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Investors cannot turn a blind eye to insiders as well as institutional ownership. They need to follow insider trades to determine the direction the stock is likely to take.
About 19.11% of VBFC shares are held by financial institutions. ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. is the top corporate investor, holding 66.75K shares valued at $2.78M. A 4.47% stake in Village Bank and Trust Financial Corp. is owned by the company. VANGUARD GROUP INC owns 11.22K shares valued at $466.95K, which translates its holding of 0.75% of the stake in the company.
Among the VBFC insiders holding of 58.17% of the stake in company, LEHMAN KENNETH R, 10 percent owner, holds the largest shares of 766.33K. BALZER DONALD JOSEPH JR, director, is the second largest VBFC insider with ownership of 65.4K shares. FOSTER WILLIAM G, President/CEO, stands third with possession of 31.46K shares of that stake.
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 VBFC shares is 25, representing 19.11% of the company's common stock.
UBS GROUP AG, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in VBFC by -0.04% restricting it's holding to 2.77 thousand shares of worth nearly $115.22K. BLACKROCK INC. also lessened -2.44% of the VBFC shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 1.4 thousand shares of worth $58.21K. JANE STREET GROUP, LLC also shunned VBFC shares holding by -3.84% last quarter which brought its holding to 17.76 thousand shares worth $760.48K.
As per its latest 13F filing, ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. increased its stake in VBFC by 11.43% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 66.75 thousand shares having worth more than $2.78M. VANGUARD GROUP INC also added 29.21% more shares of VBFC to its portfolio, raising its holding to 11.22 thousand shares of worth $466.95K. SIENA CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, LLC also increased its VBFC shares holding by 100% which brought its holding to 2.85 thousand shares worth $121.13K.
The insider with the most stakes in VBFC is LEHMAN KENNETH R , 10 percent owner at the company. Additionally, VBFC stock is highly held by director BALZER DONALD JOSEPH JR and President/CEO FOSTER WILLIAM G among others.
Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 58.17% percent of Village Bank and Trust Financial Corp.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which VBFC insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include .
There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Village Bank and Trust Financial Corp. insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares
Around 0 Village Bank and Trust Financial Corp. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 58.17% of VBFC stock.
VBFC 10 percent owner, LEHMAN KENNETH R holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. VBFC shares owned by LEHMAN total nearly 766.33 thousand.
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. is the largest institutional owner in VBFC which holds 66.75 thousand shares worth $2.78M or 4.47% of the total VBFC shares outstanding followed by VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 11.22 thousand shares representing 0.75% of the VBFC ownership. UBS GROUP AG is the third largest stakeholder with 2.77 thousand shares or 0.19% of the ownership worth more than $115.22K.
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 VBFC is concerned, it is a stock which is not optionable.
Number of VBFC shares short is 2.07K. 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, 1.50M shares of VBFC 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, VBFC has 619.68K 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 VBFC is 1.48.