TDS 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 TDS shares is 374, representing 94.26% of the company's common stock.

PUBLIC SECTOR PENSION INVESTMENT BOARD, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in TDS by -1.22% restricting it's holding to 202.07 thousand shares of worth nearly $3.24M. UBS GROUP AG also lessened -37.11% of the TDS shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 177.42 thousand shares of worth $2.84M. THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS also shunned TDS shares holding by -1.34% last quarter which brought its holding to 170.57 thousand shares worth $2.73M.

As per its latest 13F filing, LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC increased its stake in TDS by 0.08% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 289.67 thousand shares having worth more than $4.64M. BLACKROCK INC. also added 0.28% more shares of TDS to its portfolio, raising its holding to 17.78 million shares of worth $284.86M. VANGUARD GROUP INC also increased its TDS shares holding by 2.62% which brought its holding to 12.57 million shares worth $201.36M.

The insider with the most stakes in TDS is Carlson Prudence E , director at the company. Additionally, TDS stock is highly held by director Sugarman Gary L and President of a subsidiary MEYERS KENNETH R among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 8.09% percent of Telephone and Data Systems, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which TDS insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include DAVIS CLARENCE A, THAUS KURT B, and CARLSON PRUDENCE E.

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

Around 0 Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 8.09% of TDS stock.

TDS director, Carlson Prudence E holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. TDS shares owned by Carlson total nearly 59.85 thousand.

LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC is the largest institutional owner in TDS which holds 289.67 thousand shares worth $4.64M or 0.26% of the total TDS shares outstanding followed by BLACKROCK INC. with ownership of 17.78 million shares representing 15.74% of the TDS ownership. VANGUARD GROUP INC is the third largest stakeholder with 12.57 million shares or 11.12% of the ownership worth more than $201.36M.

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

Number of TDS shares short is 3.75M. 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, 106.00M shares of TDS 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, TDS has 85.07M 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 TDS is 3.87.