MRUS 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 MRUS shares is 273, representing 106.15% of the company's common stock.

HRT FINANCIAL LP, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in MRUS by -67.21% restricting it's holding to 12.39 thousand shares of worth nearly $557.00K. PICTET ASSET MANAGEMENT HOLDING SA also lessened -48.92% of the MRUS shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 629.68 thousand shares of worth $28.35M. SILVERARC CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC also shunned MRUS shares holding by -12.28% last quarter which brought its holding to 566.29 thousand shares worth $25.50M.

As per its latest 13F filing, INVESCO LTD. increased its stake in MRUS by 170.77% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 128.25 thousand shares having worth more than $5.78M. ADVISOR GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. also added 37% more shares of MRUS to its portfolio, raising its holding to 11.78 thousand shares of worth $530.45K. CHINA UNIVERSAL ASSET MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. also increased its MRUS shares holding by 66.34% which brought its holding to 11.11 thousand shares worth $500.00K.

The insider with the most stakes in MRUS is BVF PARTNERS L P/IL , 10 percent owner at the company. Additionally, MRUS stock is highly held by EVP & Chief Scientific Officer Throsby Mark and President, CEO & PFO Lundberg Sven Ante among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 2.03% percent of Merus N.V.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 1 transaction(s) in which MRUS insiders have sold stock, totaling 2.5K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include SHUMAN HARRY, SILVERMAN PETER B., and BVF PARTNERS L P/IL.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Merus N.V. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 7K Merus N.V. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 2.03% of MRUS stock.

MRUS 10 percent owner, BVF PARTNERS L P/IL holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. MRUS shares owned by BVF total nearly 232.75 thousand.

INVESCO LTD. is the largest institutional owner in MRUS which holds 128.25 thousand shares worth $5.78M or 0.25% of the total MRUS shares outstanding followed by HRT FINANCIAL LP with ownership of 12.39 thousand shares representing 0.02% of the MRUS ownership. ADVISOR GROUP HOLDINGS, INC. is the third largest stakeholder with 11.78 thousand shares or 0.02% of the ownership worth more than $530.45K.

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

Number of MRUS shares short is 8.26M. 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, 68.46M shares of MRUS 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, MRUS has 62.90M 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 MRUS is 13.09.