Reading more, beyond the bottom line... If stock ownership is too concentrated among few groups or individuals, then you should carefully consider the risks and vulnerability that their high percentage of ownership implies.
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Another important point is to understand the difference between total outstanding shares that have been issued, and what's knows as "the float" of shares outstanding. You'll see that there is a key difference between the two, having to do with the shares withheld from public trading, as "restricted" shares... The Stock Float - Equals the total number of outstanding shares less the number of restricted shares of that stock. Restricted shares include holdings by Insiders, usually relating to IPO shares or stock option grants.
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The Float: First, we do want to know how much stock is restricted, by determining the number of restricted shares as a percentage of shares outstanding which we can find under Key Statistics... We find that the float (or total shares available for public shares without restrictions) is the same as the Number of Shares Outstanding, therefore we conclude that the number of restricted shares is not significant. [link to this information - here >]
Percentage Breakdown:
% Shares Owned by Insiders and those owning more than: 5%
% Shares Owned by Institutional & Mutual Fund Owners: 65%
% Float Owned by Institutional & Mutual Fund Owners: 65%
Number of Institutions that own Intel shares: 1492
Major Direct Holders: Top Individual Owners
James Guzy - 10,271,577 shares owned
Craig Barrett - 3,202,555 shares owned
Paul Otellini (CEO) - 363,633 shares owned (it's good to see that Intel's CEO owns a significant number of shares)
Arvind Sodhani - 291,815 shares owned
Robert Jaymes Baker - 157,715 shares owned
Top Institutional Stockholders: Owners that are Individual Companies or Organizations
State Street Corp. - 3.71% of shares outstanding
Vanguard Group - 3.46% of shares outstanding
BlackRock Institutional Trust Co. - 3.19% of shares outstanding, and seven others listed...
Top Mutual Fund Stockholders: Owners that are Mutual Funds
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund - 0.96% of shares outstanding
Vanguard 500 Index Fund - 0.94% of shares outstanding
SPDR Trust Series 1 Fund - 0.78% of shares outstanding, and seven others listed...
Conclusions: We have confirmed that Intel does not present any key areas of concern or vulnerability from dominant individual holders, institutional holders or mutual funds stockholders. It is also a positive sign to see that Intel's CEO, Paul Otellini, owns a significant number of shares.
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