OPTT 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 OPTT shares is 41, representing 3.41% of the company's common stock.

FARTHER FINANCE ADVISORS, LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in OPTT by -100% restricting it's holding to 0 shares of worth nearly -. VANGUARD GROUP INC also lessened -0.72% of the OPTT shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 1.8 million shares of worth $477.33K. BLACKROCK INC. also shunned OPTT shares holding by -0.55% last quarter which brought its holding to 577.39 thousand shares worth $153.01K.

As per its latest 13F filing, COMMONWEALTH EQUITY SERVICES, LLC increased its stake in OPTT by 100% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 49.46 thousand shares having worth more than $13.00K. also added 100% more shares of OPTT to its portfolio, raising its holding to 5.9 thousand shares of worth $1.56K. TWO SIGMA SECURITIES, LLC also increased its OPTT shares holding by 100% which brought its holding to 10.46 thousand shares worth $2.77K.

The insider with the most stakes in OPTT is Taylor George W , Executive Chairman at the company. Additionally, OPTT stock is highly held by director Cryan Terence James and director Slaiby Peter E. among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 2.92% percent of Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which OPTT insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include WINTERS ROBERT K, TAYLOR GEORGE W, and DUNLEAVY CHARLES F.

There have been 2 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 135000 shares

Around 600.53K Ocean Power Technologies, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 2.92% of OPTT stock.

OPTT Executive Chairman, Taylor George W holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. OPTT shares owned by Taylor total nearly 463.8 thousand.

FARTHER FINANCE ADVISORS, LLC is the largest institutional owner in OPTT which holds 0 shares worth - or 0% of the total OPTT shares outstanding followed by VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 1.8 million shares representing 3.06% of the OPTT ownership. BLACKROCK INC. is the third largest stakeholder with 577.39 thousand shares or 0.98% of the ownership worth more than $153.01K.

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

Number of OPTT shares short is 10.56M. 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, 146.04M shares of OPTT 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, OPTT has 84.38M 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 OPTT is 0.38.