WW International Ownership

WW Stock  USD 0.58  0.06  9.38%   
WW International secures a total of 80.13 Million outstanding shares. Almost 74.72 % of WW International outstanding shares are held by general public with 1.78 percent owned by insiders and only 23.5 (percent) by institutions. Please note that no matter how many assets the company retains, 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
1999-06-30
Previous Quarter
79.7 M
Current Value
81 M
Avarage Shares Outstanding
73.9 M
Quarterly Volatility
22.1 M
 
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WW International Stock Ownership Analysis

About 24.0% of the company outstanding shares are owned by institutional investors. The company recorded a loss per share of 4.34. WW International last dividend was issued on the 25th of September 2013. WW International, Inc. provides weight management products and services worldwide. WW International, Inc. was founded in 1961 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Weight Watchers operates under Personal Services classification in the United States and is traded on NASDAQ Exchange. It employs 7700 people. For more information please call Sima Sistani at 212 589 2700 or visit https://corporate.ww.com.
Besides selling stocks to institutional investors, WW International 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 WW International'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 WW International'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.

WW International Quarterly Liabilities And Stockholders Equity

550.28 Million

Only 1.78% of WW International are currently held by insiders. Unlike WW International'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 WW International'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 WW International's insider trades

WW International Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as WW International is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading WW International backward and forwards among themselves. WW International's institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase WW International'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.
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Note, although WW International'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.

WW International 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 WW International insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on WW International'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 WW International 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.

WW International Outstanding Bonds

WW International 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. WW International 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 WW International bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when WW International 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.

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