NTG Nordic Transport Group A/S' (CPH:NTG) stock price dropped 6.9% last week; individual investors would not be happy

Key Insights

• Significant control over NTG Nordic Transport Group by individual investors implies that the general public has more power to influence management and governance-related decisions
• A total of 14 investors have a majority stake in the company with 50% ownership
• Insider ownership in NTG Nordic Transport Group is 10%

If you want to know who really controls NTG Nordic Transport Group A/S (CPH:NTG), then you'll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. The group holding the most number of shares in the company, around 45% to be precise, is individual investors. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).

And following last week's 6.9% decline in share price, individual investors suffered the most losses.

In the chart below, we zoom in on the different ownership groups of NTG Nordic Transport Group.

View our latest analysis for NTG Nordic Transport Group

What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About NTG Nordic Transport Group?

Many institutions measure their performance against an index that approximates the local market. So they usually pay more attention to companies that are included in major indices.

We can see that NTG Nordic Transport Group does have institutional investors; and they hold a good portion of the company's stock. This suggests some credibility amongst professional investors. But we can't rely on that fact alone since institutions make bad investments sometimes, just like everyone does. If multiple institutions change their view on a stock at the same time, you could see the share price drop fast. It's therefore worth looking at NTG Nordic Transport Group's earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.

We note that hedge funds don't have a meaningful investment in NTG Nordic Transport Group. H5 Capital A/S is currently the largest shareholder, with 15% of shares outstanding. For context, the second largest shareholder holds about 10.0% of the shares outstanding, followed by an ownership of 5.0% by the third-largest shareholder.

Looking at the shareholder registry, we can see that 50% of the ownership is controlled by the top 14 shareholders, meaning that no single shareholder has a majority interest in the ownership.

While it makes sense to study institutional ownership data for a company, it also makes sense to study analyst sentiments to know which way the wind is blowing. There are a reasonable number of analysts covering the stock, so it might be useful to find out their aggregate view on the future.

Insider Ownership Of NTG Nordic Transport Group

The definition of company insiders can be subjective and does vary between jurisdictions. Our data reflects individual insiders, capturing board members at the very least. Company management run the business, but the CEO will answer to the board, even if he or she is a member of it.

Most consider insider ownership a positive because it can indicate the board is well aligned with other shareholders. However, on some occasions too much power is concentrated within this group.

Our most recent data indicates that insiders own a reasonable proportion of NTG Nordic Transport Group A/S. It has a market capitalization of just kr.5.7b, and insiders have kr.599m worth of shares in their own names. This may suggest that the founders still own a lot of shares. You can click here to see if they have been buying or selling.

General Public Ownership

With a 45% ownership, the general public, mostly comprising of individual investors, have some degree of sway over NTG Nordic Transport Group. While this group can't necessarily call the shots, it can certainly have a real influence on how the company is run.

Private Company Ownership

It seems that Private Companies own 24%, of the NTG Nordic Transport Group stock. It might be worth looking deeper into this. If related parties, such as insiders, have an interest in one of these private companies, that should be disclosed in the annual report. Private companies may also have a strategic interest in the company.

Next Steps:

It's always worth thinking about the different groups who own shares in a company. But to understand NTG Nordic Transport Group better, we need to consider many other factors.

I like to dive deeper into how a company has performed in the past. You can access this interactive graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow, for free.

But ultimately it is the future, not the past, that will determine how well the owners of this business will do. Therefore we think it advisable to take a look at this free report showing whether analysts are predicting a brighter future.

NB: Figures in this article are calculated using data from the last twelve months, which refer to the 12-month period ending on the last date of the month the financial statement is dated. This may not be consistent with full year annual report figures.

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