DLB 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 DLB shares is 570, representing 93.98% of the company's common stock.

FIERA CAPITAL CORP, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in DLB by -3.64% restricting it's holding to 561.76 thousand shares of worth nearly $47.06M. RAYMOND JAMES & ASSOCIATES also lessened -3.28% of the DLB shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 486.35 thousand shares of worth $40.74M. ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC also shunned DLB shares holding by -30.98% last quarter which brought its holding to 466.77 thousand shares worth $39.09M.

As per its latest 13F filing, NINETY ONE NORTH AMERICA, INC. increased its stake in DLB by 25.27% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 132.79 thousand shares having worth more than $11.12M. JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC also added 1.13% more shares of DLB to its portfolio, raising its holding to 89.91 thousand shares of worth $7.53M. FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP also increased its DLB shares holding by 634.71% which brought its holding to 781.77 thousand shares worth $65.49M.

The insider with the most stakes in DLB is Couling John D , SVP, Entertainment at the company. Additionally, DLB stock is highly held by EVP & Chief Financial Officer CHEW LEWIS and President and CEO YEAMAN KEVIN J among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 1.47% percent of Dolby Laboratories, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 8 transaction(s) in which DLB insiders have sold stock, totaling 97.89K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include SHERMAN MARK ANDREW, YEAMAN KEVIN J, and NICHOLSON RYAN.

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

Around 589.13K Dolby Laboratories, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 1.47% of DLB stock.

DLB SVP, Entertainment, Couling John D holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. DLB shares owned by Couling total nearly 106.81 thousand.

NINETY ONE NORTH AMERICA, INC. is the largest institutional owner in DLB which holds 132.79 thousand shares worth $11.12M or 0.14% of the total DLB shares outstanding followed by JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC with ownership of 89.91 thousand shares representing 0.09% of the DLB ownership. FIRST TRUST ADVISORS LP is the third largest stakeholder with 781.77 thousand shares or 0.82% of the ownership worth more than $65.49M.

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

Number of DLB shares short is 887.73K. 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, 60.44M shares of DLB 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, DLB has 59.00M 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 DLB is 3.21.