16.39 million shares of worth $467.03M. CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS also shunned CNP shares holding by -34.32% last quarter which brought its holding to 15.12 million shares worth $430.77M.

As per its latest 13F filing, REAVES W H & CO INC increased its stake in CNP by 40.25% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 3.25 million shares having worth more than $92.49M. STACK FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, INC also added 0.31% more shares of CNP to its portfolio, raising its holding to 742.7 thousand shares of worth $21.16M. BLACKROCK INC. also increased its CNP shares holding by 2.47% which brought its holding to 50.8 million shares worth $1.45B.

The insider with the most stakes in CNP is CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC , 10 percent owner at the company. Additionally, CNP stock is highly held by President and CEO MCCLANAHAN DAVID M and President & CEO Prochazka Scott M among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.33% percent of CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which CNP insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include SMITHERMAN BARRY T, POUND TED, and BIDDLE LESLIE D..

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

Around 0 CenterPoint Energy, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.33% of CNP stock.

CNP 10 percent owner, CENTERPOINT ENERGY INC holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. CNP shares owned by CENTERPOINT total nearly 14.52 million.

REAVES W H & CO INC is the largest institutional owner in CNP which holds 3.25 million shares worth $92.49M or 0.51% of the total CNP shares outstanding followed by STACK FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, INC with ownership of 742.7 thousand shares representing 0.12% of the CNP ownership. BLACKROCK INC. is the third largest stakeholder with 50.8 million shares or 8.05% of the ownership worth more than $1.45B.

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

Number of CNP shares short is 23.64M. 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, 651.73M shares of CNP 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, CNP has 648.64M 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 CNP is 5.16.