PFE 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 PFE shares is 3624, representing 67.79% of the company's common stock.

NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in PFE by -1.76% restricting it's holding to 9.6 million shares of worth nearly $266.30M. CREDIT SUISSE AG/ also lessened -4.04% of the PFE shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 8.61 million shares of worth $239.06M. CANADA PENSION PLAN INVESTMENT BOARD also shunned PFE shares holding by -1.63% last quarter which brought its holding to 8.58 million shares worth $238.22M.

As per its latest 13F filing, CITADEL ADVISORS LLC increased its stake in PFE by 7.56% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 12.51 million shares having worth more than $347.14M. NATIONAL PENSION SERVICE also added 2.92% more shares of PFE to its portfolio, raising its holding to 9.58 million shares of worth $265.78M. FIL LTD also increased its PFE shares holding by 22.75% which brought its holding to 9.31 million shares worth $258.28M.

The insider with the most stakes in PFE is DAMELIO FRANK A , Executive Vice President at the company. Additionally, PFE stock is highly held by President R&D Dolsten Mikael and Group President YOUNG JOHN D among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.05% percent of Pfizer Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 1 transaction(s) in which PFE insiders have sold stock, totaling 5.15K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include DAMICO JENNIFER B., SAHNI PAYAL, and CARAPEZZI WILLIAM R JR.

There have been 1 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Pfizer Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 1000 shares

Around 18.58K Pfizer Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.05% of PFE stock.

PFE Executive Vice President, DAMELIO FRANK A holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. PFE shares owned by DAMELIO total nearly 488.65 thousand.

CITADEL ADVISORS LLC is the largest institutional owner in PFE which holds 12.51 million shares worth $347.14M or 0.22% of the total PFE shares outstanding followed by NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND with ownership of 9.6 million shares representing 0.17% of the PFE ownership. NATIONAL PENSION SERVICE is the third largest stakeholder with 9.58 million shares or 0.17% of the ownership worth more than $265.78M.

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

Number of PFE shares short is 75.71M. 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, 5.67B shares of PFE 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, PFE has 5.66B 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 PFE is 1.75.