EDUC 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 EDUC shares is 19, representing 23.09% of the company's common stock.

RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in EDUC by -4.48% restricting it's holding to 234.54 thousand shares of worth nearly $485.00K. BLACKROCK INC. also lessened -100% of the EDUC shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 0 shares of worth -. PERRITT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC also shunned EDUC shares holding by -100% last quarter which brought its holding to 0 shares worth -.

As per its latest 13F filing, NEEDHAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC increased its stake in EDUC by 20.54% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 675 thousand shares having worth more than $1.40M. FMR LLC also added 100% more shares of EDUC to its portfolio, raising its holding to 1 shares of worth $2.00. WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN also increased its EDUC shares holding by 2.04% which brought its holding to 50 shares worth $103.00.

The insider with the most stakes in EDUC is WHITE RANDALL W , Executive Chairman at the company. Additionally, EDUC stock is highly held by CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER White Craig M and director BERRYHILL ROBERT D among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 26.51% percent of Educational Development Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which EDUC insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include MCDANIEL RONALD T, WHITE CRAIG M, and WHITE RANDALL W.

There have been 4 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Educational Development Corporation insiders have bought stock, totalling 30965 shares

Around 940.5K Educational Development Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 26.51% of EDUC stock.

EDUC Executive Chairman, WHITE RANDALL W holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. EDUC shares owned by WHITE total nearly 1.29 million.

NORTHERN TRUST CORP is the largest institutional owner in EDUC which holds 15.55 thousand shares worth $32.19K or 0.19% of the total EDUC shares outstanding followed by RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC with ownership of 234.54 thousand shares representing 2.84% of the EDUC ownership. NEEDHAM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC is the third largest stakeholder with 675 thousand shares or 8.17% of the ownership worth more than $1.40M.

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 EDUC is concerned, it is a stock which is not optionable.

Number of EDUC shares short is 8.11K. 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, 8.58M shares of EDUC 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, EDUC has 6.31M 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 EDUC is 0.46.