MWA 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 MWA shares is 461, representing 94.84% of the company's common stock.

BFSG, LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in MWA by -0.09% restricting it's holding to 221.65 thousand shares of worth nearly $3.57M. UBS GROUP AG also lessened -9.61% of the MWA shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 207.3 thousand shares of worth $3.34M. ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. also shunned MWA shares holding by -10.16% last quarter which brought its holding to 186.38 thousand shares worth $3.00M.

As per its latest 13F filing, JPMORGAN CHASE & CO increased its stake in MWA by 1.23% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 364.24 thousand shares having worth more than $5.86M. RHUMBLINE ADVISERS also added 4.61% more shares of MWA to its portfolio, raising its holding to 276.85 thousand shares of worth $4.45M. EXODUSPOINT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LP also increased its MWA shares holding by 362.7% which brought its holding to 266.67 thousand shares worth $4.29M.

The insider with the most stakes in MWA is HYLAND GREGORY E , Executive Chairman at the company. Additionally, MWA stock is highly held by Senior Advisor HALL J SCOTT and director TOKARZ MICHAEL T among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 1.69% percent of Mueller Water Products, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 10 transaction(s) in which MWA insiders have sold stock, totaling 447.03K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include SMITH SUZANNE G, HELMS TODD P, and HEINRICHS STEVEN S.

There have been 3 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Mueller Water Products, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 3490 shares

Around 2.06M Mueller Water Products, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 1.69% of MWA stock.

MWA Executive Chairman, HYLAND GREGORY E holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. MWA shares owned by HYLAND total nearly 929.48 thousand.

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO is the largest institutional owner in MWA which holds 364.24 thousand shares worth $5.86M or 0.23% of the total MWA shares outstanding followed by SWISS NATIONAL BANK with ownership of 308.4 thousand shares representing 0.2% of the MWA ownership. RHUMBLINE ADVISERS is the third largest stakeholder with 276.85 thousand shares or 0.18% of the ownership worth more than $4.45M.

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

Number of MWA shares short is 2.83M. 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, 156.53M shares of MWA 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, MWA has 153.97M 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 MWA is 3.03.