W 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 W shares is 467, representing 117.27% of the company's common stock.

BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in W by -23.09% restricting it's holding to 5.71 million shares of worth nearly $387.85M. BLACKROCK INC. also lessened -5.98% of the W shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 4.49 million shares of worth $304.77M. CITADEL ADVISORS LLC also shunned W shares holding by -18.06% last quarter which brought its holding to 1.78 million shares worth $120.63M.

As per its latest 13F filing, VANGUARD GROUP INC increased its stake in W by 4.49% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 8.47 million shares having worth more than $574.80M. ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. also added 26.64% more shares of W to its portfolio, raising its holding to 2.9 million shares of worth $196.72M. RENAISSANCE TECHNOLOGIES LLC also increased its W shares holding by 24.95% which brought its holding to 2.41 million shares worth $163.68M.

The insider with the most stakes in W is Shah Niraj , Chief Executive Officer at the company. Additionally, W stock is highly held by Co-Founder Conine Steven and Chief Commercial Officer Oblak Steve among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 5.54% percent of Wayfair Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 28 transaction(s) in which W insiders have sold stock, totaling 50.03K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include SCHAFERKORDT ANKE, SHAH NIRAJ, and CONINE STEVEN.

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

Around 5.89M Wayfair Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 5.54% of W stock.

W Chief Executive Officer, Shah Niraj holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. W shares owned by Shah total nearly 589.14 thousand.

PRESCOTT GENERAL PARTNERS LLC is the largest institutional owner in W which holds 3.82 million shares worth $259.52M or 3.35% of the total W shares outstanding followed by VANGUARD GROUP INC with ownership of 8.47 million shares representing 7.43% of the W ownership. BAILLIE GIFFORD & CO is the third largest stakeholder with 5.71 million shares or 5.01% of the ownership worth more than $387.85M.

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

Number of W shares short is 17.01M. 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, 99.63M shares of W 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, W has 97.05M 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 W is 4.99.