VSTO 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 VSTO shares is 360, representing 92.37% of the company's common stock.

CREDIT SUISSE AG/, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in VSTO by -2.13% restricting it's holding to 64.94 thousand shares of worth nearly $2.13M. PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC also lessened -17.44% of the VSTO shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 64.84 thousand shares of worth $2.13M. US BANCORP \DE\ also shunned VSTO shares holding by -18.71% last quarter which brought its holding to 57.77 thousand shares worth $1.89M.

As per its latest 13F filing, WEISS ASSET MANAGEMENT LP increased its stake in VSTO by 100% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 59.08 thousand shares having worth more than $1.94M. BROWN ADVISORY INC also added 2.81% more shares of VSTO to its portfolio, raising its holding to 1.36 million shares of worth $44.45M. GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC also increased its VSTO shares holding by 3.38% which brought its holding to 1.28 million shares worth $42.02M.

The insider with the most stakes in VSTO is DEYOUNG MARK W , Chairman, CEO at the company. Additionally, VSTO stock is highly held by Chairman and CEO STEBBINS DONALD J and CEO METZ CHRISTOPHER T among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 7.94% percent of Vista Outdoor Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which VSTO insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include ROBINSON MICHAEL D, CRANDELL BRADFORD E, and VANDERBRINK JASON R.

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

Around 0 Vista Outdoor Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 7.94% of VSTO stock.

VSTO Chairman, CEO, DEYOUNG MARK W holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. VSTO shares owned by DEYOUNG total nearly 408.21 thousand.

UBS GROUP AG is the largest institutional owner in VSTO which holds 421.7 thousand shares worth $13.82M or 0.73% of the total VSTO shares outstanding followed by CREDIT SUISSE AG/ with ownership of 64.94 thousand shares representing 0.11% of the VSTO ownership. PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC is the third largest stakeholder with 64.84 thousand shares or 0.11% of the ownership worth more than $2.13M.

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

Number of VSTO shares short is 2.28M. 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, 58.43M shares of VSTO 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, VSTO has 49.29M 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 VSTO is 3.1.