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Key Insights

• The considerable ownership by private companies in Vossloh indicates that they collectively have a greater say in management and business strategy

• Stella VermÖGensverwaltungs- GmbH owns 50% of the company

• 18% of Vossloh is held by Institutions

Every investor in Vossloh AG (ETR:VOS) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. The group holding the most number of shares in the company, around 50% to be precise, is private companies. In other words, the group stands to gain the most (or lose the most) from their investment into the company.

And individual investors on the other hand have a 32% ownership in the company.

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

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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Vossloh?

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.

We can see that Vossloh does have institutional investors; and they hold a good portion of the company's stock. 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 Vossloh's earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.

We note that hedge funds don't have a meaningful investment in Vossloh. Stella VermÖGensverwaltungs- GmbH is currently the company's largest shareholder with 50% of shares outstanding. With such a huge stake in the ownership, we infer that they have significant control of the future of the company. Meanwhile, the second and third largest shareholders, hold 2.9% and 1.9%, of the shares outstanding, respectively.

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. Quite a few analysts cover the stock, so you could look into forecast growth quite easily.

Insider Ownership Of Vossloh

The definition of company insiders can be subjective and does vary between jurisdictions. Our data reflects individual insiders, capturing board members at the very least. 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.