PSA 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 PSA shares is 1558, representing 83.26% of the company's common stock.

NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in PSA by -10.26% restricting it's holding to 352.78 thousand shares of worth nearly $102.33M. PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC also lessened -63.65% of the PSA shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 342.82 thousand shares of worth $99.44M. ASSET MANAGEMENT ONE CO., LTD. also shunned PSA shares holding by -2.95% last quarter which brought its holding to 322.39 thousand shares worth $93.51M.

As per its latest 13F filing, HIGHTOWER ADVISORS, LLC increased its stake in PSA by 25.37% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 305.39 thousand shares having worth more than $88.45M. MITSUBISHI UFJ KOKUSAI ASSET MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. also added 12.25% more shares of PSA to its portfolio, raising its holding to 282.92 thousand shares of worth $82.06M. CREDIT SUISSE AG/ also increased its PSA shares holding by 4.23% which brought its holding to 282.91 thousand shares worth $82.06M.

The insider with the most stakes in PSA is HUGHES B WAYNE ET AL , 10 percent owner at the company. Additionally, PSA stock is highly held by director HAVNER RONALD L JR and director REYES JOHN among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 10.2% percent of Public Storage's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 2 transaction(s) in which PSA insiders have sold stock, totaling 850 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include VITAN NATHANIEL A., REYES JOHN, and HAVNER RONALD L JR.

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

Around 5.18K Public Storage shares are held by insiders, which represents about 10.2% of PSA stock.

PSA 10 percent owner, HUGHES B WAYNE ET AL holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. PSA shares owned by HUGHES total nearly 862.89 thousand.

CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS is the largest institutional owner in PSA which holds 370.23 thousand shares worth $107.39M or 0.21% of the total PSA shares outstanding followed by NEUBERGER BERMAN GROUP LLC with ownership of 352.78 thousand shares representing 0.2% of the PSA ownership. PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC is the third largest stakeholder with 342.82 thousand shares or 0.2% of the ownership worth more than $99.44M.

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

Number of PSA shares short is 3.27M. 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, 175.18M shares of PSA 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, PSA has 157.03M 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 PSA is 4.27.