GERN 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 GERN shares is 340, representing 85.46% of the company's common stock.

MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in GERN by -50.43% restricting it's holding to 7.3 million shares of worth nearly $24.10M. NORTHERN TRUST CORP also lessened -1.74% of the GERN shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 5.03 million shares of worth $16.59M. MORGAN STANLEY also shunned GERN shares holding by -68.25% last quarter which brought its holding to 3.35 million shares worth $11.07M.

As per its latest 13F filing, CITADEL ADVISORS LLC increased its stake in GERN by 53.32% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 986.11 thousand shares having worth more than $3.25M. ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. also added 100% more shares of GERN to its portfolio, raising its holding to 7.2 million shares of worth $23.76M. FAIRMOUNT FUNDS MANAGEMENT LLC also increased its GERN shares holding by 100% which brought its holding to 6.67 million shares worth $22.00M.

The insider with the most stakes in GERN is GREENWOOD DAVID , President, Interim CEO, CFO at the company. Additionally, GERN stock is highly held by Chairman, President and CEO SCARLETT JOHN A and SVP, Chief Scientific Officer LEBKOWSKI JANE among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.09% percent of Geron Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which GERN insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include GRETHLEIN ANDREW J, KAPUR ANIL, and FELLER FAYE.

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

Around 0 Geron Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.09% of GERN stock.

GERN President, Interim CEO, CFO, GREENWOOD DAVID holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. GERN shares owned by GREENWOOD total nearly 754.03 thousand.

CITADEL ADVISORS LLC is the largest institutional owner in GERN which holds 986.11 thousand shares worth $3.25M or 0.17% of the total GERN shares outstanding followed by ROSALIND ADVISORS, INC. with ownership of 200 thousand shares representing 0.03% of the GERN ownership. MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC is the third largest stakeholder with 7.3 million shares or 1.23% of the ownership worth more than $24.10M.

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

Number of GERN shares short is 65.07M. 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, 604.50M shares of GERN 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, GERN has 557.59M 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 GERN is 5.7.