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Investors cannot turn a blind eye to insiders as well as institutional ownership. They need to follow insider trades to determine the direction the stock is likely to take.
About 86.11% of FRST shares are held by financial institutions. ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES CORP is the top corporate investor, holding 55.47K shares valued at $675.11K. A 0.23% stake in Primis Financial Corp. is owned by the company. CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC. owns 19.17K shares valued at $233.00K, which translates its holding of 0.08% of the stake in the company.
Among the FRST insiders holding of 3.6% of the stake in company, ZEMBER DENNIS J JR, President/CEO, holds the largest shares of 199.77K. SWITZER MATTHEW ALAN, EVP, CFO, is the second largest FRST insider with ownership of 89.23K shares. BIAGAS JOHN FITZGERALD, director, stands third with possession of 78.47K shares of that stake.
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 FRST shares is 168, representing 86.11% of the company's common stock.
BLACKROCK INC., in the last quarter, reduced its stake in FRST by -6.38% restricting it's holding to 1.72 million shares of worth nearly $20.88M. MENDON CAPITAL ADVISORS CORP also lessened -12.74% of the FRST shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 909.65 thousand shares of worth $12.68M. PL CAPITAL ADVISORS, LLC also shunned FRST shares holding by -2.06% last quarter which brought its holding to 475.24 thousand shares worth $5.78M.
As per its latest 13F filing, BANC FUNDS CO LLC increased its stake in FRST by 0.11% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 1.7 million shares having worth more than $20.63M. PATRIOT FINANCIAL PARTNERS GP, LP also added 19.66% more shares of FRST to its portfolio, raising its holding to 1.22 million shares of worth $14.82M. VANGUARD GROUP INC also increased its FRST shares holding by 0.66% which brought its holding to 1.11 million shares worth $13.48M.
The insider with the most stakes in FRST is Zember Dennis J JR , President/CEO at the company. Additionally, FRST stock is highly held by EVP, CFO Switzer Matthew Alan and director Biagas John Fitzgerald among others.
Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 3.6% percent of Primis Financial Corp.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 1 transaction(s) in which FRST insiders have sold stock, totaling 11.18K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include KABBASH CHARLES A, ALMOND BARRY P, and BROCKWELL BRUCE TODD.
There have been 7 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Primis Financial Corp. insiders have bought stock, totalling 15063 shares
Around 393.97K Primis Financial Corp. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 3.6% of FRST stock.
FRST President/CEO, Zember Dennis J JR holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. FRST shares owned by Zember total nearly 199.77 thousand.
ATLANTIC UNION BANKSHARES CORP is the largest institutional owner in FRST which holds 55.47 thousand shares worth $675.11K or 0.23% of the total FRST shares outstanding followed by CAMBRIDGE INVESTMENT RESEARCH ADVISORS, INC. with ownership of 19.17 thousand shares representing 0.08% of the FRST ownership. BLACKROCK INC. is the third largest stakeholder with 1.72 million shares or 6.96% of the ownership worth more than $20.88M.
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 FRST is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.
Number of FRST shares short is 96.17K. 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, 24.72M shares of FRST 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, FRST has 20.15M 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 FRST is 1.19.