United States Oil Fund, LP (USO) is a commodity pool that issues limited partnership interests (shares) traded on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (the NYSE Arca). The investment objective of USO is for the daily changes in percentage terms of its shares' per share net asset value (NAV) to reflect the daily changes in percentage terms of the spot price of light, sweet crude oil delivered to Cushing, Oklahoma, as measured by the daily changes in the price of the futures contract for light, sweet crude oil traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange, that is the near month contract to expire, except when the near month contract is within over two weeks of expiration, in which case it will be measured by the futures contract that is the next month contract to expire, less USO's expenses. United States Commodity Funds LLC (USCF) is the general partner of USO and is responsible for the management of USO. USCF is a single member limited liability company. USCF is a subsidiary of Wainwright Holdings, Inc.
Basic Details
Issuer US Commodity Funds
Fund NameUnited States Oil Fund LP
Tax ClassificationPartnership
SymbolNYSEARCA:USO
Inception Date4/10/2006
Fund ManagerRay W. Allen
Phone+1-510-5229600
Fund Focus
Asset ClassCommodities
BenchmarkWTI Light Sweet Crude Oil USD
CategoryEnergy
FocusCrude Oil
Development LevelBlended Development
RegionGlobal
Fund Statistics
Assets Under Management$1.88 billion
Average Daily Volume$19.06 million
Discount/Premium0.30%
ETF Expenses
Management Fee0.45%
Other Expenses-0.66%
Total Expenses-0.21%
Fee Waiver0.00%
Net Expenses-0.21%
Administrator, Advisor and Custodian
AdministratorBrown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Advisor
CustodianBrown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Distributor
Transfer AgentBrown Brothers Harriman & Co.
Trustee
Lead Market MakerVirtu Financial
United States Oil Fund (NYSEARCA:USO) Frequently Asked Questions
What is United States Oil Fund's stock symbol?
United States Oil Fund trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)ARCA under the ticker symbol "USO."
Has United States Oil Fund been receiving favorable news coverage?
Media coverage about USO stock has trended somewhat positive on Monday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. United States Oil Fund earned a media sentiment score of 1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the company a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is very unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.
Are investors shorting United States Oil Fund?
United States Oil Fund saw a drop in short interest during the month of March. As of March 29th, there was short interest totalling 36,522,280 shares, a drop of 14.0% from the March 15th total of 42,456,005 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 18,477,490 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 2.0 days. View United States Oil Fund's Current Options Chain.
What other stocks do shareholders of United States Oil Fund own?
Who are United States Oil Fund's key executives?
United States Oil Fund's management team includes the folowing people:
- Nicholas Daniel Gerber, Chairman of the Board, Vice President of General Partner (Age 54)
- John P. Love, Management Director, President and Chief Executive Officer of General Partner (Age 45)
- Stuart P. Crumbaugh, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary of General Partner (Age 53)
- Andrew F. Ngim, Chief Operating Officer, Management Director and Portfolio Manager of General Partner (Age 56)
- Carolyn M. Yu, Chief Compliance Officer, General Counsel of General Partner (Age 58)
- Melinda D. Gerber, Management Director of General Partner (Age 49)
- Robert Long Nguyen, Management Director of General Partner (Age 57)
- Ray W. Allen, Portfolio Manager of General Partner (Age 60)
- Gordon Lloyd Ellis, Independent Director of General Partner (Age 70)
- Malcolm R. Fobes III, Independent Director of General Partner (Age 52)
Who are United States Oil Fund's major shareholders?
United States Oil Fund's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Virtu Financial LLC (0.65%), XR Securities LLC (0.35%), Flagship Harbor Advisors LLC (0.04%), Paradigm Financial Advisors LLC (0.03%), Bank of The West (0.01%) and Legacy Advisors LLC (0.00%). View Institutional Ownership Trends for United States Oil Fund.
Which institutional investors are selling United States Oil Fund stock?
Which institutional investors are buying United States Oil Fund stock?
How do I buy shares of United States Oil Fund?
Shares of USO can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.
What is United States Oil Fund's stock price today?
One share of USO stock can currently be purchased for approximately $13.6750.
How big of a company is United States Oil Fund?
United States Oil Fund has a market capitalization of $2.07 billion.
What is United States Oil Fund's official website?
How can I contact United States Oil Fund?
United States Oil Fund's mailing address is 1999 Harrison St Ste 1530, OAKLAND, CA 94612-4730, United States. The company can be reached via phone at +1-510-5229600.
MarketBeat Community Rating for United States Oil Fund (NYSEARCA USO)
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