VTR 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 VTR shares is 1104, representing 98.62% of the company's common stock.

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in VTR by -53.72% restricting it's holding to 911.15 thousand shares of worth nearly $39.67M. SEI INVESTMENTS CO also lessened -42.94% of the VTR shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 557.39 thousand shares of worth $24.27B. MORGAN STANLEY also shunned VTR shares holding by -1.49% last quarter which brought its holding to 4.37 million shares worth $190.32M.

As per its latest 13F filing, RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC increased its stake in VTR by 439.29% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 525.06 thousand shares having worth more than $22.86M. STATE BOARD OF ADMINISTRATION OF FLORIDA RETIREMENT SYSTEM also added 6.49% more shares of VTR to its portfolio, raising its holding to 506.23 thousand shares of worth $21.94M. CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC also increased its VTR shares holding by 3.05% which brought its holding to 4.62 million shares worth $201.08M.

The insider with the most stakes in VTR is CAFARO DEBRA A , Chairman and CEO at the company. Additionally, VTR stock is highly held by President LEWIS RAYMOND J and EVP and CFO Probst Robert F among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.52% percent of Ventas, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 21 transaction(s) in which VTR insiders have sold stock, totaling 402.47K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include CAFARO DEBRA A, BULGARELLI PETER J., and PROBST ROBERT F.

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

Around 13.69M Ventas, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.52% of VTR stock.

VTR Chairman and CEO, CAFARO DEBRA A holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. VTR shares owned by CAFARO total nearly 986.72 thousand.

PRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL INC is the largest institutional owner in VTR which holds 911.15 thousand shares worth $39.67M or 0.23% of the total VTR shares outstanding followed by SEI INVESTMENTS CO with ownership of 557.39 thousand shares representing 0.14% of the VTR ownership. STATE OF NEW JERSEY COMMON PENSION FUND D is the third largest stakeholder with 542.82 thousand shares or 0.14% of the ownership worth more than $23.63M.

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

Number of VTR shares short is 10.98M. 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, 419.51M shares of VTR 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, VTR has 417.32M 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 VTR is 3.66.