GATX 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 GATX shares is 432, representing 101.34% of the company's common stock.

RICE HALL JAMES & ASSOCIATES, LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in GATX by -17.36% restricting it's holding to 25.5 thousand shares of worth nearly $3.42M. GABELLI FUNDS LLC also lessened -4.48% of the GATX shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 1.09 million shares of worth $146.53M. WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP also shunned GATX shares holding by -3.99% last quarter which brought its holding to 1.07 million shares worth $143.04M.

As per its latest 13F filing, DANA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC. increased its stake in GATX by 100% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 59.09 thousand shares having worth more than $7.92M. BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ also added 7.3% more shares of GATX to its portfolio, raising its holding to 1.15 million shares of worth $154.30M. UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC also increased its GATX shares holding by 19.72% which brought its holding to 54.6 thousand shares worth $7.32M.

The insider with the most stakes in GATX is STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO , 10 percent owner at the company. Additionally, GATX stock is highly held by President and CEO LYONS ROBERT C and Chairman, President and CEO KENNEY BRIAN A among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 1.12% percent of GATX Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which GATX insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include TITTERTON PAUL F, ZMUDKA ROBERT, and ARVIA ANNE L.

There have been 3 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which GATX Corporation insiders have bought stock, totalling 37546 shares

Around 9.93M GATX Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 1.12% of GATX stock.

GATX 10 percent owner, STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. GATX shares owned by STATE total nearly 3.3 million.

DANA INVESTMENT ADVISORS, INC. is the largest institutional owner in GATX which holds 59.09 thousand shares worth $7.92M or 0.17% of the total GATX shares outstanding followed by RICE HALL JAMES & ASSOCIATES, LLC with ownership of 25.5 thousand shares representing 0.07% of the GATX ownership. BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ is the third largest stakeholder with 1.15 million shares or 3.22% of the ownership worth more than $154.30M.

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

Number of GATX shares short is 1.26M. 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, 35.54M shares of GATX 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, GATX has 35.31M 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 GATX is 6.72.