Key Insights
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Significant control over JDC Group by retail investors implies that the general public has more power to influence management and governance-related decisions
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A total of 16 investors have a majority stake in the company with 50% ownership
To get a sense of who is truly in control of JDC Group AG (ETR:JDC), it is important to understand the ownership structure of the business. The group holding the most number of shares in the company, around 49% to be precise, is retail investors. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).
And private companies on the other hand have a 28% ownership in the company.
Let's delve deeper into each type of owner of JDC Group, beginning with the chart below.
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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About JDC Group?
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.
As you can see, institutional investors have a fair amount of stake in JDC Group. 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. 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 JDC Group, (below). Of course, keep in mind that there are other factors to consider, too.
JDC Group is not owned by hedge funds. Desmarais Family Residuary Trust is currently the company's largest shareholder with 28% of shares outstanding. With 6.3% and 4.4% of the shares outstanding respectively, Versicherungskammer Bayern Versicherungsanstalt Des öffentlichen Rechts, Asset Management Arm and Danske Bank A/S, Asset Management Arm are the second and third largest shareholders.
Looking at the shareholder registry, we can see that 50% of the ownership is controlled by the top 16 shareholders, meaning that no single shareholder has a majority interest in the ownership.
While it makes sense to study institutional ownership data for a company, it also makes sense to study analyst sentiments to know which way the wind is blowing. There are plenty of analysts covering the stock, so it might be worth seeing what they are forecasting, too.
Insider Ownership Of JDC Group
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.