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Investors cannot turn a blind eye to insiders as well as institutional ownership. They need to follow insider trades to determine the direction the stock is likely to take.
About 88.79% of DLX shares are held by financial institutions. LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT is the top corporate investor, holding 2.09M shares valued at $43.05M. A 4.76% stake in Deluxe Corporation is owned by the company. DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP owns 1.92M shares valued at $39.47M, which translates its holding of 4.4% of the stake in the company.
Among the DLX insiders holding of 1.71% of the stake in company, SCHRAM LEE J, Chief Executive Officer, holds the largest shares of 261.87K. MCCARTHY BARRY C, President & CEO, is the second largest DLX insider with ownership of 180.96K shares. REDGRAVE MARTYN R, director, stands third with possession of 50K shares of that stake.
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 DLX shares is 284, representing 88.79% of the company's common stock.
DEPRINCE RACE & ZOLLO INC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in DLX by -0.91% restricting it's holding to 1.84 million shares of worth nearly $37.99M. WILLIAM BLAIR INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC also lessened -0.1% of the DLX shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 1.29 million shares of worth $26.57M. BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP also shunned DLX shares holding by -1.15% last quarter which brought its holding to 786.6 thousand shares worth $16.20M.
As per its latest 13F filing, LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT increased its stake in DLX by 2.35% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 2.09 million shares having worth more than $43.05M. DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP also added 9.51% more shares of DLX to its portfolio, raising its holding to 1.92 million shares of worth $39.47M. CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC also increased its DLX shares holding by 1.33% which brought its holding to 1.09 million shares worth $22.48M.
The insider with the most stakes in DLX is SCHRAM LEE J , Chief Executive Officer at the company. Additionally, DLX stock is highly held by President & CEO McCarthy Barry C and director REDGRAVE MARTYN R among others.
Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 1.71% percent of Deluxe Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which DLX insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include REDDIN THOMAS, SCHRAM LEE J, and FILBY JOHN D.
There have been 4 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Deluxe Corporation insiders have bought stock, totalling 5350 shares
Around 382.92K Deluxe Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 1.71% of DLX stock.
DLX Chief Executive Officer, SCHRAM LEE J holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. DLX shares owned by SCHRAM total nearly 261.87 thousand.
LSV ASSET MANAGEMENT is the largest institutional owner in DLX which holds 2.09 million shares worth $43.05M or 4.76% of the total DLX shares outstanding followed by DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP with ownership of 1.92 million shares representing 4.4% of the DLX ownership. DEPRINCE RACE & ZOLLO INC is the third largest stakeholder with 1.84 million shares or 4.2% of the ownership worth more than $37.99M.
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 DLX is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.
Number of DLX shares short is 2.50M. 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, 44.27M shares of DLX 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, DLX has 43.45M 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 DLX is 10.05.