How can a company have more than 110% institutional ownership, see PTLA

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PTLA shows institutional ownership of over 110% and insiders own 3%.  How is this possible?
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SA Michael S. Lipkin
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Technically it's not, but here's an explanation of why it's sometimes reported that way. (Nasdaq and Yahoo are also reporting above 100% on this stock.)