| List of possible reasons behind the infrequent cases where we have total
institutional ownership that exceeds 100% of the common shares outstanding for a
specific company: |
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| Double-counting - On the 13-F filing, each institutional holder
must
report all securities over which they exercise sole or shared investment discretion.
In
cases where investment discretion is shared by more than one institution, care is
generally taken to prevent double-counting, but there is always the exception.
Another
cause of double-counting is a company name change for the 13F filer where the
holdings
are accounted for under both filer names. |
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| Short Interest - A large short interest amount affects the
institutional ownership amount considerably because all shares that have been sold
short
appear as holdings in two separate portfolios. One institution has lent its shares
to a
short seller, while the same shares have been purchased by another reporting
institution. Consequently, the institutional ownership percentage reflected in the
13-F
filings is overstated as a percentage of total shares outstanding. |
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A gap between 'as of' dates - In the case where gaps between the
'as
of' dates of the holdings and the shares outstanding arise, the percentage owned
could
be skewed due to a sharp increase/decrease in shares out. Again, this case doesn’t
come
up very often but the results are unavoidable.
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Other possible reasons:
a) An overlap occurs amongst reporting institutions;
b) The 13F filing includes holdings other than common stock issues;
c) Mutual fund money is co-advised and incorrectly reported by multiple
institutions.
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