MRO 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 MRO shares is 1067, representing 75.99% of the company's common stock.

SCHRODER INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT GROUP, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in MRO by -8.6% restricting it's holding to 755.77 thousand shares of worth nearly $21.42M. RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC also lessened -11.49% of the MRO shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 1.29 million shares of worth $36.55M. SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP also shunned MRO shares holding by -6.85% last quarter which brought its holding to 1.27 million shares worth $36.05M.

As per its latest 13F filing, ALYESKA INVESTMENT GROUP, L.P. increased its stake in MRO by 64.81% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 1.15 million shares having worth more than $32.65M. CITIGROUP INC also added 34% more shares of MRO to its portfolio, raising its holding to 812.78 thousand shares of worth $23.03M. WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC also increased its MRO shares holding by 7.53% which brought its holding to 757.14 thousand shares worth $21.46M.

The insider with the most stakes in MRO is TILLMAN LEE M , Chairman, President and CEO at the company. Additionally, MRO stock is highly held by Executive VP - Operations Little Thomas Mitchell and VP, Controller & CAO WILSON GARY EUGENE among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.44% percent of Marathon Oil Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 4 transaction(s) in which MRO insiders have sold stock, totaling 382.69K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include WAGNER PATRICK, TILLMAN LEE M, and WHITEHEAD DANE E.

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

Around 877.89K Marathon Oil Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.44% of MRO stock.

MRO Chairman, President and CEO, TILLMAN LEE M holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. MRO shares owned by TILLMAN total nearly 596.33 thousand.

ALYESKA INVESTMENT GROUP, L.P. is the largest institutional owner in MRO which holds 1.15 million shares worth $32.65M or 0.2% of the total MRO shares outstanding followed by CITIGROUP INC with ownership of 812.78 thousand shares representing 0.14% of the MRO ownership. WEDGE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT L L P/NC is the third largest stakeholder with 757.14 thousand shares or 0.13% of the ownership worth more than $21.46M.

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

Number of MRO shares short is 8.33M. 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, 559.41M shares of MRO 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, MRO has 556.80M 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 MRO is 1.67.