EXAS 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 EXAS shares is 855, representing 101.7% of the company's common stock.

BAIRD FINANCIAL GROUP, INC., in the last quarter, reduced its stake in EXAS by -10.82% restricting it's holding to 296.88 thousand shares of worth nearly $20.50M. WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN also lessened -13.53% of the EXAS shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 294.86 thousand shares of worth $20.36M. AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC also shunned EXAS shares holding by -8.94% last quarter which brought its holding to 2.26 million shares worth $156.07M.

As per its latest 13F filing, VANGUARD GROUP INC increased its stake in EXAS by 1.03% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 17.74 million shares having worth more than $1.23B. WASATCH ADVISORS LP also added 14.4% more shares of EXAS to its portfolio, raising its holding to 299.25 thousand shares of worth $20.67M. GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC also increased its EXAS shares holding by 3.11% which brought its holding to 2.97 million shares worth $204.74M.

The insider with the most stakes in EXAS is Conroy Kevin T , President and CEO at the company. Additionally, EXAS stock is highly held by EVP, Human Resources Condella Sarah and director Zanotti Katherine S among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 1.02% percent of Exact Sciences Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 2 transaction(s) in which EXAS insiders have sold stock, totaling 1.86K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include BARANICK BRIAN, CUNNINGHAM EVERETT, and COWARD D SCOTT.

There have been 1 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Exact Sciences Corporation insiders have bought stock, totalling 19500 shares

Around 1.1M Exact Sciences Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 1.02% of EXAS stock.

EXAS President and CEO, Conroy Kevin T holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. EXAS shares owned by Conroy total nearly 1.07 million.

VANGUARD GROUP INC is the largest institutional owner in EXAS which holds 17.74 million shares worth $1.23B or 9.8% of the total EXAS shares outstanding followed by WASATCH ADVISORS LP with ownership of 299.25 thousand shares representing 0.17% of the EXAS ownership. BAIRD FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. is the third largest stakeholder with 296.88 thousand shares or 0.16% of the ownership worth more than $20.50M.

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

Number of EXAS shares short is 10.69M. 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, 185.08M shares of EXAS 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, EXAS has 183.74M 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 EXAS is 6.15.