Institutional Ownership Stats

Institutional Ownership is one very important way to analyze how a stock will perform in the future. Here's a good article weighing the pros and cons of institutional ownership.

The table below is a summary of the mean, median and true PPS (Price Per Share) the institutions have paid in the current and last quarter. Most institutes hedge their bets both ways to protect the investment. The do so by buying puts and calls for a stock as well, apart from stock ownership.

Quarter	Institute Count	Mean PPS	Median PPS	True Value PPS
Current Quarter	144	4.00	4.10	4.06
Previous Quarter	147	4.00	4.10	4.10

Institutional Ownership Counts

The table below is summary data with links to individual listing tables below to indicate if new institutes bought in, sold out, averaged down, averaged up etc. This is a critical piece of data to analyze what the money flow is in quarter and past week.

Time	New Institutions	Out	Averaged Down	Averaged Up	Added Shares	Reduced Shares
Current Quarter	3	21	10	0	5	3
Time	New Puts	New Calls	New Short	Deleted Puts	Deleted Calls	Deleted Short
Current Quarter	0	0	0	0	0	0
Time	Increased Puts	Increased Calls	Increased Short	Reduced Puts	Reduced Calls	Reduced Short
Current Quarter	0	0	0	0	0	0
Time	New Institutions	Out	Averaged Down	Averaged Up	Added Shares	Reduced Shares
Past Week	0	1	1	0	1	0
Time	New Puts	New Calls	New Short	Deleted Puts	Deleted Calls	Deleted Short
Past Week	0	0	0	0	0	0
Time	Increased Puts	Increased Calls	Increased Short	Reduced Puts	Reduced Calls	Reduced Short
Past Week	0	0	0	0	0	0

BlackRock and Vanguard Ownership Stats

BlackRock and Vanguard are the two largest institutional investors in the world. The table below is an indicator of how much of the company stock they own.

	BlackRock			Vanguard
Quarter	Shares	% Ownership	PPS	Shares	% Ownership	PPS
Current Quarter	1,364,026	2.17	4.10	275,484	0.44	3.90
Previous Quarter	1,364,026	2.17	4.10	275,484	0.44	3.90

Current Quarter Top 20 Holding Institutes

This is a snapshot of the top 20 institutes by share count holding stock in the company for the current quarter

Name	Shares	PPS
Paulson & Co. Inc.	24,771,542	4.10
PAULSON & CO. INC.	21,895,732
Sun Valley Gold Llc	5,145,726	4.09
B. Riley Financial, Inc.	2,679,122	4.10
BlackRock Inc.	1,360,829	4.10
Nokomis Capital, L.L.C.	1,235,016	4.10
Loews Corp	1,083,496	4.09
Eidelman Virant Capital	910,100	2.81
IWM - iShares Russell 2000 ETF	611,111	4.10
272 Capital LP	387,459	4.10
Franklin Resources Inc	377,760	4.09
State Street Corp	326,843	4.10
Van Eck Associates Corp	284,670	4.09
Geode Capital Management, Llc	267,153	4.10
IWO - iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF	253,448	4.10
INIVX - International Investors Gold Fund Class A	247,520	4.09
FSSNX - Fidelity Small Cap Index Fund	226,637	3.53
Northern Trust Corp	224,970	4.10
M&g Investment Management Ltd	201,629	4.00
FKRCX - Franklin Gold & Precious Metals Fund Class A	192,090	3.52

Previous Quarter Top 20 Holding Institutes

The table below is top 20 listing of institutes holding stock of the company in the previous quarter.

Name	Shares	PPS
Paulson & Co. Inc.	24,771,542	4.10
Sun Valley Gold Llc	5,145,726	4.09
B. Riley Financial, Inc.	2,679,122	4.10
BlackRock Inc.	1,360,829	4.10
Nokomis Capital, L.L.C.	1,235,016	4.10
Loews Corp	1,083,496	4.09
IWM - iShares Russell 2000 ETF	611,111	4.10
272 Capital LP	387,459	4.10
Franklin Resources Inc	377,760	4.09
Eidelman Virant Capital	355,000	4.10
State Street Corp	326,843	4.10
GLDAX - GABELLI GOLD FUND INC CLASS A	320,000	4.97
Van Eck Associates Corp	284,670	4.09
Geode Capital Management, Llc	267,153	4.10
IWO - iShares Russell 2000 Growth ETF	253,448	4.10
INIVX - International Investors Gold Fund Class A	247,520	4.09
Northern Trust Corp	224,970	4.10
FSSNX - Fidelity Small Cap Index Fund	221,206	3.68
Black Maple Capital Management LP	208,064	4.98
M&g Investment Management Ltd	201,629	4.00

Recent Quarter Analysis

Recent Quarter 3 New Institutes added position

Name	Shares	PPS
PAULSON & CO. INC.	21,895,732
RYLD - Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF	9,325	3.54
DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC - International Vector Equity Portfolio Shares	6,110	3.60

Recent Quarter 21 Institutes closed out their positions

Name	Shares	PPS
GLDAX - GABELLI GOLD FUND INC CLASS A	320,000	4.97
Black Maple Capital Management LP	208,064	4.98
Spire Wealth Management	380	5.26
Susquehanna International Group, Llp
Virtu Financial LLC
Strs Ohio
Jane Street Group, Llc
Pinz Capital Management, LP
MMCAP International Inc. SPC
Pinnacle Associates Ltd
Aquire Wealth Advisors, LLC
Fmr Llc
Millennium Management Llc
Susquehanna International Group, Llp
Toronto Dominion Bank
Susquehanna International Group, Llp
Quadrant Capital Group Llc
TAP Consulting, LLC
Cetera Advisor Networks LLC
Nisa Investment Advisors, Llc
Proequities, Inc.

Recent Quarter 10 Institutes averaged down

Name	Current Shares	Current PPS	Previous Shares	Previous PPS
Eidelman Virant Capital	910,100	2.81	355,000	4.10
FSSNX - Fidelity Small Cap Index Fund	226,637	3.53	221,206	3.68
FKRCX - Franklin Gold & Precious Metals Fund Class A	192,090	3.52	192,090	3.66
SWSSX - Schwab Small-Cap Index Fund	74,218	3.53	70,341	3.68
TISBX - TIAA-CREF Small-Cap Blend Index Fund Institutional Class	41,960	3.53	41,960	3.67
PNASX - SmallCap Growth Fund I R-1	5,004	3.60	5,198	3.66
FLXSX - Fidelity Flex Small Cap Index Fund	3,810	3.41	2,764	3.62
SUNAMERICA SERIES TRUST - SA Small Cap Index Portfolio Class 1	3,582	3.63	3,264	3.68
Allworth Financial LP	749	2.67	749	4.01
UAPIX - Ultrasmall-cap Profund Investor Class	672	2.98	737	4.07

Recent Quarter 0 Institutes averaged Up

Name	Current Shares	Current PPS	Previous Shares	Previous PPS

Recent Quarter 5 Institutes Increased Positions

Name	Shares Added	Current Shares	Current PPS	Previous Shares	Previous PPS	Percent Increase
Eidelman Virant Capital	555,100	910,100	2.81	355,000	4.10	156.37
FSSNX - Fidelity Small Cap Index Fund	5,431	226,637	3.53	221,206	3.68	2.46
SWSSX - Schwab Small-Cap Index Fund	3,877	74,218	3.53	70,341	3.68	5.51
FLXSX - Fidelity Flex Small Cap Index Fund	1,046	3,810	3.41	2,764	3.62	37.84
SUNAMERICA SERIES TRUST - SA Small Cap Index Portfolio Class 1	318	3,582	3.63	3,264	3.68	9.74

Recent Quarter 3 Institutes Decreased Positions

Name	Reduced Shares	Current Shares	Current PPS	Previous Shares	Previous PPS	Percent Decrease
PNASX - SmallCap Growth Fund I R-1	194	5,004	3.60	5,198	3.66	-3.73
UAPIX - Ultrasmall-cap Profund Investor Class	65	672	2.98	737	4.07	-8.82
SLPIX - Small-cap Profund Investor Class	24	23		47		-51.06

Recent Quarter 0 New Institutes added Put Positions

Name	Current Puts

Recent Quarter 0 New Institutes added Call Positions

Name	Current Calls

Recent Quarter 0 New Institutes added Short Position

Name

Recent Quarter 0 Previous Institutes closed Put Positions

Name	Previous Puts

Recent Quarter 0 Previous Institutes closed Call Positions

Name	Previous Calls

Recent Quarter 0 Previous Institutes closed Short Position

Name

Recent Quarter 0 Institutes Increased Puts

Name	Increased Puts	Current Puts	Previous Puts	Percentage Increase

Recent Quarter 0 Institutes Increased Calls

Name	Increased Calls	Current Calls	Previous Calls	Percentage Increase

Recent Quarter 0 Institutes Increased Short Positions

Name

Recent Quarter 0 Institutes Reduced Puts

Name	Reduced Puts	Current Puts	Previous Puts	Percent Decrease

Recent Quarter 0 Institutes Reduced Calls

Name	Reduced Calls	Current Calls	Previous Calls	Percentage Decrease

Recent Quarter 0 Institutes Reduced Short Positions

Name

Past Week Analysis

Past Week 0 New Institutes added position

Name	Shares	PPS

Past Week 1 Institutes closed out their positions

Name	Shares	PPS
Spire Wealth Management	380	5.26

Past Week 1 Institutes averaged down

Name	Current Shares	Current PPS	Previous Shares	Previous PPS
Eidelman Virant Capital	910,100	2.81	355,000	4.10

Past Week 0 Institutes averaged Up

Name	Current Shares	Current PPS	Previous Shares	Previous PPS

Past Week 1 Institutes Increased Positions

Name	Shares Added	Current Shares	Current PPS	Previous Shares	Previous PPS	Percent Increase
Eidelman Virant Capital	555,100	910,100	2.81	355,000	4.10	156.37

Past Week 0 Institutes Decreased Positions

Name	Reduced Shares	Current Shares	Current PPS	Previous Shares	Previous PPS	Percent Decrease

Past Week 0 New Institutes added Put Positions

Name	Current Puts

Past Week 0 New Institutes added Call Positions

Name	Current Calls

Past Week 0 New Institutes added Short Position

Name

Past Week 0 Previous Institutes closed Put Positions

Name	Previous Puts

Past Week 0 Previous Institutes closed Call Positions

Name	Previous Calls

Past Week 0 Previous Institutes closed Short Position

Name

Past Week 0 Institutes Increased Puts

Name	Increased Puts	Current Puts	Previous Puts	Percentage Increase

Past Week 0 Institutes Increased Calls

Name	Increased Calls	Current Calls	Previous Calls	Percentage Increase

Recent Quarter 0 Institutes Increased Short Positions

Name

Past Week 0 Institutes Reduced Puts

Name	Reduced Puts	Current Puts	Previous Puts	Percent Decrease

Past Week 0 Institutes Reduced Calls

Name	Reduced Calls	Current Calls	Previous Calls	Percent Decrease

Past Week 0 Institutes Reduced Short Positions

Name