ROST 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 ROST shares is 1457, representing 91.81% of the company's common stock.

BARCLAYS PLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in ROST by -29.61% restricting it's holding to 1.7 million shares of worth nearly $249.96M. FENIMORE ASSET MANAGEMENT INC also lessened -0.51% of the ROST shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 1.64 million shares of worth $240.46M. VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC also shunned ROST shares holding by -11.91% last quarter which brought its holding to 1.64 million shares worth $240.70M.

As per its latest 13F filing, MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ increased its stake in ROST by 1.26% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 4.8 million shares having worth more than $704.18M. FIRST EAGLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC also added 0.11% more shares of ROST to its portfolio, raising its holding to 1.82 million shares of worth $266.74M. KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC also increased its ROST shares holding by 15.32% which brought its holding to 1.81 million shares worth $265.66M.

The insider with the most stakes in ROST is ORBAN GEORGE , director at the company. Additionally, ROST stock is highly held by CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER RENTLER BARBARA and President, Chief Dev. Officer FASSIO JAMES S among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 2.12% percent of Ross Stores, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 3 transaction(s) in which ROST insiders have sold stock, totaling 72.14K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include HARTSHORN MICHAEL J., BALMUTH MICHAEL, and RENTLER BARBARA.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Ross Stores, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 426.04K Ross Stores, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 2.12% of ROST stock.

ROST director, ORBAN GEORGE holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. ROST shares owned by ORBAN total nearly 395.7 thousand.

MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ is the largest institutional owner in ROST which holds 4.8 million shares worth $704.18M or 1.45% of the total ROST shares outstanding followed by FIRST EAGLE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC with ownership of 1.82 million shares representing 0.55% of the ROST ownership. KAYNE ANDERSON RUDNICK INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC is the third largest stakeholder with 1.81 million shares or 0.55% of the ownership worth more than $265.66M.

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

Number of ROST shares short is 4.70M. 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, 329.93M shares of ROST 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, ROST has 324.63M 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 ROST is 2.19.