WPC 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 WPC shares is 1042, representing 69.11% of the company's common stock.

STATE STREET CORP, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in WPC by -6.51% restricting it's holding to 12.07 million shares of worth nearly $691.73M. COHEN & STEERS, INC. also lessened -40.13% of the WPC shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 6.76 million shares of worth $381.52M. JPMORGAN CHASE & CO also shunned WPC shares holding by -19.51% last quarter which brought its holding to 3.23 million shares worth $182.42M.

As per its latest 13F filing, VANGUARD GROUP INC increased its stake in WPC by 0.61% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 30.97 million shares having worth more than $1.75B. BLACKROCK INC. also added 1.48% more shares of WPC to its portfolio, raising its holding to 26.83 million shares of worth $1.51B. GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC also increased its WPC shares holding by 14.36% which brought its holding to 4.3 million shares worth $242.29M.

The insider with the most stakes in WPC is CAREY WILLIAM P , Chairman at the company. Additionally, WPC stock is highly held by 10 percent owner Karst Jan F and 10 percent owner Estate of Wm. Polk Carey among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 1.21% percent of W. P. Carey Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 2 transaction(s) in which WPC insiders have sold stock, totaling 940 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include ZANDER BRIAN H, MAHALINGAM ARJUN, and GOLDBERG MARK M.

There have been 4 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which W. P. Carey Inc. insiders have bought stock, totalling 11500 shares

Around 161.3K W. P. Carey Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 1.21% of WPC stock.

WPC Chairman, CAREY WILLIAM P holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. WPC shares owned by CAREY total nearly 7.11 million.

VANGUARD GROUP INC is the largest institutional owner in WPC which holds 30.97 million shares worth $1.75B or 14.12% of the total WPC shares outstanding followed by BLACKROCK INC. with ownership of 26.83 million shares representing 12.24% of the WPC ownership. STATE STREET CORP is the third largest stakeholder with 12.07 million shares or 5.51% of the ownership worth more than $691.73M.

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

Number of WPC shares short is 3.22M. 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, 218.85M shares of WPC 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, WPC has 217.21M 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 WPC is 2.52.