Now Ownership

DNOW Stock  USD 15.50  0.03  0.19%   
Now Inc maintains a total of 105.01 Million outstanding shares. The majority of Now outstanding shares are owned by institutional investors. These third-party entities are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to shop for positions in Now Inc to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, institutional holders are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in Now Inc. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of Now as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company. Also note that almost seven hundred fourty-five thousand five hundred eighty-five invesors are currently shorting Now expressing very little confidence in its future performance.
 
Shares in Circulation  
First Issued
2013-03-31
Previous Quarter
107 M
Current Value
106 M
Avarage Shares Outstanding
108.3 M
Quarterly Volatility
1.4 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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Now Stock Ownership Analysis

About 98.0% of the company shares are held by institutions such as insurance companies. The company has price-to-book (P/B) ratio of 1.41. Some equities with similar Price to Book (P/B) outperform the market in the long run. Now Inc had not issued any dividends in recent years. NOW Inc. distributes downstream energy and industrial products for petroleum refining, chemical processing, LNG terminals, power generation utilities, and industrial manufacturing operations in the United States, Canada, and internationally. NOW Inc. was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. NOW operates under Oil Gas Equipment Services classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. It employs 2300 people. To learn more about Now Inc call David CPA at 281 823 4700 or check out https://www.dnow.com.
Besides selling stocks to institutional investors, Now 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 Now'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 Now'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.

Now Quarterly Liabilities And Stockholders Equity

1.66 Billion

Now Insider Trades History

Roughly 2.0% of Now Inc are currently held by insiders. Unlike Now'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 Now'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 Now's insider trades
 
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Now Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as Now is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Now Inc backward and forwards among themselves. Now's institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase Now'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
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc2025-06-30
1.9 M
Arrowstreet Capital Limited Partnership2025-06-30
1.8 M
Nuveen, Llc2025-06-30
1.4 M
Jpmorgan Chase & Co2025-06-30
1.3 M
Morgan Stanley - Brokerage Accounts2025-06-30
1.3 M
Allianz Asset Management Ag2025-06-30
1.2 M
D. E. Shaw & Co Lp2025-06-30
1.2 M
Northern Trust Corp2025-06-30
1.2 M
Wellington Management Company Llp2025-06-30
M
Blackrock Inc2025-06-30
18.9 M
Vanguard Group Inc2025-06-30
11.7 M
Note, although Now'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.

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

Now Outstanding Bonds

Now 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. Now Inc 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 Now bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when Now Inc 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.

Now Corporate Filings

8K
9th of September 2025
Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about
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7th of August 2025
Other Reports
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5th of August 2025
Other Reports
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24th of July 2025
Other Reports
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