Magyar Telekom Távközlési Nyilvánosan Müködö Részvénytársaság's (BUSE:MTELEKOM) biggest owners are public companies who got richer after stock soared 4.8% last week

Key Insights

• The considerable ownership by public companies in Magyar Telekom Távközlési Nyilvánosan Müködö Részvénytársaság indicates that they collectively have a greater say in management and business strategy
• The largest shareholder of the company is Deutsche Telekom AG with a 68% stake
• Institutional ownership in Magyar Telekom Távközlési Nyilvánosan Müködö Részvénytársaság is 11%

If you want to know who really controls Magyar Telekom Távközlési Nyilvánosan Müködö Részvénytársaság (BUSE:MTELEKOM), 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 68% to be precise, is public companies. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).

Clearly, public companies benefitted the most after the company's market cap rose by Ft55b last week.

In the chart below, we zoom in on the different ownership groups of Magyar Telekom Távközlési Nyilvánosan Müködö Részvénytársaság.

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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Magyar Telekom Távközlési Nyilvánosan Müködö Részvénytársaság?

Institutional investors commonly compare their own returns to the returns of a commonly followed index. So they generally do consider buying larger companies that are included in the relevant benchmark index.

Magyar Telekom Távközlési Nyilvánosan Müködö Részvénytársaság already has institutions on the share registry. Indeed, they own a respectable stake in the company. This implies the analysts working for those institutions have looked at the stock and they like it. But just like anyone else, they could be wrong. 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 Magyar Telekom Távközlési Nyilvánosan Müködö Részvénytársaság's earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.

Hedge funds don't have many shares in Magyar Telekom Távközlési Nyilvánosan Müködö Részvénytársaság. Our data shows that Deutsche Telekom AG is the largest shareholder with 68% of shares outstanding. With such a huge stake in the ownership, we infer that they have significant control of the future of the company. Meanwhile, the second and third largest shareholders, hold 1.5% and 1.4%, of the shares outstanding, respectively.

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 plenty of analysts covering the stock, so it might be worth seeing what they are forecasting, too.

Insider Ownership Of Magyar Telekom Távközlési Nyilvánosan Müködö Részvénytársaság

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.

Insider ownership is positive when it signals leadership are thinking like the true owners of the company. However, high insider ownership can also give immense power to a small group within the company. This can be negative in some circumstances.

We note our data does not show any board members holding shares, personally. Given we are not picking up on insider ownership, we may have missing data. Therefore, it would be interesting to assess the CEO compensation and tenure, here.

General Public Ownership

With a 21% ownership, the general public, mostly comprising of individual investors, have some degree of sway over Magyar Telekom Távközlési Nyilvánosan Müködö Részvénytársaság. While this size of ownership may not be enough to sway a policy decision in their favour, they can still make a collective impact on company policies.

Public Company Ownership

It appears to us that public companies own 68% of Magyar Telekom Távközlési Nyilvánosan Müködö Részvénytársaság. This may be a strategic interest and the two companies may have related business interests. It could be that they have de-merged. This holding is probably worth investigating further.

Next Steps:

While it is well worth considering the different groups that own a company, there are other factors that are even more important. Consider risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 1 warning sign for Magyar Telekom Távközlési Nyilvánosan Müködö Részvénytársaság you should know about.

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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