VSAT 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 VSAT shares is 309, representing 87.29% of the company's common stock.

THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in VSAT by -2.01% restricting it's holding to 65.23 thousand shares of worth nearly $1.18M. NEW YORK STATE COMMON RETIREMENT FUND also lessened -15.54% of the VSAT shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 62.8 thousand shares of worth $1.14M. MORGAN STANLEY also shunned VSAT shares holding by -46.39% last quarter which brought its holding to 762.39 thousand shares worth $13.79M.

As per its latest 13F filing, MARSHALL WACE, LLP increased its stake in VSAT by 335.25% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 168.07 thousand shares having worth more than $3.04M. TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORP also added 1.97% more shares of VSAT to its portfolio, raising its holding to 65.58 thousand shares of worth $1.19M. BNP PARIBAS ARBITRAGE, SNC also increased its VSAT shares holding by 20.01% which brought its holding to 64.45 thousand shares worth $1.17M.

The insider with the most stakes in VSAT is BAUPOST GROUP LLC/MA , 10 percent owner at the company. Additionally, VSAT stock is highly held by See remarks. TRITON LUXTOPHOLDING SARL and See remarks. CPP Investment Board Private Holdings (4) Inc. among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 9.7% percent of Viasat, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 6 transaction(s) in which VSAT insiders have sold stock, totaling 14.06M shares. Insiders that have sold shares include MILLER MARK J, ONTARIO TEACHERS PENSION PLAN BOARD, and WP TRITON CO-INVEST, L.P..

There have been 1 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Viasat, Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 20000 shares

Around 42.79M Viasat, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 9.7% of VSAT stock.

VSAT 10 percent owner, BAUPOST GROUP LLC/MA holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. VSAT shares owned by BAUPOST total nearly 16.29 million.

MARSHALL WACE, LLP is the largest institutional owner in VSAT which holds 168.07 thousand shares worth $3.04M or 0.13% of the total VSAT shares outstanding followed by TEXAS PERMANENT SCHOOL FUND CORP with ownership of 65.58 thousand shares representing 0.05% of the VSAT ownership. THRIVENT FINANCIAL FOR LUTHERANS is the third largest stakeholder with 65.23 thousand shares or 0.05% of the ownership worth more than $1.18M.

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

Number of VSAT shares short is 22.43M. 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, 128.39M shares of VSAT 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, VSAT has 93.62M 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 VSAT is 8.27.