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Key Insights

• Aroundtown's significant individual investors ownership suggests that the key decisions are influenced by shareholders from the larger public

• The top 8 shareholders own 51% of the company

• 22% of Aroundtown is held by Institutions

Every investor in Aroundtown SA (ETR:AT1) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. With 39% stake, individual 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).

And last week, individual investors endured the biggest losses as the stock fell by 4.6%.

In the chart below, we zoom in on the different ownership groups of Aroundtown.

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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Aroundtown?

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 Aroundtown. 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 Aroundtown, (below). Of course, keep in mind that there are other factors to consider, too.

We note that hedge funds don't have a meaningful investment in Aroundtown. Looking at our data, we can see that the largest shareholder is TLG Immobilien AG with 17% of shares outstanding. Avisco Group PLC is the second largest shareholder owning 14% of common stock, and Vergepoint Limited holds about 7.4% of the company stock.

We did some more digging and found that 8 of the top shareholders account for roughly 51% 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. 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 Aroundtown

The definition of an insider can differ slightly between different countries, but members of the board of directors always count. Company management run the business, but the CEO will answer to the board, even if he or she is a member of it.