RIG 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 RIG shares is 547, representing 71.55% of the company's common stock.

VOLORIDGE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in RIG by -69.45% restricting it's holding to 3.71 million shares of worth nearly $23.27M. NORTHERN TRUST CORP also lessened -2.86% of the RIG shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 2.23 million shares of worth $14.03M. BARROW HANLEY MEWHINNEY & STRAUSS LLC also shunned RIG shares holding by -2.21% last quarter which brought its holding to 1.64 million shares worth $10.32M.

As per its latest 13F filing, VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP increased its stake in RIG by 6.95% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 17.01 million shares having worth more than $106.85M. GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC also added 10.23% more shares of RIG to its portfolio, raising its holding to 4.42 million shares of worth $27.77M. SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP also increased its RIG shares holding by 40.5% which brought its holding to 4.2 million shares worth $26.39M.

The insider with the most stakes in RIG is Perestroika (Cyprus) Ltd , at the company. Additionally, RIG stock is highly held by Mohn Frederik Wilhelm and Perestroika among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 16.71% percent of Transocean Ltd.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 5 transaction(s) in which RIG insiders have sold stock, totaling 123.26K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include MACKENZIE RODERICK JAMES, TONNEL DAVID A, and MEY MARK-ANTHONY LOVELL.

There have been 3 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Transocean Ltd. insiders have bought stock, totalling 4500000 shares

Around 274.6M Transocean Ltd. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 16.71% of RIG stock.

RIG , Perestroika (Cyprus) Ltd holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. RIG shares owned by Perestroika total nearly 91.07 million.

VAN ECK ASSOCIATES CORP is the largest institutional owner in RIG which holds 17.01 million shares worth $106.85M or 2.1% of the total RIG shares outstanding followed by SOLUS ALTERNATIVE ASSET MANAGEMENT LP with ownership of 4.47 million shares representing 0.55% of the RIG ownership. GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC is the third largest stakeholder with 4.42 million shares or 0.55% of the ownership worth more than $27.77M.

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

Number of RIG shares short is 145.80M. 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, 875.80M shares of RIG 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, RIG has 685.89M 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 RIG is 5.76.