CWST 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 CWST shares is 479, representing 107.57% of the company's common stock.

LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in CWST by -4.4% restricting it's holding to 82.21 thousand shares of worth nearly $8.13B. BLACKROCK INC. also lessened -2.64% of the CWST shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 4.02 million shares of worth $397.22M. MORGAN STANLEY also shunned CWST shares holding by -12.56% last quarter which brought its holding to 585.51 thousand shares worth $57.89M.

As per its latest 13F filing, VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC increased its stake in CWST by 41.56% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 254.74 thousand shares having worth more than $25.19M. GENEVA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC also added 9.28% more shares of CWST to its portfolio, raising its holding to 1.06 million shares of worth $105.02M. SEI INVESTMENTS CO also increased its CWST shares holding by 10.79% which brought its holding to 360.23 thousand shares worth $35.62M.

The insider with the most stakes in CWST is Coletta Edmond , PRESIDENT at the company. Additionally, CWST stock is highly held by VICE CHAIRMAN, BD OF DIRECTORS CASELLA DOUGLAS R and PRESIDENT & COO Johnson Edwin D among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.59% percent of Casella Waste Systems, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 13 transaction(s) in which CWST insiders have sold stock, totaling 83.27K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include GREEN EMILY NAGLE, BURKE MICHAEL K, and CASELLA DOUGLAS R.

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

Around 403.15K Casella Waste Systems, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.59% of CWST stock.

CWST PRESIDENT, Coletta Edmond holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. CWST shares owned by Coletta total nearly 149.03 thousand.

VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC is the largest institutional owner in CWST which holds 254.74 thousand shares worth $25.19M or 0.44% of the total CWST shares outstanding followed by LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC with ownership of 82.21 thousand shares representing 0.14% of the CWST ownership. BLACKROCK INC. is the third largest stakeholder with 4.02 million shares or 6.93% of the ownership worth more than $397.22M.

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

Number of CWST shares short is 2.25M. 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, 62.33M shares of CWST 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, CWST has 61.82M 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 CWST is 7.46.