HLF 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 HLF shares is 273, representing 109.72% of the company's common stock.

NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in HLF by -0.84% restricting it's holding to 277.74 thousand shares of worth nearly $2.79M. HUBER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC also lessened -75.3% of the HLF shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 91.2 thousand shares of worth $916.56K. BLACKROCK INC. also shunned HLF shares holding by -1.02% last quarter which brought its holding to 7.21 million shares worth $72.44M.

As per its latest 13F filing, WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN increased its stake in HLF by 28.83% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 82.57 thousand shares having worth more than $829.87K. RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC also added 0.57% more shares of HLF to its portfolio, raising its holding to 5.96 million shares of worth $59.90M. UBS GROUP AG also increased its HLF shares holding by 43.55% which brought its holding to 5.28 million shares worth $53.04M.

The insider with the most stakes in HLF is ICAHN CARL C , 10 percent owner at the company. Additionally, HLF stock is highly held by director WindAcre Partnership Master Fund, LP and Chairman & CEO JOHNSON MICHAEL among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 1.72% percent of Herbalife Nutrition Ltd.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which HLF insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include MONTESINO IBELIS, TARTOL JOHN, and LEVY ROBERT.

There have been 6 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. insiders have bought stock, totalling 34221 shares

Around 705K Herbalife Nutrition Ltd. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 1.72% of HLF stock.

HLF 10 percent owner, ICAHN CARL C holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. HLF shares owned by ICAHN total nearly 8.02 million.

NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC is the largest institutional owner in HLF which holds 277.74 thousand shares worth $2.79M or 0.28% of the total HLF shares outstanding followed by CREDIT SUISSE AG/ with ownership of 99.98 thousand shares representing 0.1% of the HLF ownership. ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. is the third largest stakeholder with 99.21 thousand shares or 0.1% of the ownership worth more than $997.08K.

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

Number of HLF shares short is 13.56M. 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, 100.79M shares of HLF 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, HLF has 78.85M 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 HLF is 4.87.