EVRG 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 EVRG shares is 977, representing 88.86% of the company's common stock.

BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in EVRG by -54.53% restricting it's holding to 903.01 thousand shares of worth nearly $48.29M. EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC also lessened -0.41% of the EVRG shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 415.36 thousand shares of worth $21.91M. BLACKROCK INC. also shunned EVRG shares holding by -6.85% last quarter which brought its holding to 15.96 million shares worth $852.00M.

As per its latest 13F filing, HITE HEDGE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC increased its stake in EVRG by 943.85% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 414.11 thousand shares having worth more than $22.10M. GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC also added 4.4% more shares of EVRG to its portfolio, raising its holding to 5.67 million shares of worth $302.08M. INVESCO LTD. also increased its EVRG shares holding by 23.65% which brought its holding to 5.48 million shares worth $292.65M.

The insider with the most stakes in EVRG is WILDER C JOHN , director at the company. Additionally, EVRG stock is highly held by President and CEO Campbell David A and SVP - GEN COUNSEL, CORP SEC Humphrey Heather A among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.21% percent of Evergy, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 8 transaction(s) in which EVRG insiders have sold stock, totaling 69.17K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include KING CHARLES L, BRYANT KEVIN E., and CAISLEY CHARLES A..

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

Around 87.66K Evergy, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.21% of EVRG stock.

EVRG director, WILDER C JOHN holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. EVRG shares owned by WILDER total nearly 2.66 million.

BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ is the largest institutional owner in EVRG which holds 903.01 thousand shares worth $48.29M or 0.39% of the total EVRG shares outstanding followed by EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC with ownership of 415.36 thousand shares representing 0.18% of the EVRG ownership. HITE HEDGE ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC is the third largest stakeholder with 414.11 thousand shares or 0.18% of the ownership worth more than $22.10M.

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

Number of EVRG shares short is 9.68M. 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, 229.98M shares of EVRG 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, EVRG has 228.88M 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 EVRG is 4.95.