LAND 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 LAND shares is 252, representing 46.5% of the company's common stock.

BARD ASSOCIATES INC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in LAND by -1.31% restricting it's holding to 157.56 thousand shares of worth nearly $2.10M. CREDIT SUISSE AG/ also lessened -10.23% of the LAND shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 103.51 thousand shares of worth $1.38M. GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC also shunned LAND shares holding by -45.2% last quarter which brought its holding to 101.84 thousand shares worth $1.36M.

As per its latest 13F filing, MORGAN STANLEY increased its stake in LAND by 7.3% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 310.38 thousand shares having worth more than $4.14M. JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC also added 0.84% more shares of LAND to its portfolio, raising its holding to 246.13 thousand shares of worth $3.28M. CITADEL ADVISORS LLC also increased its LAND shares holding by 32.43% which brought its holding to 155.15 thousand shares worth $2.07M.

The insider with the most stakes in LAND is GLADSTONE DAVID , CEO at the company. Additionally, LAND stock is highly held by director ADELGREN PAUL W and director WILKINSON WALTER H among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 7.06% percent of Gladstone Land Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which LAND insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include ENGLISH MICHELA A.

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

Around 0 Gladstone Land Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 7.06% of LAND stock.

LAND CEO, GLADSTONE DAVID holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. LAND shares owned by GLADSTONE total nearly 2.3 million.

MORGAN STANLEY is the largest institutional owner in LAND which holds 310.38 thousand shares worth $4.14M or 0.87% of the total LAND shares outstanding followed by JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC with ownership of 246.13 thousand shares representing 0.69% of the LAND ownership. BARD ASSOCIATES INC is the third largest stakeholder with 157.56 thousand shares or 0.44% of the ownership worth more than $2.10M.

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

Number of LAND shares short is 781.71K. 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, 36.18M shares of LAND 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, LAND has 34.78M 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 LAND is 2.11.