Retail investors among Gruvaktiebolaget Viscaria's (STO:VISC) largest stockholders and were hit after last week's 17% price drop

Key Insights

• Gruvaktiebolaget Viscaria's significant retail investors ownership suggests that the key decisions are influenced by shareholders from the larger public
• 50% of the business is held by the top 23 shareholders
• Insiders have bought recently

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If you want to know who really controls Gruvaktiebolaget Viscaria (STO:VISC), then you'll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. With 49% stake, retail investors 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).

While insiders, who own 26% shares weren’t spared from last week’s kr469m market cap drop, retail investors as a group suffered the maximum losses

Let's take a closer look to see what the different types of shareholders can tell us about Gruvaktiebolaget Viscaria.

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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Gruvaktiebolaget Viscaria?

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 Gruvaktiebolaget Viscaria 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. When multiple institutions own a stock, there's always a risk that they are in a 'crowded trade'. When such a trade goes wrong, multiple parties may compete to sell stock fast. This risk is higher in a company without a history of growth. You can see Gruvaktiebolaget Viscaria's historic earnings and revenue below, but keep in mind there's always more to the story.

Gruvaktiebolaget Viscaria is not owned by hedge funds. The company's largest shareholder is Thomas Koch, with ownership of 8.5%. In comparison, the second and third largest shareholders hold about 5.4% and 4.7% of the stock. Additionally, the company's CEO Jorgen Olsson directly holds 2.4% of the total shares outstanding.

Looking at the shareholder registry, we can see that 50% of the ownership is controlled by the top 23 shareholders, meaning that no single shareholder has a majority interest in the ownership.

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. There is a little analyst coverage of the stock, but not much. So there is room for it to gain more coverage.

Insider Ownership Of Gruvaktiebolaget Viscaria

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.

It seems insiders own a significant proportion of Gruvaktiebolaget Viscaria. It has a market capitalization of just kr2.3b, and insiders have kr598m worth of shares in their own names. It is great to see insiders so invested in the business. It might be worth checking if those insiders have been buying recently.

General Public Ownership

The general public-- including retail investors -- own 49% stake in the company, and hence can't easily be ignored. While this group can't necessarily call the shots, it can certainly have a real influence on how the company is run.

Next Steps:

While it is well worth considering the different groups that own a company, there are other factors that are even more important. Like risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 2 warning signs for Gruvaktiebolaget Viscaria (of which 1 is concerning!) you should know about.

Ultimately the future is most important. You can access this free report on analyst forecasts for the company.

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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