Please explain what is meant by "Float held by mutual fund owners"

Posted by 2.7182818284590... on February 1, 2009, 12:55 pm

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I see the ownership breakdown of MSFT on yahoo.finance.com, and the
numbers below do not sum to 100%.

BREAKDOWN

% of Shares Held by All Insider and 5% Owners:         13%
% of Shares Held by Institutional & Mutual Fund Owners:         61%
% of Float Held by Institutional & Mutual Fund Owners:         70%

I can't understand why this doesn't sum to 100%. Moreover, how is it
that Bill Gates is worth over $40B when he owns less than 13% of a
$152B company, and 13% of $152 = $20B?

Posted by Lubow on February 1, 2009, 1:23 pm

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Can you give us the website where you found this data, please?
Thanks.

> I see the ownership breakdown of MSFT on yahoo.finance.com, and the

> numbers below do not sum to 100%.

> BREAKDOWN

> % of Shares Held by All Insider and 5% Owners: 13%

> % of Shares Held by Institutional & Mutual Fund Owners: 61%

> % of Float Held by Institutional & Mutual Fund Owners: 70%

> I can't understand why this doesn't sum to 100%. Moreover, how is it

> that Bill Gates is worth over $40B when he owns less than 13% of a

> $152B company, and 13% of $152 = $20B?

Posted by PeterL on February 1, 2009, 1:28 pm

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> Can you give us the website where you found this data, please?

> Thanks.

Lubow, you need new glasses. He said very specifically at Yahoo
finance.

> > I see the ownership breakdown of MSFT on yahoo.finance.com, and the

> > numbers below do not sum to 100%.

> > BREAKDOWN

> > % of Shares Held by All Insider and 5% Owners: 13%

> > % of Shares Held by Institutional & Mutual Fund Owners: 61%

> > % of Float Held by Institutional & Mutual Fund Owners: 70%

> > I can't understand why this doesn't sum to 100%. =A0Moreover, how is it

> > that Bill Gates is worth over $40B when =A0he owns less than 13% of a

> > $152B company, and 13% of $152 =3D $20B?- Hide quoted text -

> - Show quoted text -

Posted by d. on February 1, 2009, 1:54 pm

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>I see the ownership breakdown of MSFT on yahoo.finance.com, and the

>numbers below do not sum to 100%.

>BREAKDOWN

>% of Shares Held by All Insider and 5% Owners: 13%

>% of Shares Held by Institutional & Mutual Fund Owners: 61%

>% of Float Held by Institutional & Mutual Fund Owners: 70%

>I can't understand why this doesn't sum to 100%. Moreover, how is it

>that Bill Gates is worth over $40B when he owns less than 13% of a

>$152B company, and 13% of $152 = $20B?

The float is the total amount of publicly held stock, Institutions
and MF's own 70% of that.

There are other stockholders not listed in those stats so they don't
add to 100%. Like I just recently became one. And I am not an
institution, MF, insider, or 5% owner.

Just maybe Gates has some worth other than MS stock?

Posted by 704set on February 2, 2009, 6:52 pm

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He sold a slug of MSFT and bought GOOG.

704set

> Just maybe Gates has some worth other than MS stock?