雅虎香港財經 Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:SHL) stock most popular amongst public companies who own 76%, while individual investors hold 13%
Key Insights
Significant control over Siemens Healthineers by public companies implies that the general public has more power to influence management and governance-related decisions
76% of the company is held by a single shareholder (Siemens Aktiengesellschaft)
Every investor in Siemens Healthineers AG (ETR:SHL) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. And the group that holds the biggest piece of the pie are public companies with 76% ownership. That is, the group stands to benefit the most if the stock rises (or lose the most if there is a downturn).
And individual investors on the other hand have a 13% ownership in the company.
Let's delve deeper into each type of owner of Siemens Healthineers, beginning with the chart below.
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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Siemens Healthineers?
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.
Siemens Healthineers already has institutions on the share registry. Indeed, they own a respectable stake in the company. This suggests some credibility amongst professional investors. But we can't rely on that fact alone since institutions make bad investments sometimes, just like everyone does. It is not uncommon to see a big share price drop if two large institutional investors try to sell out of a stock at the same time. So it is worth checking the past earnings trajectory of Siemens Healthineers, (below). Of course, keep in mind that there are other factors to consider, too.
Hedge funds don't have many shares in Siemens Healthineers. Siemens Aktiengesellschaft is currently the largest shareholder, with 76% 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 3.0% and 1.0% of the shares outstanding respectively, Capital Research and Management Company and BlackRock, Inc. 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 Siemens Healthineers
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.
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.
Our data cannot confirm that board members are 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 13% ownership, the general public, mostly comprising of individual investors, have some degree of sway over Siemens Healthineers. While this group can't necessarily call the shots, it can certainly have a real influence on how the company is run.
Public Company Ownership
Public companies currently own 76% of Siemens Healthineers stock. 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:
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. Case in point: We've spotted 2 warning signs for Siemens Healthineers you should be aware of, and 1 of them doesn't sit too well with us.
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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