CVX 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 CVX shares is 4143, representing 69.52% of the company's common stock.

PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in CVX by -7.24% restricting it's holding to 3.19 million shares of worth nearly $502.66M. STATE STREET CORP also lessened -1.18% of the CVX shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 123.06 million shares of worth $19.41B. LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC also shunned CVX shares holding by -6.32% last quarter which brought its holding to 12.94 million shares worth $2.04B.

As per its latest 13F filing, MORGAN STANLEY increased its stake in CVX by 4.03% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 35.8 million shares having worth more than $5.65B. BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ also added 7.63% more shares of CVX to its portfolio, raising its holding to 29.7 million shares of worth $4.68B. FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC also increased its CVX shares holding by 5.37% which brought its holding to 16.46 million shares worth $2.60B.

The insider with the most stakes in CVX is MOORMAN CHARLES W , director at the company. Additionally, CVX stock is highly held by director GAST ALICE P and VP & Chief Financial Officer Breber Pierre R among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 6.66% percent of Chevron Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 1 transaction(s) in which CVX insiders have sold stock, totaling 164.6K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include WIRTH MICHAEL K, GUSTAVSON JEFF B, and HERNANDEZ ENRIQUE JR.

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

Around 4.28K Chevron Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 6.66% of CVX stock.

CVX director, MOORMAN CHARLES W holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. CVX shares owned by MOORMAN total nearly 29.49 thousand.

PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC is the largest institutional owner in CVX which holds 3.19 million shares worth $502.66M or 0.17% of the total CVX shares outstanding followed by STATE STREET CORP with ownership of 123.06 million shares representing 6.61% of the CVX ownership. MORGAN STANLEY is the third largest stakeholder with 35.8 million shares or 1.92% of the ownership worth more than $5.65B.

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

Number of CVX shares short is 60.88M. 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, 1.78B shares of CVX 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, CVX has 1.68B 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 CVX is 6.44.