Alternative Free Float Shares Outstanding – datatype (AFNOSH)

The LSEG Ownership Group free float shares expressed in thousands, represents the proportion of a company’s share capital available to ordinary investors.

The calculation is:

free float = shares outstanding minus strategically held shares

Strategic shareholdings (NOSHSS) are determined by the classification of investor type. An investor classified as strategic is considered strategic regardless of the security it holds or the percentage of shares it owns. Thus, an investor classified as an individual would be considered a strategic holding in each and every instrument they hold in their portfolio.

The following investor types that are to be considered strategic:

• Corporations
• Holding Companies
• Individuals
• Government Agencies
• Private Equity Firms

To view the free float and strategic measures expressed as a percentage see NOSHAF and NOSHSS.

LSEG Datastream also masters a free float data set which excludes holdings based on owner type but also uses a 5% holding threshold criteria.

See below for the full set of Datastream free float datatypes:

NOSHFFFree Float
NOSHCOFree Float Cross Holdings
NOSHEMFree Float Employee Holdings
NOSHGVFree Float Government Holdings
NOSHICFree Float Investment Company Holdings
NOSHOFFree Float Other Holdings
NOSHPFFree Float Pension Fund Holdings
NOSHSTFree Float Strategic Holdings
NOSHSAFree Float Strategic Holdings - Active
NOSHSPFree Float Strategic Holdings - Passive
NOSHFRFree Float Foreign Holdings
FFNOSHFree Float Shares
OTNOSHFree Float Outstanding Shares
MVFFFree Float Market Value