What Type Of Shareholders Own The Most Number of CIR S.p.A. Compagnie Industriali Riunite (BIT:CIR) Shares?

If you want to know who really controls CIR S.p.A. Compagnie Industriali Riunite (BIT:CIR), then you'll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. Generally speaking, as a company grows, institutions will increase their ownership. Conversely, insiders often decrease their ownership over time. Companies that have been privatized tend to have low insider ownership.

With a market capitalization of €566m, CIR. Compagnie Industriali Riunite is a small cap stock, so it might not be well known by many institutional investors. In the chart below, we can see that institutions are noticeable on the share registry. Let's take a closer look to see what the different types of shareholders can tell us about CIR. Compagnie Industriali Riunite.

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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About CIR. Compagnie Industriali Riunite?

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.

As you can see, institutional investors have a fair amount of stake in CIR. Compagnie Industriali Riunite. 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 CIR. Compagnie Industriali Riunite's earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.

Hedge funds don't have many shares in CIR. Compagnie Industriali Riunite. Rodolfo, Marco ed Edoardo De Benedetti S.a.p.a. is currently the company's largest shareholder with 45% of shares outstanding. The second and third largest shareholders are Cobas Asset Management, SGIIC, SA and Bestinver Gestión, S.G.I.I.C., with an equal amount of shares to their name at 10.0%.

After doing some more digging, we found that the top 2 shareholders collectively control more than half of the company's shares, implying that they have considerable power to influence the company's decisions.

Researching institutional ownership is a good way to gauge and filter a stock's expected performance. The same can be achieved by studying analyst sentiments. While there is some analyst coverage, the company is probably not widely covered. So it could gain more attention, down the track.

Insider Ownership Of CIR. Compagnie Industriali Riunite

The definition of an insider can differ slightly between different countries, but members of the board of directors always count. Company management run the business, but the CEO will answer to the board, even if he or she is a member of it.

I generally consider insider ownership to be a good thing. However, on some occasions it makes it more difficult for other shareholders to hold the board accountable for decisions.

Our data cannot confirm that board members are holding shares personally. Not all jurisdictions have the same rules around disclosing insider ownership, and it is possible we have missed something, here. So you can click here learn more about the CEO.

General Public Ownership

The general public holds a 24% stake in CIR. Compagnie Industriali Riunite. 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.

Private Company Ownership

It seems that Private Companies own 45%, of the CIR. Compagnie Industriali Riunite 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 CIR. Compagnie Industriali Riunite better, we need to consider many other factors. To that end, you should learn about the 4 warning signs we've spotted with CIR. Compagnie Industriali Riunite (including 3 which are a bit unpleasant) .

If you would prefer discover what analysts are predicting in terms of future growth, do not miss this free report on analyst forecasts.

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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