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With a 47% stake, Oneview Healthcare PLC (ASX:ONE) insiders have a lot riding on the company
To get a sense of who is truly in control of Oneview Healthcare PLC (ASX:ONE), it is important to understand the ownership structure of the business. The group holding the most number of shares in the company, around 47% to be precise, is individual insiders. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).
With such a notable stake in the company, insiders would be highly incentivised to make value accretive decisions.
In the chart below, we zoom in on the different ownership groups of Oneview Healthcare.
What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Oneview Healthcare?
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.
Oneview Healthcare 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. 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 Oneview Healthcare's earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.
ASX:ONE Earnings and Revenue Growth May 17th 2025
Oneview Healthcare is not owned by hedge funds. Our data shows that James Vicars is the largest shareholder with 37% of shares outstanding. With 8.2% and 5.0% of the shares outstanding respectively, Fidelity International Ltd and Christopher White are the second and third largest shareholders. In addition, we found that James Fitter, the CEO has 2.2% of the shares allocated to their name.
On looking further, we found that 52% of the shares are owned by the top 4 shareholders. In other words, these shareholders have a meaningful say in the decisions of the company.
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 are plenty of analysts covering the stock, so it might be worth seeing what they are forecasting, too.
Insider Ownership Of Oneview Healthcare
While the precise definition of an insider can be subjective, almost everyone considers board members to be insiders. 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 Oneview Healthcare PLC. Insiders own AU$96m worth of shares in the AU$205m company. This may suggest that the founders still own a lot of shares. You can click here to see if they have been buying or selling.
General Public Ownership
The general public-- including retail investors -- own 42% stake in the company, and hence can't easily be ignored. This size of ownership, while considerable, may not be enough to change company policy if the decision is not in sync with other large shareholders.
Private Company Ownership
It seems that Private Companies own 3.2%, of the Oneview Healthcare stock. It's hard to draw any conclusions from this fact alone, so its worth looking into who owns those private companies. Sometimes insiders or other related parties have an interest in shares in a public company through a separate private company.
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While it is well worth considering the different groups that own a company, there are other factors that are even more important.
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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