USM 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 USM shares is 183, representing 27.62% of the company's common stock.

SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in USM by -73.33% restricting it's holding to 6.8 thousand shares of worth nearly $248.00K. CREATIVE PLANNING also lessened -1.37% of the USM shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 6.32 thousand shares of worth $230.68K. PATHSTONE HOLDINGS, LLC also shunned USM shares holding by -80.37% last quarter which brought its holding to 5.94 thousand shares worth $216.92K.

As per its latest 13F filing, TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL increased its stake in USM by 70.14% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 155.07 thousand shares having worth more than $5.66M. QUEST PARTNERS LLC also added 444.53% more shares of USM to its portfolio, raising its holding to 5.58 thousand shares of worth $203.52K. ZURCHER KANTONALBANK (ZURICH CANTONALBANK) also increased its USM shares holding by 15.72% which brought its holding to 5.3 thousand shares worth $193.45K.

The insider with the most stakes in USM is MEYERS KENNETH R , President and CEO at the company. Additionally, USM stock is highly held by EVP-Finance, CFO and Treasurer Campbell Steven T and director JOSEFOWICZ GREGORY P among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 71.99% percent of United States Cellular Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 1 transaction(s) in which USM insiders have sold stock, totaling 37.6K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include LOWELL KEVIN R, IRIZARRY MICHAEL, and JOSEFOWICZ GREGORY P.

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

Around 0 United States Cellular Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 71.99% of USM stock.

USM President and CEO, MEYERS KENNETH R holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. USM shares owned by MEYERS total nearly 28.57 thousand.

TUDOR INVESTMENT CORP ET AL is the largest institutional owner in USM which holds 155.07 thousand shares worth $5.66M or 0.18% of the total USM shares outstanding followed by SIMPLEX TRADING, LLC with ownership of 6.8 thousand shares representing 0.01% of the USM ownership. CREATIVE PLANNING is the third largest stakeholder with 6.32 thousand shares or 0.01% of the ownership worth more than $230.68K.

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

Number of USM shares short is 665.67K. 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, 53.00M shares of USM 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, USM has 14.64M 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 USM is 6.36.