CVS 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 CVS shares is 2304, representing 82.21% of the company's common stock.

FMR LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in CVS by -8.98% restricting it's holding to 34.42 million shares of worth nearly $2.75B. MORGAN STANLEY also lessened -5.15% of the CVS shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 29.04 million shares of worth $2.32B. INVESCO LTD. also shunned CVS shares holding by -8.29% last quarter which brought its holding to 14.64 million shares worth $1.17B.

As per its latest 13F filing, NATIONAL PENSION SERVICE increased its stake in CVS by 2.01% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 2.36 million shares having worth more than $187.89M. BRANDYWINE GLOBAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC also added 11.16% more shares of CVS to its portfolio, raising its holding to 2.32 million shares of worth $184.78B. DODGE & COX also increased its CVS shares holding by 34.85% which brought its holding to 41.01 million shares worth $3.27B.

The insider with the most stakes in CVS is Moriarty Thomas M , EVP & General Counsel at the company. Additionally, CVS stock is highly held by director MERLO LARRY J and President and CEO Lynch Karen S among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.13% percent of CVS Health Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which CVS insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include SHAH PREM S, CLARK JAMES DAVID, and MORIARTY THOMAS M.

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

Around 0 CVS Health Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.13% of CVS stock.

CVS EVP & General Counsel, Moriarty Thomas M holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. CVS shares owned by Moriarty total nearly 608.13 thousand.

NATIONAL PENSION SERVICE is the largest institutional owner in CVS which holds 2.36 million shares worth $187.89M or 0.18% of the total CVS shares outstanding followed by BRANDYWINE GLOBAL INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC with ownership of 2.32 million shares representing 0.18% of the CVS ownership. DODGE & COX is the third largest stakeholder with 41.01 million shares or 3.25% of the ownership worth more than $3.27B.

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

Number of CVS shares short is 18.10M. 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, 1.26B shares of CVS 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, CVS has 1.26B 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 CVS is 1.18.