SOTK 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 SOTK shares is 27, representing 41.6% of the company's common stock.

FOCUSED WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in SOTK by -6.63% restricting it's holding to 12.34 thousand shares of worth nearly $60.36K. MODERA WEALTH MANAGEMENT, LLC also lessened -0.04% of the SOTK shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 184.98 thousand shares of worth $904.53K. UBS GROUP AG also shunned SOTK shares holding by -95.48% last quarter which brought its holding to 54 shares worth $264.00.

As per its latest 13F filing, VANGUARD GROUP INC increased its stake in SOTK by 0.15% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 299.26 thousand shares having worth more than $1.46M. SUSQUEHANNA INTERNATIONAL GROUP, LLP also added 100% more shares of SOTK to its portfolio, raising its holding to 12.19 thousand shares of worth $59.59K. MORGAN STANLEY also increased its SOTK shares holding by 0.66% which brought its holding to 10.19 thousand shares worth $49.84K.

The insider with the most stakes in SOTK is COCCIO CHRISTOPHER L , director at the company. Additionally, SOTK stock is highly held by VP Engle Robb William and CFO Bagley Stephen James among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 22.07% percent of Sono-Tek Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 8 transaction(s) in which SOTK insiders have sold stock, totaling 8.76K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include BAGLEY STEPHEN JAMES, COCCIO CHRISTOPHER L, and RIEMER JOSEPH.

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

Around 361.56K Sono-Tek Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 22.07% of SOTK stock.

SOTK director, COCCIO CHRISTOPHER L holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. SOTK shares owned by COCCIO total nearly 326.08 thousand.

FMR LLC is the largest institutional owner in SOTK which holds 23 shares worth $112.00 or 0% of the total SOTK shares outstanding followed by PEAK FINANCIAL ADVISORS LLC with ownership of 14.52 thousand shares representing 0.09% of the SOTK ownership. FOCUSED WEALTH MANAGEMENT, INC is the third largest stakeholder with 12.34 thousand shares or 0.08% of the ownership worth more than $60.36K.

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 SOTK is concerned, it is a stock which is not optionable.

Number of SOTK shares short is 4.75K. 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, 15.75M shares of SOTK 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, SOTK has 13.15M 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 SOTK is 0.46.