What Are the Tailwinds for SIRI?

Sirius XM plummeted to $5.33 per share this afternoon, but it remains 8.43% above its mean target price of $4.92. There may still be room for more downwards movement — even after today's -6.2% drop. Analysts are giving the large-cap Broadcasting stock on average rating of hold, with target prices ranging from $3.5 to $7.0 per share.

The stock has an unusually large proportion of its shares sold short at 29.0%, and a short ratio of 15.27. The company's insiders own 84.23% of its outstanding shares, which indicates a strong alignment between management and shareholder interests. Finally, we also note that a very small number of institutional investors are invested in the stock, with 12.5% of Sirius XM's shares being owned by this investor type.

Institutions Invested in Sirius XM

Date Reported Holder Percentage Shares Value
2023-09-30 Vanguard Group Inc 1% 54,318,582 $289,789,637
2023-09-30 Blackrock Inc. 1% 44,663,175 $238,278,040
2023-09-30 State Street Corporation 1% 28,809,557 $153,698,987
2023-09-30 AQR Capital Management, LLC 0% 14,641,104 $78,110,290
2023-09-30 Citigroup Inc. 0% 14,172,896 $75,612,400
2023-09-30 Geode Capital Management, LLC 0% 12,505,030 $66,714,335
2023-09-30 Northern Trust Corporation 0% 11,256,094 $60,051,261
2023-09-30 New York State Common Retirement Fund 0% 10,303,486 $54,969,098
2023-09-30 Berkshire Hathaway, Inc 0% 9,683,224 $51,660,000
2023-09-30 Morgan Stanley 0% 9,538,860 $50,889,818

Besides an analyst consensus of little upside potential, other market factors point to there being negative market sentiment on Sirius XM.

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