FSLR 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 FSLR shares is 1434, representing 90.69% of the company's common stock.

WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in FSLR by -9.02% restricting it's holding to 174.19 thousand shares of worth nearly $29.40M. INVESCO LTD. also lessened -7.06% of the FSLR shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 2.39 million shares of worth $402.96M. BLACKROCK INC. also shunned FSLR shares holding by -4.29% last quarter which brought its holding to 12.03 million shares worth $2.03B.

As per its latest 13F filing, VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT N.V. increased its stake in FSLR by 11.7% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 390.96 thousand shares having worth more than $65.99M. BNP PARIBAS ARBITRAGE, SNC also added 31.61% more shares of FSLR to its portfolio, raising its holding to 198.18 thousand shares of worth $33.45M. LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC also increased its FSLR shares holding by 2.36% which brought its holding to 897.05 thousand shares worth $151.42M.

The insider with the most stakes in FSLR is Widmar Mark R , Chief Executive Officer at the company. Additionally, FSLR stock is highly held by Chief Commercial Officer ANTOUN GEORGES and Chief Financial Officer Bradley Alexander R. among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 6.96% percent of First Solar, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 3 transaction(s) in which FSLR insiders have sold stock, totaling 12.72K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include GLOECKLER MARKUS, BUEHLER PATRICK JAMES, and JEFFERS BYRON MICHAEL.

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

Around 12.4K First Solar, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 6.96% of FSLR stock.

FSLR Chief Executive Officer, Widmar Mark R holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. FSLR shares owned by Widmar total nearly 81.86 thousand.

VAN LANSCHOT KEMPEN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT N.V. is the largest institutional owner in FSLR which holds 390.96 thousand shares worth $65.99M or 0.37% of the total FSLR shares outstanding followed by BNP PARIBAS ARBITRAGE, SNC with ownership of 198.18 thousand shares representing 0.19% of the FSLR ownership. WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN is the third largest stakeholder with 174.19 thousand shares or 0.16% of the ownership worth more than $29.40M.

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

Number of FSLR shares short is 8.19M. 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, 107.06M shares of FSLR 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, FSLR has 101.21M 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 FSLR is 4.21.