USAP 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 USAP shares is 165, representing 76.96% of the company's common stock.

MORGAN STANLEY, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in USAP by -0.88% restricting it's holding to 172.59 thousand shares of worth nearly $3.87M. RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC also lessened -12.72% of the USAP shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 169.5 thousand shares of worth $3.80M. ACADIAN ASSET MANAGEMENT LLC also shunned USAP shares holding by -18.14% last quarter which brought its holding to 133.34 thousand shares worth $2.99M.

As per its latest 13F filing, TREXQUANT INVESTMENT LP increased its stake in USAP by 100% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 16.43 thousand shares having worth more than $368.25K. SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC also added 100% more shares of USAP to its portfolio, raising its holding to 209 shares of worth $4.00K. AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC also increased its USAP shares holding by 6.26% which brought its holding to 397.11 thousand shares worth $8.90M.

The insider with the most stakes in USAP is PENNANT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC , 10 percent owner at the company. Additionally, USAP stock is highly held by 10 percent owner Pennant Capital Management, LLC and President and Chief Executive OATES DENNIS M among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 6.67% percent of Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 2 transaction(s) in which USAP insiders have sold stock, totaling 29.05K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include MCINTOSH GRAHAM, CROSBY WENDEL, and OATES DENNIS M.

There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares

Around 125.96K Universal Stainless & Alloy Products, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 6.67% of USAP stock.

USAP 10 percent owner, PENNANT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. USAP shares owned by PENNANT total nearly 1.14 million.

TREXQUANT INVESTMENT LP is the largest institutional owner in USAP which holds 16.43 thousand shares worth $368.25K or 0.18% of the total USAP shares outstanding followed by CWM, LLC with ownership of 225 shares representing 0% of the USAP ownership. SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC is the third largest stakeholder with 209 shares or 0% of the ownership worth more than $4.00K.

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

Number of USAP shares short is 433.09K. 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, 9.42M shares of USAP 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, USAP has 8.73M 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 USAP is 2.38.