EFC 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 EFC shares is 251, representing 56.45% of the company's common stock.

YOUSIF CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in EFC by -23.42% restricting it's holding to 35.63 thousand shares of worth nearly $420.79K. NORTHERN TRUST CORP also lessened -3.86% of the EFC shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 720.52 thousand shares of worth $8.51M. CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC also shunned EFC shares holding by -0.67% last quarter which brought its holding to 653.96 thousand shares worth $7.72M.

As per its latest 13F filing, BNP PARIBAS ARBITRAGE, SNC increased its stake in EFC by 66.98% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 37.78 thousand shares having worth more than $446.23K. MAS ADVISORS LLC also added 31.52% more shares of EFC to its portfolio, raising its holding to 37.27 thousand shares of worth $440.10K. BLACKROCK INC. also increased its EFC shares holding by 3.66% which brought its holding to 13.45 million shares worth $158.89M.

The insider with the most stakes in EFC is FBR Capital Markets PT Inc , 10 percent owner at the company. Additionally, EFC stock is highly held by Co-Chief Investment Officer Vranos Michael W and CEO and President Penn Laurence among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 3.6% percent of Ellington Financial Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 2 transaction(s) in which EFC insiders have sold stock, totaling 28.36K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include VRANOS MICHAEL W, MUMFORD LISA, and PENN LAURENCE.

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

Around 322.36K Ellington Financial Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 3.6% of EFC stock.

EFC 10 percent owner, FBR Capital Markets PT Inc holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. EFC shares owned by FBR total nearly 851.73 thousand.

EMG HOLDINGS, L.P. is the largest institutional owner in EFC which holds 927.14 thousand shares worth $10.95M or 1.1% of the total EFC shares outstanding followed by BNP PARIBAS ARBITRAGE, SNC with ownership of 37.78 thousand shares representing 0.05% of the EFC ownership. MAS ADVISORS LLC is the third largest stakeholder with 37.27 thousand shares or 0.05% of the ownership worth more than $440.10K.

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

Number of EFC shares short is 5.96M. 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, 90.66M shares of EFC 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, EFC has 88.32M 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 EFC is 6.06.