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A look at the shareholders of creditshelf Aktiengesellschaft (ETR:CSQ) can tell us which group is most powerful. Institutions will often hold stock in bigger companies, and we expect to see insiders owning a noticeable percentage of the smaller ones. Companies that have been privatized tend to have low insider ownership.
creditshelf is a smaller company with a market capitalization of €87m, so it may still be flying under the radar of many institutional investors. In the chart below below, we can see that institutional investors have bought into the company. Let's delve deeper into each type of owner, to discover more about CSQ.
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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About creditshelf?
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 own 6.3% of creditshelf. 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. 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 creditshelf's earnings history, below. Of course, the future is what really matters.
We note that hedge funds don't have a meaningful investment in creditshelf. There is some analyst coverage of the stock, but it could still become more well known, with time.
Insider Ownership Of creditshelf
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.
I generally consider insider ownership to be a good thing. However, on some occasions it makes it more difficult for other shareholders to hold the board accountable for decisions.
Our most recent data indicates that insiders own less than 1% of creditshelf Aktiengesellschaft. We do note, however, it is possible insiders have an indirect interest through a private company or other corporate structure. It has a market capitalization of just €87m, and the board has only €61k worth of shares in their own names. I generally like to see a board more invested. However it might be worth checking if those insiders have been buying.