VRNT 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 VRNT shares is 336, representing 101.34% of the company's common stock.

CONNOR, CLARK & LUNN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD., in the last quarter, reduced its stake in VRNT by -10.26% restricting it's holding to 109.74 thousand shares of worth nearly $3.64M. ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. also lessened -2.63% of the VRNT shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 70.89 thousand shares of worth $2.35M. STATE STREET CORP also shunned VRNT shares holding by -0.47% last quarter which brought its holding to 1.51 million shares worth $50.12M.

As per its latest 13F filing, AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC increased its stake in VRNT by 37.56% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 71.46 thousand shares having worth more than $2.37M. AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC also added 543.5% more shares of VRNT to its portfolio, raising its holding to 1.45 million shares of worth $48.22M. MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ also increased its VRNT shares holding by 12.89% which brought its holding to 1.25 million shares worth $41.32M.

The insider with the most stakes in VRNT is BODNER DAN , Chairman & CEO at the company. Additionally, VRNT stock is highly held by Chief Financial Officer Robinson Douglas and Chief Financial Officer Highlander Grant A among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 1.08% percent of Verint Systems Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 7 transaction(s) in which VRNT insiders have sold stock, totaling 73.31K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include FANTE PETER, MORIAH ELAN, and HIGHLANDER GRANT A.

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

Around 1.25M Verint Systems Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 1.08% of VRNT stock.

VRNT Chairman & CEO, BODNER DAN holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. VRNT shares owned by BODNER total nearly 592.83 thousand.

CONNOR, CLARK & LUNN INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD. is the largest institutional owner in VRNT which holds 109.74 thousand shares worth $3.64M or 0.17% of the total VRNT shares outstanding followed by AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC with ownership of 71.46 thousand shares representing 0.11% of the VRNT ownership. ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. is the third largest stakeholder with 70.89 thousand shares or 0.11% of the ownership worth more than $2.35M.

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

Number of VRNT shares short is 3.62M. 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, 62.28M shares of VRNT 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, VRNT has 54.36M 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 VRNT is 5.32.