With a 48% stake, Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company (NYSE:HBB) insiders have a lot riding on the company

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Sun, Mar 23, 2025, 7:47 AM 4 min read

To get a sense of who is truly in control of Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company (NYSE:HBB), it is important to understand the ownership structure of the business. The group holding the most number of shares in the company, around 48% to be precise, is individual insiders. That is, the group stands to benefit the most if the stock rises (or lose the most if there is a downturn).

So it follows, every decision made by insiders of Hamilton Beach Brands Holding regarding the company's future would be crucial to them.

In the chart below, we zoom in on the different ownership groups of Hamilton Beach Brands Holding.

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ownership-breakdown — NYSE:HBB Ownership Breakdown March 23rd 2025

What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Hamilton Beach Brands Holding?

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.

As you can see, institutional investors have a fair amount of stake in Hamilton Beach Brands Holding. 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. 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 Hamilton Beach Brands Holding's historic earnings and revenue below, but keep in mind there's always more to the story.

earnings-and-revenue-growth — NYSE:HBB Earnings and Revenue Growth March 23rd 2025

Hedge funds don't have many shares in Hamilton Beach Brands Holding. Alfred Rankin is currently the company's largest shareholder with 25% of shares outstanding. Abigail Ii LLC is the second largest shareholder owning 5.2% of common stock, and BlackRock, Inc. holds about 4.4% of the company stock. Additionally, the company's CEO R. Tidey directly holds 1.1% of the total shares outstanding.

We did some more digging and found that 9 of the top shareholders account for roughly 52% of the register, implying that along with larger shareholders, there are a few smaller shareholders, thereby balancing out each others interests somewhat.

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. Our information suggests that there isn't any analyst coverage of the stock, so it is probably little known.

Insider Ownership Of Hamilton Beach Brands Holding

While the precise definition of an insider can be subjective, almost everyone considers board members to be insiders. 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 information suggests that insiders maintain a significant holding in Hamilton Beach Brands Holding Company. It has a market capitalization of just US$266m, and insiders have US$128m 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, who are usually individual investors, hold a 10% stake in Hamilton Beach Brands Holding. 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

Our data indicates that Private Companies hold 5.7%, of the company's shares. 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.

Next Steps:

It's always worth thinking about the different groups who own shares in a company. But to understand Hamilton Beach Brands Holding better, we need to consider many other factors. For instance, we've identified 1 warning sign for Hamilton Beach Brands Holding that you should be aware of.

Of course this may not be the best stock to buy. Therefore, you may wish to see our free collection of interesting prospects boasting favorable financials.

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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