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Investors cannot turn a blind eye to insiders as well as institutional ownership. They need to follow insider trades to determine the direction the stock is likely to take.
About 103.48% of KN shares are held by financial institutions. CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC is the top corporate investor, holding 1.2M shares valued at $19.28M. A 1.32% stake in Knowles Corporation is owned by the company. AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC owns 1.12M shares valued at $18.10M, which translates its holding of 1.24% of the stake in the company.
Among the KN insiders holding of 1.94% of the stake in company, NIEW JEFFREY, President & CEO, holds the largest shares of 820.7K. ANDERSON JOHN S., Senior Vice President & CFO, is the second largest KN insider with ownership of 200.76K shares. GIESECKE DANIEL J., Senior Vice President & COO, stands third with possession of 149.72K shares of that stake.
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 KN shares is 309, representing 103.48% of the company's common stock.
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC, in the last quarter, reduced its stake in KN by -4.98% restricting it's holding to 1.12 million shares of worth nearly $18.10M. NORTHERN TRUST CORP also lessened -3.58% of the KN shares from its portfolio, reducing its holding to 947.71 thousand shares of worth $15.26M. BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP also shunned KN shares holding by -37.12% last quarter which brought its holding to 856.29 thousand shares worth $13.79M.
As per its latest 13F filing, CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC increased its stake in KN by 1.2% in the last quarter. The institutional holder raised its holding to 1.2 million shares having worth more than $19.28M. ROYCE & ASSOCIATES LP also added 2.72% more shares of KN to its portfolio, raising its holding to 799.2 thousand shares of worth $12.87M. ALLSPRING GLOBAL INVESTMENTS HOLDINGS, LLC also increased its KN shares holding by 9.11% which brought its holding to 746.39 thousand shares worth $12.02M.
The insider with the most stakes in KN is Niew Jeffrey , President & CEO at the company. Additionally, KN stock is highly held by Senior Vice President & CFO Anderson John S. and Senior Vice President & COO Giesecke Daniel J. among others.
Company executives, directors, and other insiders own 1.94% percent of Knowles Corporation's stock. Within the last six months, there have been 8 transaction(s) in which KN insiders have sold stock, totaling 223.06K shares. Insiders that have sold shares include ANDERSON JOHN S., GIESECKE DANIEL J., and BASTARRICA AIR A. JR..
There have been 0 transaction(s) during the past 6-months in which Knowles Corporation insiders have bought stock, totalling 0 shares
Around 1.58M Knowles Corporation shares are held by insiders, which represents about 1.94% of KN stock.
KN President & CEO, Niew Jeffrey holds the largest portfolio of the company's shares. KN shares owned by Niew total nearly 820.7 thousand.
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC is the largest institutional owner in KN which holds 1.2 million shares worth $19.28M or 1.32% of the total KN shares outstanding followed by AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC with ownership of 1.12 million shares representing 1.24% of the KN ownership. NORTHERN TRUST CORP is the third largest stakeholder with 947.71 thousand shares or 1.04% of the ownership worth more than $15.26M.
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 KN is concerned, it is a stock which is optionable.
Number of KN shares short is 3.37M. 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, 88.07M shares of KN 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, KN has 86.64M 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 KN is 5.02.