NKLA 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 NKLA shares is 206, representing 18.52% of the company's common stock.

ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P., in the last quarter, reduced its stake in NKLA by -47.56% restricting it's holding to 322.17 thousand shares of worth nearly $335.06K. SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP also lessened -14.47% of the NKLA shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 4.99 million shares of worth $5.19M. JANE STREET GROUP, LLC also shunned NKLA shares holding by -42.91% last quarter which brought its holding to 9.05 million shares worth $9.42M.

As per its latest 13F filing, VANGUARD GROUP INC increased its stake in NKLA by 4.04% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 80.26 million shares having worth more than $83.47M. AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. also added 17.79% more shares of NKLA to its portfolio, raising its holding to 364.12 thousand shares of worth $378.68K. COWEN AND COMPANY, LLC also increased its NKLA shares holding by 100% which brought its holding to 350 thousand shares worth $57.75K.

The insider with the most stakes in NKLA is RUSSELL MARK A , director at the company. Additionally, NKLA stock is highly held by director Lohscheller Michael and Chief Legal Officer Worthen Britton M. among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 2.92% percent of Nikola Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 4 transaction(s) in which NKLA insiders have sold stock, totaling 3.01K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include HOEFELMANN DIRK OLE, CHAN MARY S, and OKRAY THOMAS B.

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

Around 224.37K Nikola Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 2.92% of NKLA stock.

NKLA director, RUSSELL MARK A holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. NKLA shares owned by RUSSELL total nearly 1.63 million.

VANGUARD GROUP INC is the largest institutional owner in NKLA which holds 80.26 million shares worth $83.47M or 7.44% of the total NKLA shares outstanding followed by AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL GROUP, INC. with ownership of 364.12 thousand shares representing 0.03% of the NKLA ownership. COWEN AND COMPANY, LLC is the third largest stakeholder with 350 thousand shares or 0.03% of the ownership worth more than $57.75K.

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

Number of NKLA shares short is 21.00M. 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, 84.47M shares of NKLA 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, NKLA has 59.26M 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 NKLA is 1.38.