Fortis Ownership

FTS Stock  USD 48.18  0.55  1.15%   
Fortis holds a total of 501.6 Million outstanding shares. Over half of Fortis' outstanding shares are owned by other corporate entities. These other corporate entities are typically referred to as corporate investors that obtain positions in a given instrument to benefit from reduced trade commissions. Please note that no matter how many assets the company secures, if the real value of the firm is less than the current market value, you may not be able to make money on it.
 
Shares in Circulation  
First Issued
1997-03-31
Previous Quarter
496.4 M
Current Value
496.4 M
Avarage Shares Outstanding
231.7 M
Quarterly Volatility
161.6 M
 
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Fortis Stock Ownership Analysis

About 55.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors. The company has price-to-book (P/B) ratio of 1.52. Some equities with similar Price to Book (P/B) outperform the market in the long run. Fortis Inc has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 2.79. The entity last dividend was issued on the 16th of May 2025. The firm had 4:1 split on the 13th of October 2005. Fortis Inc. operates as an electric and gas utility company in Canada, the United States, and the Caribbean countries. It also owns and operates approximately 90,200 circuit Kilometers of distribution lines and approximately 50,500 km of natural gas pipelines. Fortis operates under UtilitiesRegulated Electric classification in the United States and is traded on New York Stock Exchange. It employs 9100 people. To learn more about Fortis Inc call Eddinton JP at 709-737-2800 or check out https://www.fortisinc.com.
Besides selling stocks to institutional investors, Fortis 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 Fortis' 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 Fortis' 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.

Fortis Quarterly Liabilities And Stockholders Equity

73.49 Billion

Less than 1% of Fortis Inc are currently held by insiders. Unlike Fortis' institutional investors, corporate insiders most likely have a limit on the maximum percentage of share ownership. This is done to align insiders' influence against Fortis' 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 Fortis' insider trades

Fortis Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as Fortis is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Fortis Inc backward and forwards among themselves. Fortis' institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase Fortis' 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
Bank Of Nova Scotia2024-12-31
6.5 M
Legal & General Group Plc2024-12-31
5.9 M
The Toronto-dominion Bank2024-12-31
5.2 M
Manufacturers Life Insurance Co2024-12-31
4.4 M
Norges Bank2024-12-31
4.4 M
Td Waterhouse Canada Inc2024-12-31
4.3 M
Geode Capital Management, Llc2024-12-31
4.3 M
Cibc Global Asset Management Inc2024-12-31
3.7 M
Public Sector Pension Investment Board2024-12-31
3.4 M
Royal Bank Of Canada2024-12-31
28.7 M
Bank Of Montreal2024-12-31
24.4 M
Note, although Fortis' 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.

Fortis Outstanding Bonds

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

Fortis Corporate Filings

6K
8th of April 2025
A report filed by foreign private issuers with SEC. A foreign private issuer is a non-U.S. company with securities traded on U.S. exchanges.
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30th of December 2024
Other Reports
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9th of December 2024
Other Reports
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13A
10th of October 2024
The form used by investors holding more than 5% of a company's stock, to report their beneficial ownership pursuant to Rule 13d-1 or Rule 13d-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
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