GNL 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 GNL shares is 406, representing 63.1% of the company's common stock.

NORTHERN TRUST CORP, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in GNL by -1.55% restricting it's holding to 2.04 million shares of worth nearly $15.85M. MORGAN STANLEY also lessened -8.6% of the GNL shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 1.82 million shares of worth $14.12M. LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC also shunned GNL shares holding by -2.67% last quarter which brought its holding to 1.76 million shares worth $13.64M.

As per its latest 13F filing, EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS, LLC increased its stake in GNL by 16.64% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 321.85 thousand shares having worth more than $2.50M. HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC also added 9.59% more shares of GNL to its portfolio, raising its holding to 132.79 thousand shares of worth $1.03M. GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC also increased its GNL shares holding by 3.08% which brought its holding to 4.79 million shares worth $37.20M.

The insider with the most stakes in GNL is SCHORSCH NICHOLAS S , 10 percent owner at the company. Additionally, GNL stock is highly held by director Kabnick Lisa and Co-Chief Executive Officer Weil Edward M Jr. among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 13.51% percent of Global Net Lease, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which GNL insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include SCHORSCH NICHOLAS S, WEIL EDWARD M JR., and NELSON JAMES LARRY.

There have been 2 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Global Net Lease, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 200000 shares

Around 3.56M Global Net Lease, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 13.51% of GNL stock.

GNL 10 percent owner, SCHORSCH NICHOLAS S holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. GNL shares owned by SCHORSCH total nearly 1.83 million.

EXCHANGE TRADED CONCEPTS, LLC is the largest institutional owner in GNL which holds 321.85 thousand shares worth $2.50M or 0.14% of the total GNL shares outstanding followed by HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC with ownership of 132.79 thousand shares representing 0.09% of the GNL ownership. GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC is the third largest stakeholder with 4.79 million shares or 3.36% of the ownership worth more than $37.20M.

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

Number of GNL shares short is 6.71M. 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, 230.63M shares of GNL 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, GNL has 228.88M 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 GNL is 4.24.