Corporación Moctezuma, S.A.B. de C.V.'s (BMV:CMOCTEZ) top owners are public companies with 53% stake, while 18% is held by individual investors

Key Insights

• The considerable ownership by public companies in Corporación Moctezuma. de indicates that they collectively have a greater say in management and business strategy
• 53% of the company is held by a single shareholder (Cementos Molins, S.A.)
• Insiders own 11% of Corporación Moctezuma. de

To get a sense of who is truly in control of Corporación Moctezuma, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV:CMOCTEZ), it is important to understand the ownership structure of the business. The group holding the most number of shares in the company, around 53% to be precise, is public companies. That is, the group stands to benefit the most if the stock rises (or lose the most if there is a downturn).

Meanwhile, individual investors make up 18% of the company’s shareholders.

Let's delve deeper into each type of owner of Corporación Moctezuma. de, beginning with the chart below.

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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Corporación Moctezuma. de?

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.

Less than 5% of Corporación Moctezuma. de is held by institutional investors. This suggests that some funds have the company in their sights, but many have not yet bought shares in it. So if the company itself can improve over time, we may well see more institutional buyers in the future. We sometimes see a rising share price when a few big institutions want to buy a certain stock at the same time. The history of earnings and revenue, which you can see below, could be helpful in considering if more institutional investors will want the stock. Of course, there are plenty of other factors to consider, too.

Corporación Moctezuma. de is not owned by hedge funds. Cementos Molins, S.A. is currently the largest shareholder, with 53% of shares outstanding. This essentially means that they have extensive influence, if not outright control, over the future of the corporation. With 16% and 11% of the shares outstanding respectively, Presa International BV and Antonio Cosio Arino are the second and third largest shareholders. Antonio Cosio Arino, who is the third-largest shareholder, also happens to hold the title of Member of the Board of Directors.

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. Our information suggests that there isn't any analyst coverage of the stock, so it is probably little known.

Insider Ownership Of Corporación Moctezuma. de

The definition of an insider can differ slightly between different countries, but members of the board of directors always count. The company management answer to the board and the latter should represent the interests of shareholders. Notably, sometimes top-level managers are on the board themselves.

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.

Our information suggests that insiders maintain a significant holding in Corporación Moctezuma, S.A.B. de C.V.. It has a market capitalization of just Mex$64b, and insiders have Mex$6.8b worth of shares in their own names. That's quite significant. It is good to see this level of investment. You can check here to see if those insiders have been buying recently.

General Public Ownership

The general public-- including retail investors -- own 18% stake in the company, and hence can't easily be ignored. 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

We can see that Private Companies own 16%, of the shares on issue. 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.

Public Company Ownership

It appears to us that public companies own 53% of Corporación Moctezuma. de. 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:

It's always worth thinking about the different groups who own shares in a company. But to understand Corporación Moctezuma. de better, we need to consider many other factors. Like risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 2 warning signs for Corporación Moctezuma. de (of which 1 is a bit unpleasant!) you should know about.

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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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