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Computershared.net and some thoughts (lemmy.whynotdrs.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Is there an alternative to computershared.net that keeps track of all the shares owned by insiders, institutions, etfs, retail etc? I thought Computershared did a fantastic job of keeping up to date numbers, but since it went down I haven't been able to find a good alternative.

The reason I ask is because it disappeared rather quietly, and considering how important share counts are, I thought it critically important to follow.

The latest info I have is from May 29th, 2023

15% institutions
12% mutual funds
10% etfs
13% insiders
5% insider stagnant
17.1% pure drs
10.9% directstock
.1% operational efficiency

This gives a grand total of 81.6% of shares owned.

I find it curious that the website went down when ownership was hitting these levels. VW's short squeeze was 62.6% ownership of total shares by Porsche and Lower Saxony, and 32% were "owned" through options by Porsche. Northern Pacific Railway had 94% of its total shares owned by James Hill and JP Morgan.

If there are 18.4% shares remaining, that equates to 56,074,000 shares. At a current price of $16.36, someone would need roughly 16.36*56,074,000 = $974,370,640 dollars to buy the remaining float. Who, or which company has that?

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

One of the largest short squeezes in history, especially in terms of market impact. Definitely a story worth knowing about. Here's a good article on this topic:

https://novelinvestor.com/the-biggest-short-squeeze-of-the-last-century/

You might also like reading about the squeeze circumstances which led to the birth of the modern Federal Reserve. We have a good article on that over at WhyDRS:

https://www.whydrs.org/post/the-panic-of-1907-and-the-birth-of-the-federal-reserve