WWD 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 WWD shares is 579, representing 89.8% of the company's common stock.

CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in WWD by -2.58% restricting it's holding to 111.74 thousand shares of worth nearly $17.22M. LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC also lessened -7.18% of the WWD shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 109.9 thousand shares of worth $16.94B. CREDIT SUISSE AG/ also shunned WWD shares holding by -0.72% last quarter which brought its holding to 107.36 thousand shares worth $16.55M.

As per its latest 13F filing, VARMA MUTUAL PENSION INSURANCE CO increased its stake in WWD by 100% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 115.7 thousand shares having worth more than $17.83M. LOS ANGELES CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC also added 0.75% more shares of WWD to its portfolio, raising its holding to 107.24 thousand shares of worth $16.53M. ALLIANZ ASSET MANAGEMENT GMBH also increased its WWD shares holding by 1,513.84% which brought its holding to 103.32 thousand shares worth $15.92M.

The insider with the most stakes in WWD is Blankenship Charles P , CEO and President at the company. Additionally, WWD stock is highly held by President, Industrial Hobbs Randall and Officer of the Company GENDRON THOMAS A among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 0.36% percent of Woodward, Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 9 transaction(s) in which WWD insiders have sold stock, totaling 46.79K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include CROMWELL THOMAS G, COHN JOHN D, and SENGSTACK GREGG C.

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

Around 113.05K Woodward, Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 0.36% of WWD stock.

WWD CEO and President, Blankenship Charles P holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. WWD shares owned by Blankenship total nearly 49.52 thousand.

VARMA MUTUAL PENSION INSURANCE CO is the largest institutional owner in WWD which holds 115.7 thousand shares worth $17.83M or 0.19% of the total WWD shares outstanding followed by CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM with ownership of 111.74 thousand shares representing 0.19% of the WWD ownership. LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC is the third largest stakeholder with 109.9 thousand shares or 0.18% of the ownership worth more than $16.94B.

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

Number of WWD shares short is 1.25M. 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, 59.40M shares of WWD 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, WWD has 59.48M 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 WWD is 3.7.