GOOG 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 GOOG shares is 5053, representing 61.48% of the company's common stock.

PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in GOOG by -5.96% restricting it's holding to 10.57 million shares of worth nearly $1.61B. NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB also lessened -2.1% of the GOOG shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 6.32 million shares of worth $959.24M. FAYEZ SAROFIM & CO also shunned GOOG shares holding by -2.51% last quarter which brought its holding to 6.24 million shares worth $950.13M.

As per its latest 13F filing, MAWER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD. increased its stake in GOOG by 18.89% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 6.15 million shares having worth more than $937.12M. HSBC HOLDINGS PLC also added 21.19% more shares of GOOG to its portfolio, raising its holding to 15.28 million shares of worth $2.33B. VANGUARD GROUP INC also increased its GOOG shares holding by 0.23% which brought its holding to 411.92 million shares worth $62.72B.

The insider with the most stakes in GOOG is Alphabet Inc. , 10 percent owner at the company. Additionally, GOOG stock is highly held by Chief Executive Officer Pichai Sundar and President, CFO Porat Ruth among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.02% percent of Alphabet Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which GOOG insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include HENNESSY JOHN L, PICHAI SUNDAR, and O'TOOLE AMIE THUENER.

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

Around 0 Alphabet Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.02% of GOOG stock.

GOOG 10 percent owner, Alphabet Inc. holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. GOOG shares owned by Alphabet total nearly 15.63 million.

PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC is the largest institutional owner in GOOG which holds 10.57 million shares worth $1.61B or 0.08% of the total GOOG shares outstanding followed by NORDEA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT AB with ownership of 6.32 million shares representing 0.05% of the GOOG ownership. FAYEZ SAROFIM & CO is the third largest stakeholder with 6.24 million shares or 0.05% of the ownership worth more than $950.13M.

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

Number of GOOG shares short is 34.87M. 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, 5.67B shares of GOOG 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, GOOG has 11.10B 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 GOOG is null.