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Making an investment decision in the stock market involves a certain amount of risk, so it's important to thoroughly review a company's stock before making any decisions. Stock float, number of short positions and outstanding shares are among the many factors an investor should take into account.
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 102.16% of DNOW shares are held by financial institutions. D. E. SHAW & CO., INC. is the top corporate investor, holding 1.85M shares valued at $28.12M. A 1.75% stake in NOW Inc. is owned by the company. UBS GROUP AG owns 121.4K shares valued at $1.85M, which translates its holding of 0.11% of the stake in the company.
Among the DNOW insiders holding of 1.98% of the stake in company, CHERECHINSKY DAVID A, President and CEO, holds the largest shares of 775.56K. WORKMAN ROBERT R, President and CEO, is the second largest DNOW insider with ownership of 583.62K shares. CHANG RAYMOND W, VP and General Counsel, stands third with possession of 283.84K 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 DNOW shares is 363, representing 102.16% of the company's common stock.
UBS GROUP AG, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in DNOW by -5.4% restricting it's holding to 121.4 thousand shares of worth nearly $1.85M. NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC also lessened -38.5% of the DNOW shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 1.45 million shares of worth $22.03M. BOSTON PARTNERS also shunned DNOW shares holding by -2.6% last quarter which brought its holding to 1.44 million shares worth $21.81M.
As per its latest 13F filing, D. E. SHAW & CO., INC. increased its stake in DNOW by 16.88% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 1.85 million shares having worth more than $28.12M. MORGAN STANLEY also added 2.95% more shares of DNOW to its portfolio, raising its holding to 1.47 million shares of worth $22.39M. ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP also increased its DNOW shares holding by 923.26% which brought its holding to 1.41 million shares worth $21.42M.
The insider with the most stakes in DNOW is Cherechinsky David A , President and CEO at the company. Additionally, DNOW stock is highly held by President and CEO WORKMAN ROBERT R and VP and General Counsel Chang Raymond W among others.
Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 1.98% percent of NOW Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 3 transaction(s) in which DNOW insiders have sold stock, totaling 55.87K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include COPPINGER PAUL M, SURRATT FANNY R., and JOHNSON MARK B.
There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which NOW Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares
Around 156.78K NOW Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 1.98% of DNOW stock.
DNOW President and CEO, Cherechinsky David A holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. DNOW shares owned by Cherechinsky total nearly 775.56 thousand.
D. E. SHAW & CO., INC. is the largest institutional owner in DNOW which holds 1.85 million shares worth $28.12M or 1.75% of the total DNOW shares outstanding followed by UBS GROUP AG with ownership of 121.4 thousand shares representing 0.11% of the DNOW ownership. MORGAN STANLEY is the third largest stakeholder with 1.47 million shares or 1.39% of the ownership worth more than $22.39M.
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 DNOW is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.
Number of DNOW shares short is 2.29M. 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, 105.85M shares of DNOW 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, DNOW has 103.65M 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 DNOW is 3.04.