International Workplace Group's significant individual investors ownership suggests that the key decisions are influenced by shareholders from the larger public
A total of 7 investors have a majority stake in the company with 50% ownership
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Every investor in International Workplace Group plc (LON:IWG) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. The group holding the most number of shares in the company, around 37% to be precise, is individual investors. That is, the group stands to benefit the most if the stock rises (or lose the most if there is a downturn).
While the holdings of individual investors took a hit after last week’s 5.8% price drop, institutions with their 28% holdings also suffered.
Let's delve deeper into each type of owner of International Workplace Group, beginning with the chart below.
What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About International Workplace Group?
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.
We can see that International Workplace Group does have institutional investors; and they hold a good portion of the company's stock. This can indicate that the company has a certain degree of credibility in the investment community. However, it is best to be wary of relying on the supposed validation that comes with institutional investors. They too, get it wrong sometimes. 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 International Workplace Group, (below). Of course, keep in mind that there are other factors to consider, too.
LSE:IWG Earnings and Revenue Growth May 25th 2025
It looks like hedge funds own 9.6% of International Workplace Group shares. That catches my attention because hedge funds sometimes try to influence management, or bring about changes that will create near term value for shareholders. The company's CEO Mark Dixon is the largest shareholder with 25% of shares outstanding. Toscafund Limited is the second largest shareholder owning 9.6% of common stock, and Lancaster Investment Management LLP holds about 4.5% of the company stock.
On further inspection, we found that more than half the company's shares are owned by the top 7 shareholders, suggesting that the interests of the larger shareholders are balanced out to an extent by the smaller ones.
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 International Workplace Group
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 International Workplace Group plc. Insiders own UK£457m worth of shares in the UK£1.8b company. That's quite meaningful. Most would be pleased to see the board is investing alongside them. You may wish to access this free chart showing recent trading by insiders.
General Public Ownership
The general public, who are usually individual investors, hold a 37% stake in International Workplace Group. 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.
If you would prefer discover what analysts are predicting in terms of future growth, do not miss this freereport on analyst forecasts.
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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