PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A.'s (WSE:PGE) largest shareholders are state or government with 61% ownership, institutions own 26%

Key Insights

• Significant control over PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna by state or government implies that the general public has more power to influence management and governance-related decisions
• 61% of the company is held by a single shareholder (The State Treasury of the Republic of Poland)
• 26% of PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna is held by Institutions

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To get a sense of who is truly in control of PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna S.A. (WSE:PGE), it is important to understand the ownership structure of the business. With 61% stake, state or government possess the maximum shares in the company. That is, the group stands to benefit the most if the stock rises (or lose the most if there is a downturn).

Meanwhile, institutions make up 26% of the company’s shareholders. Insiders often own a large chunk of younger, smaller, companies while huge companies tend to have institutions as shareholders.

Let's delve deeper into each type of owner of PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna, beginning with the chart below.

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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna?

Institutions typically measure themselves against a benchmark when reporting to their own investors, so they often become more enthusiastic about a stock once it's included in a major index. We would expect most companies to have some institutions on the register, especially if they are growing.

We can see that PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna does have institutional investors; and they hold a good portion of the company's stock. 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 PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna's earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.

PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna is not owned by hedge funds. The State Treasury of the Republic of Poland is currently the largest shareholder, with 61% of shares outstanding. With such a huge stake in the ownership, we infer that they have significant control of the future of the company. With 4.9% and 4.3% of the shares outstanding respectively, Nationale-Nederlanden Powszechne Towarzystwo Emerytalne S.A. and PTE Allianz Polska SA are the second and third largest shareholders.

While studying institutional ownership for a company can add value to your research, it is also a good practice to research analyst recommendations to get a deeper understand of a stock's expected performance. 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 PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna

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. 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.

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.

We note our data does not show any board members 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, who are usually individual investors, hold a 13% stake in PGE Polska Grupa Energetyczna. 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.

Next Steps:

I find it very interesting to look at who exactly owns a company. But to truly gain insight, we need to consider other information, too.

Many find it useful to take an in depth look at how a company has performed in the past. You can access this detailed graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow.

If you are like me, you may want to think about whether this company will grow or shrink. Luckily, you can check this free report showing analyst forecasts for its 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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