MCO 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 MCO shares is 1730, representing 78.31% of the company's common stock.

EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in MCO by -2.16% restricting it's holding to 346.37 thousand shares of worth nearly $136.43M. AVIVA PLC also lessened -1.06% of the MCO shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 315.95 thousand shares of worth $124.18M. HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC also shunned MCO shares holding by -1.09% last quarter which brought its holding to 305.49 thousand shares worth $120.07M.

As per its latest 13F filing, TCI FUND MANAGEMENT LTD increased its stake in MCO by 1.24% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 12.2 million shares having worth more than $4.79B. RHUMBLINE ADVISERS also added 1.22% more shares of MCO to its portfolio, raising its holding to 329.38 thousand shares of worth $129.46M. KING LUTHER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CORP also increased its MCO shares holding by 3.09% which brought its holding to 311.28 thousand shares worth $122.34M.

The insider with the most stakes in MCO is MCDANIEL RAYMOND W , director at the company. Additionally, MCO stock is highly held by President and CEO Fauber Robert and President, Moody's Investors West Michael L among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 13.74% percent of Moody's Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 16 transaction(s) in which MCO insiders have sold stock, totaling 24.31K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include FAUBER ROBERT, WEST MICHAEL L, and SULLIVAN CAROLINE.

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

Around 431.03K Moody's Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 13.74% of MCO stock.

MCO director, MCDANIEL RAYMOND W holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. MCO shares owned by MCDANIEL total nearly 82.86 thousand.

TCI FUND MANAGEMENT LTD is the largest institutional owner in MCO which holds 12.2 million shares worth $4.79B or 6.68% of the total MCO shares outstanding followed by EAGLE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC with ownership of 346.37 thousand shares representing 0.19% of the MCO ownership. RHUMBLINE ADVISERS is the third largest stakeholder with 329.38 thousand shares or 0.18% of the ownership worth more than $129.46M.

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

Number of MCO shares short is 1.56M. 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, 181.23M shares of MCO 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, MCO has 167.65M 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 MCO is 2.91.