NDSN 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 NDSN shares is 859, representing 76.67% of the company's common stock.

MORGAN STANLEY, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in NDSN by -1.48% restricting it's holding to 1.43 million shares of worth nearly $392.21M. MITSUBISHI UFJ TRUST & BANKING CORP also lessened -6.06% of the NDSN shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 135.12 thousand shares of worth $36.80M. NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND also shunned NDSN shares holding by -3.11% last quarter which brought its holding to 128.17 thousand shares worth $35.19M.

As per its latest 13F filing, STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP increased its stake in NDSN by 2.21% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 130.15 thousand shares having worth more than $35.73M. SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST HOLDINGS, INC. also added 6.54% more shares of NDSN to its portfolio, raising its holding to 130.01 thousand shares of worth $35.69M. JANNEY MONTGOMERY SCOTT LLC also increased its NDSN shares holding by 3.31% which brought its holding to 123.97 thousand shares worth $34.03M.

The insider with the most stakes in NDSN is Hilton Michael F , at the company. Additionally, NDSN stock is highly held by Executive Vice President KEANE JOHN J and Executive Vice President, CFO THAXTON GREGORY A among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 5.24% percent of Nordson Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 7 transaction(s) in which NDSN insiders have sold stock, totaling 5.02K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include LOVASS STEPHEN, MCDONOUGH JENNIFER L, and KELLEY JOSEPH P.

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

Around 38.89K Nordson Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 5.24% of NDSN stock.

NDSN , Hilton Michael F holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. NDSN shares owned by Hilton total nearly 171.72 thousand.

MORGAN STANLEY is the largest institutional owner in NDSN which holds 1.43 million shares worth $392.21M or 2.5% of the total NDSN shares outstanding followed by MITSUBISHI UFJ TRUST & BANKING CORP with ownership of 135.12 thousand shares representing 0.24% of the NDSN ownership. STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP is the third largest stakeholder with 130.15 thousand shares or 0.23% of the ownership worth more than $35.73M.

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

Number of NDSN shares short is 861.24K. 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, 57.09M shares of NDSN 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, NDSN has 53.95M 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 NDSN is 3.76.