UPS 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 UPS shares is 2693, representing 72.31% of the company's common stock.

BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in UPS by -6.16% restricting it's holding to 1.02 million shares of worth nearly $184.59M. NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND also lessened -1.96% of the UPS shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 961.36 thousand shares of worth $142.89M. CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS also shunned UPS shares holding by -35.91% last quarter which brought its holding to 958.73 thousand shares worth $142.50M.

As per its latest 13F filing, STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP increased its stake in UPS by 10.52% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 1.52 million shares having worth more than $226.54M. ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. also added 7.16% more shares of UPS to its portfolio, raising its holding to 967.57 thousand shares of worth $143.81M. MERIT FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC also increased its UPS shares holding by 2.25% which brought its holding to 901.4 thousand shares worth $131.99M.

The insider with the most stakes in UPS is DAVIS D SCOTT , director at the company. Additionally, UPS stock is highly held by Senior Vice President BARNES DAVID A and EVP, Chief Commercial Officer Gershenhorn Alan among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.02% percent of United Parcel Service, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 2 transaction(s) in which UPS insiders have sold stock, totaling 17.33K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include BROTHERS NORMAN M. JR, CESARONE NANDO, and LANE LAURA J.

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

Around 36.77K United Parcel Service, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.02% of UPS stock.

UPS director, DAVIS D SCOTT holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. UPS shares owned by DAVIS total nearly 265.56 thousand.

STIFEL FINANCIAL CORP is the largest institutional owner in UPS which holds 1.52 million shares worth $226.54M or 0.18% of the total UPS shares outstanding followed by BANK OF MONTREAL /CAN/ with ownership of 1.02 million shares representing 0.12% of the UPS ownership. ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. is the third largest stakeholder with 967.57 thousand shares or 0.11% of the ownership worth more than $143.81M.

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

Number of UPS shares short is 11.92M. 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, 731.37M shares of UPS 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, UPS has 730.60M 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 UPS is 2.45.