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.
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.
Recent Quarter 27 New Institutes added
position
| Name |
Shares |
PPS |
| ORBIMED ADVISORS LLC |
3,044,753
|
|
| Frazier Life Sciences Public Fund, L.P. |
2,366,853
|
|
| Longitude Capital Partners III, LLC |
1,485,140
|
|
| GILEAD SCIENCES INC |
1,450,566
|
|
| Versor Investments LP |
1,266,927
|
|
| Frazier Life Sciences VIII, L.P. |
1,264,861
|
|
| ADAGE CAPITAL PARTNERS GP, L.L.C. |
1,230,468
|
|
| CAXTON CORP |
1,119,322
|
|
| Venrock Healthcare Capital Partners II, L.P. |
984,746
|
|
| New Leaf Biopharma Opportunities I, L.P. |
787,414
|
|
| ARBFX - ARBITRAGE FUND Class R |
226,274
|
54.78 |
| ABWAX - AB All Market Total Return Portfolio Class A |
31,207
|
54.80 |
| ARB - AltShares Merger Arbitrage ETF |
20,931
|
54.80 |
| CZAMX - Multi-Manager Alternative Strategies Fund Institutional Class |
20,254
|
54.80 |
| AEDFX - WATER ISLAND DIVERSIFIED EVENT-DRIVEN FUND Class R |
18,819
|
54.79 |
| GAM Holding AG |
17,100
|
54.97 |
| Morningstar Funds Trust - Morningstar Alternatives Fund |
16,586
|
54.50 |
| EMAAX - Enterprise Mergers and Acquisitions Fund Class A |
10,000
|
54.50 |
| NABAX - Neuberger Berman Absolute Return Multi-Manager Fund Class A |
3,991
|
54.62 |
| Bank Of America Corp /de/ |
3,114
|
32.11 |
Recent Quarter 17 Institutes closed out
their
positions
| Name |
Shares |
PPS |
| Silverarc Capital Management, Llc |
443,381
|
32.05 |
| Crescent Grove Advisors, LLC |
17,786
|
32.05 |
| Group One Trading, L.p. |
4,000
|
32.00 |
| Bank Of America Corp /de/
|
3,114
|
32.11 |
| Dorsey Wright & Associates |
1,500
|
32.00 |
| Strategic Blueprint, LLC |
|
| Acuta Capital Partners, Llc |
|
| Elmwood Wealth Management, Inc. |
|
| Deep Track Capital, LP |
|
| Acadian Asset Management Llc |
|
| Jpmorgan Chase & Co |
|
| Opaleye Management Inc. |
|
| Caxton Corp |
|
| Pura Vida Investments, Llc |
|
| Polar Asset Management Partners Inc. |
|
| O'shaughnessy Asset Management, Llc |
|
| Telemetry Investments, L.L.C. |
|
Recent Quarter 1 Institutes
averaged
down
| Name |
Current Shares |
Current PPS |
Previous Shares |
Previous PPS |
| Rock Springs Capital Management LP |
1,184,793
|
|
1,174,786
|
32.05 |
Recent Quarter 10 Institutes averaged
Up
| Name |
Current Shares |
Current PPS |
Previous Shares |
Previous PPS |
| SHSSX - Blackrock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio Institutional |
189,391
|
54.78 |
187,929
|
30.91 |
| Jackson Square Capital, Llc |
101,000
|
54.99 |
88,825
|
32.05 |
| Ellsworth Advisors, LLC |
13,427
|
54.96 |
13,709
|
54.56 |
| DFSCX - U.s. Micro Cap Portfolio - Institutional Class |
5,698
|
54.58 |
15,311
|
26.97 |
| DFAS - Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF |
3,315
|
54.60 |
4,315
|
26.88 |
| DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC - U.S. Sustainability Core 1 Portfolio Shares |
2,502
|
54.36 |
2,502
|
27.18 |
| DFSTX - U.s. Small Cap Portfolio - Institutional Class |
1,711
|
54.35 |
4,599
|
26.96 |
| DFA INVESTMENT DIMENSIONS GROUP INC - U.S. Social Core Equity 2 Portfolio Shares |
904
|
54.20 |
904
|
26.55 |
| BlackRock ETF Trust - BlackRock Future Health ETF |
633
|
55.29 |
633
|
26.86 |
| DFAU - Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF |
100
|
50.00 |
100
|
30.00 |
Recent Quarter 3 Institutes
Increased
Positions
| Name |
Shares Added |
Current Shares |
Current PPS |
Previous Shares |
Previous PPS |
Percent Increase |
| Jackson Square Capital, Llc |
12,175
|
101,000
|
54.99 |
88,825
|
32.05 |
13.71 |
| Rock Springs Capital Management LP |
10,007
|
1,184,793
|
|
1,174,786
|
32.05 |
0.85 |
| SHSSX - Blackrock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio Institutional |
1,462
|
189,391
|
54.78 |
187,929
|
30.91 |
0.78 |
Recent Quarter 4 Institutes
Decreased
Positions
| Name |
Reduced Shares |
Current Shares |
Current PPS |
Previous Shares |
Previous PPS |
Percent Decrease |
| DFSCX - U.s. Micro Cap Portfolio - Institutional Class |
9,613
|
5,698
|
54.58 |
15,311
|
26.97 |
-62.78 |
| DFSTX - U.s. Small Cap Portfolio - Institutional Class |
2,888
|
1,711
|
54.35 |
4,599
|
26.96 |
-62.80 |
| DFAS - Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF |
1,000
|
3,315
|
54.60 |
4,315
|
26.88 |
-23.17 |
| Ellsworth Advisors, LLC |
282
|
13,427
|
54.96 |
13,709
|
54.56 |
-2.06 |
Recent Quarter 0 New Institutes added
Put
Positions
Recent Quarter 1 New Institutes added
Call
Positions
| Name |
Current Calls |
| Equitec Proprietary Markets, Llc |
4,900
|
Recent Quarter 0 New Institutes added
Short Position
Recent Quarter 0 Previous Institutes
closed Put
Positions
Recent Quarter 1 Previous
Institutes closed Call
Positions
| Name |
Previous Calls |
| Proequities, Inc. |
0
|
Recent Quarter 0 Previous
Institutes closed Short Position
Past Week 4 New Institutes added
position
| Name |
Shares |
PPS |
| ABWAX - AB All Market Total Return Portfolio Class A |
31,207
|
54.80 |
| CZAMX - Multi-Manager Alternative Strategies Fund Institutional Class |
20,254
|
54.80 |
| GAM Holding AG |
17,100
|
54.97 |
| PBSM - Invesco PureBeta MSCI USA Small Cap ETF |
100
|
50.00 |
Past Week 3 Institutes closed out their
positions
| Name |
Shares |
PPS |
| Dorsey Wright & Associates |
1,500
|
32.00 |
| Silverarc Capital Management, Llc |
443,381
|
32.05 |
| Crescent Grove Advisors, LLC |
17,786
|
32.05 |
Past Week 0 Institutes averaged
down
| Name |
Current Shares |
Current PPS |
Previous Shares |
Previous PPS |
Past Week 3 Institutes averaged
Up
| Name |
Current Shares |
Current PPS |
Previous Shares |
Previous PPS |
| SHSSX - Blackrock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio Institutional |
189,391
|
54.78 |
187,929
|
30.91 |
| Jackson Square Capital, Llc |
101,000
|
54.99 |
88,825
|
32.05 |
| Ellsworth Advisors, LLC |
13,427
|
54.96 |
13,709
|
54.56 |
Past Week 2 Institutes Increased
Positions
| Name |
Shares Added |
Current Shares |
Current PPS |
Previous Shares |
Previous PPS |
Percent Increase |
| Jackson Square Capital, Llc |
12,175
|
101,000
|
54.99 |
88,825
|
32.05 |
13.71 |
| SHSSX - Blackrock Health Sciences Opportunities Portfolio Institutional |
1,462
|
189,391
|
54.78 |
187,929
|
30.91 |
0.78 |
Past Week 1 Institutes Decreased
Positions
| Name |
Reduced Shares |
Current Shares |
Current PPS |
Previous Shares |
Previous PPS |
Percent Decrease |
| Ellsworth Advisors, LLC |
282
|
13,427
|
54.96 |
13,709
|
54.56 |
-2.06 |
Past Week 0 New Institutes added Put
Positions
Past Week 0 New Institutes added Call
Positions
Past Week 0 New Institutes added Short
Position
Past Week 0 Previous Institutes closed
Put
Positions
Past Week 0 Previous Institutes closed
Call
Positions
Past Week 0 Previous Institutes closed
Short Position
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
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