WELL 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 WELL shares is 1513, representing 99.21% of the company's common stock.

BARCLAYS PLC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in WELL by -40.17% restricting it's holding to 1.28 million shares of worth nearly $119.34M. BNP PARIBAS ASSET MANAGEMENT HOLDING S.A. also lessened -11.23% of the WELL shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 783.22 thousand shares of worth $73.18M. DAIWA SECURITIES GROUP INC. also shunned WELL shares holding by -0.61% last quarter which brought its holding to 7.94 million shares worth $741.72M.

As per its latest 13F filing, MITSUBISHI UFJ KOKUSAI ASSET MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. increased its stake in WELL by 13.34% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 980.08 thousand shares having worth more than $91.58M. WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN also added 6.78% more shares of WELL to its portfolio, raising its holding to 963.45 thousand shares of worth $90.02M. ALLIANZ ASSET MANAGEMENT GMBH also increased its WELL shares holding by 130.03% which brought its holding to 845.62 thousand shares worth $79.01M.

The insider with the most stakes in WELL is DEROSA THOMAS J , Chairman & CEO at the company. Additionally, WELL stock is highly held by EVP-COO Miller Jeffrey H and EVP and CFO ESTES SCOTT A among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.04% percent of Welltower Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 1 transaction(s) in which WELL insiders have sold stock, totaling 2.2K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include BACON KENNETH J, DEROSA THOMAS J, and GOODEY JOHN.

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

Around 12.38K Welltower Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.04% of WELL stock.

WELL Chairman & CEO, DEROSA THOMAS J holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. WELL shares owned by DEROSA total nearly 279.65 thousand.

BARCLAYS PLC is the largest institutional owner in WELL which holds 1.28 million shares worth $119.34M or 0.23% of the total WELL shares outstanding followed by MITSUBISHI UFJ KOKUSAI ASSET MANAGEMENT CO., LTD. with ownership of 980.08 thousand shares representing 0.18% of the WELL ownership. WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN is the third largest stakeholder with 963.45 thousand shares or 0.18% of the ownership worth more than $90.02M.

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

Number of WELL shares short is 9.45M. 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, 622.69M shares of WELL 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, WELL has 621.81M 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 WELL is 3.29.