LOW 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 LOW shares is 3105, representing 77.4% of the company's common stock.

NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in LOW by -2.27% restricting it's holding to 843 thousand shares of worth nearly $214.74M. PICTET ASSET MANAGEMENT HOLDING SA also lessened -8.57% of the LOW shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 816.49 thousand shares of worth $207.98M. MAGELLAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LTD also shunned LOW shares holding by -36.16% last quarter which brought its holding to 798.98 thousand shares worth $203.52M.

As per its latest 13F filing, GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC increased its stake in LOW by 7.38% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 4.04 million shares having worth more than $1.03B. NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC also added 10.44% more shares of LOW to its portfolio, raising its holding to 823.96 thousand shares of worth $209.89M. CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC also increased its LOW shares holding by 2.22% which brought its holding to 3.28 million shares worth $836.13M.

The insider with the most stakes in LOW is NIBLOCK ROBERT A , Chairman President & CEO at the company. Additionally, LOW stock is highly held by Chief Financial Officer HULL ROBERT F JR and President and CEO Ellison Marvin R among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.1% percent of Lowe's Companies, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 5 transaction(s) in which LOW insiders have sold stock, totaling 49.88K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include VANCE QUONTA D, GODBOLE SEEMANTINI, and MCFARLAND JOSEPH MICHAEL.

There have been 1 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Lowe's Companies, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 1000 shares

Around 124.56K Lowe's Companies, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.1% of LOW stock.

LOW Chairman President & CEO, NIBLOCK ROBERT A holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. LOW shares owned by NIBLOCK total nearly 370.16 thousand.

GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC is the largest institutional owner in LOW which holds 4.04 million shares worth $1.03B or 0.7% of the total LOW shares outstanding followed by NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND with ownership of 843 thousand shares representing 0.15% of the LOW ownership. NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC is the third largest stakeholder with 823.96 thousand shares or 0.14% of the ownership worth more than $209.89M.

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

Number of LOW shares short is 7.37M. 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, 564.65M shares of LOW 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, LOW has 563.50M 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 LOW is 3.35.