Ovintiv Ownership

OVV Stock  USD 42.97  1.07  2.55%   
Ovintiv owns a total of 260.32 Million outstanding shares. The majority of Ovintiv outstanding shares are owned by third-party entities. These institutional holders are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to secure positions in Ovintiv to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, institutional investors are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in Ovintiv. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of Ovintiv as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company. Please note that no matter how many assets the company maintains, if the real value of the company is less than the current market value, you may not be able to make money on it.
 
Shares in Circulation  
First Issued
2001-09-30
Previous Quarter
268.1 M
Current Value
264 M
Avarage Shares Outstanding
195.3 M
Quarterly Volatility
50.4 M
 
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Please note, institutional investors have a lot of resources and new technology at their disposal. They can put in a lot of research and financial analysis when reviewing investment options. There are many different types of institutional investors, including banks, hedge funds, insurance companies, and pension plans. One of the main advantages they have over retail investors is the fees paid for trades. As they are buying in large quantities, they can manage their cost more effectively.
  
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Ovintiv Stock Ownership Analysis

About 87.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors. The company has price-to-book ratio of 1.02. Typically companies with comparable Price to Book (P/B) are able to outperform the market in the long run. Ovintiv has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 0.11. The entity recorded earning per share (EPS) of 7.58. The firm last dividend was issued on the 13th of December 2024. Ovintiv had 1:5 split on the 27th of January 2020. Ovintiv Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, production, and marketing of natural gas, oil, and natural gas liquids. Ovintiv Inc. was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Denver, Colorado. Ovintiv operates under Oil Gas EP classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. It employs 1713 people. To find out more about Ovintiv contact Douglas Suttles at 303 623 2300 or learn more at https://www.ovintiv.com.
Besides selling stocks to institutional investors, Ovintiv also allocates a substantial amount of its earnings to a pull of share-based compensation to be paid out to its employees, managers, executives, and members of the board of directors. Share-Based compensation (also sometimes called Stock-Based Compensation) is a way of paying different Ovintiv's stakeholders with equity in the business. It is typically used as a motivation factor for employees to contribute beyond their regular compensation (salary and bonus). It is also used as a tool to align Ovintiv's strategic interests with those of the company's shareholders. Shares issued to employees are usually subject to a vesting period before they are earned and sold.

Ovintiv Quarterly Liabilities And Stockholders Equity

70.91 Billion

Ovintiv Insider Trades History

Less than 1% of Ovintiv are currently held by insiders. Unlike Ovintiv's institutional investors, corporate insiders most likely have a limit on the maximum percentage of share ownership. This is done to align insiders' influence against Ovintiv's private investors even though both sides will benefit from rising prices or experience loss when the share price declines. The good rule to have in mind is that the maximum share ownership percentage of the corporate insiders should not surpass 25%. View all of Ovintiv's insider trades
 
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Ovintiv Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as Ovintiv is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Ovintiv backward and forwards among themselves. Ovintiv's institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase Ovintiv's securities or originate loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
Shares
Holocene Advisors, Lp2024-12-31
2.7 M
Northern Trust Corp2024-12-31
2.6 M
Alyeska Investment Group, L.p.2024-12-31
2.6 M
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.2024-12-31
2.5 M
Millennium Management Llc2024-12-31
2.4 M
Jpmorgan Chase & Co2024-09-30
2.3 M
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts2024-12-31
2.2 M
Woodline Partners Lp2024-12-31
2.2 M
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc2024-12-31
1.9 M
Blackrock Inc2024-12-31
31.3 M
Vanguard Group Inc2024-12-31
29.5 M
Note, although Ovintiv's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Ovintiv Insider Trading Activities

Some recent studies suggest that insider trading raises the cost of capital for securities issuers and decreases overall economic growth. Trading by specific Ovintiv insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on Ovintiv's material information that is not in the public domain. Local jurisdictions usually require such trading to be reported in order to monitor insider transactions. In many U.S. states, trading conducted by corporate officers, key employees, directors, or significant shareholders must be reported to the regulator or publicly disclosed, usually within a few business days of the trade. In these cases Ovintiv insiders are required to file a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when buying or selling shares of their own companies.

Ovintiv Outstanding Bonds

Ovintiv issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. Ovintiv uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most Ovintiv bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when Ovintiv has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

Ovintiv Corporate Filings

8K
26th of February 2025
Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about
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12th of February 2025
Other Reports
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F3
5th of February 2025
The report used by insiders such as officers, directors, and major shareholders (beneficial owners holding more than 10% of any class of the company's equity securities) to declare their ownership of a company's stock
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8K
4th of February 2025
An amendment to a previously filed Form 8-K
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