BHC Stock Price History and Quote Analysis: Insights for Investors

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 BHC shares is 325, representing 79% of the company's common stock.

INVESCO LTD., in the last quarter, reduced its stake in BHC by -88.26% restricting it's holding to 159.39 thousand shares of worth nearly $1.69M. ROYAL BANK OF CANADA also lessened -0.23% of the BHC shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 11.72 million shares of worth $124.31M. LAURION CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LP also shunned BHC shares holding by -29.65% last quarter which brought its holding to 6.08 million shares worth $64.46M.

As per its latest 13F filing, NINE MASTS CAPITAL LTD increased its stake in BHC by 100% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 874.5 thousand shares having worth more than $9.28M. BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. also added 100% more shares of BHC to its portfolio, raising its holding to 172.63 thousand shares of worth $1.83M. SIG NORTH TRADING, ULC also increased its BHC shares holding by 100% which brought its holding to 164.7 thousand shares worth $1.75M.

The insider with the most stakes in BHC is Paulson John , at the company. Additionally, BHC stock is highly held by Chief Executive Officer Pearson J. Michael and director UBBEN JEFFREY W among others.

Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 11.28% percent of Bausch Health Companies Inc.'s stock. Within the last six months, there have been 0 transaction(s) in which BHC insiders have sold stock, totaling 0 shares. Insiders that have sold shares include CARSON SEANA, SPURR ROBERT, and GORDON JOSEPH F.

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

Around 0 Bausch Health Companies Inc. shares are held by insiders, which represents about 11.28% of BHC stock.

BHC , Paulson John holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. BHC shares owned by Paulson total nearly 24.56 million.

NINE MASTS CAPITAL LTD is the largest institutional owner in BHC which holds 874.5 thousand shares worth $9.28M or 0.24% of the total BHC shares outstanding followed by BALYASNY ASSET MANAGEMENT L.P. with ownership of 172.63 thousand shares representing 0.05% of the BHC ownership. SIG NORTH TRADING, ULC is the third largest stakeholder with 164.7 thousand shares or 0.05% of the ownership worth more than $1.75M.

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

Number of BHC shares short is 19.98M. 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, 367.10M shares of BHC 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, BHC has 275.97M 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 BHC is 3.6.