ESCA 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 ESCA shares is 102, representing 38.76% of the company's common stock.

MORGAN STANLEY, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in ESCA by -28.29% restricting it's holding to 17.26 thousand shares of worth nearly $237.26K. EAM INVESTORS, LLC also lessened -100% of the ESCA shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 0 shares of worth -. LPL FINANCIAL LLC also shunned ESCA shares holding by -2.73% last quarter which brought its holding to 27.02 thousand shares worth $371.56K.

As per its latest 13F filing, NORTHERN TRUST CORP increased its stake in ESCA by 0.85% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 92.46 thousand shares having worth more than $1.27M. JPMORGAN CHASE & CO also added 100.42% more shares of ESCA to its portfolio, raising its holding to 20.29 thousand shares of worth $278.97K. QUADRATURE CAPITAL LTD also increased its ESCA shares holding by 100% which brought its holding to 14.49 thousand shares worth $199.21K.

The insider with the most stakes in ESCA is Griffin Patrick J , Vice President at the company. Additionally, ESCA stock is highly held by 10 percent owner GRIFFIN ROBERT E and director Williams Edward E among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 35.09% percent of Escalade, Incorporated's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 1 transaction(s) in which ESCA insiders have sold stock, totaling 1.81K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include WAWRIN STEPHEN, BAALMANN RICHARD FENTON JR, and WILLIAMS EDWARD E.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Escalade, Incorporated insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 37.5K Escalade, Incorporated shares are held by insiders, which represents about 35.09% of ESCA stock.

ESCA Vice President, Griffin Patrick J holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. ESCA shares owned by Griffin total nearly 1.32 million.

MORGAN STANLEY is the largest institutional owner in ESCA which holds 17.26 thousand shares worth $237.26K or 0.13% of the total ESCA shares outstanding followed by EAM INVESTORS, LLC with ownership of 0 shares representing 0% of the ESCA ownership. NORTHERN TRUST CORP is the third largest stakeholder with 92.46 thousand shares or 0.67% of the ownership worth more than $1.27M.

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

Number of ESCA shares short is 92.34K. 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, 13.88M shares of ESCA 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, ESCA has 9.01M 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 ESCA is 2.9.