What Kind Of Investors Own Most Of Montauk Renewables, Inc. (NASDAQ:MNTK)?

Simply Wall St

Sat, May 22, 2021, 3:23 AM 4 min read

The big shareholder groups in Montauk Renewables, Inc. (NASDAQ:MNTK) have power over the company. Institutions often own shares in more established companies, while it's not unusual to see insiders own a fair bit of smaller companies. We also tend to see lower insider ownership in companies that were previously publicly owned.

Montauk Renewables has a market capitalization of US$1.4b, so we would expect some institutional investors to have noticed the stock. Our analysis of the ownership of the company, below, shows that institutions are noticeable on the share registry. We can zoom in on the different ownership groups, to learn more about Montauk Renewables.

See our latest analysis for Montauk Renewables

ownership-breakdown — NasdaqCM:MNTK Ownership Breakdown May 22nd 2021

What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Montauk Renewables?

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.

Montauk Renewables already has institutions on the share registry. Indeed, they own a respectable stake in the company. 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. 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 Montauk Renewables, (below). Of course, keep in mind that there are other factors to consider, too.

earnings-and-revenue-growth — NasdaqCM:MNTK Earnings and Revenue Growth May 22nd 2021

Hedge funds don't have many shares in Montauk Renewables. Peresec Prime Brokers (Pty) Ltd, Asset Management Arm is currently the largest shareholder, with 16% of shares outstanding. With 4.8% and 3.6% of the shares outstanding respectively, Nport Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd and Shareholder Value Management AG are the second and third largest shareholders.

On studying our ownership data, we found that 25 of the top shareholders collectively own less than 50% of the share register, implying that no single individual has a majority interest.

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 is some analyst coverage of the stock, but it could still become more well known, with time.

Insider Ownership Of Montauk Renewables

The definition of an insider can differ slightly between different countries, but members of the board of directors always count. 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.

Shareholders would probably be interested to learn that insiders own shares in Montauk Renewables, Inc.. The insiders have a meaningful stake worth US$35m. Most would see this as a real positive. Most would say this shows alignment of interests between shareholders and the board. Still, it might be worth checking if those insiders have been selling.

General Public Ownership

The general public collectively holds 60% of Montauk Renewables shares. This level of ownership gives investors from the wider public some power to sway key policy decisions such as board composition, executive compensation, and the dividend payout ratio.

Private Company Ownership

We can see that Private Companies own 8.1%, of the shares on issue. It might be worth looking deeper into this. If related parties, such as insiders, have an interest in one of these private companies, that should be disclosed in the annual report. Private companies may also have a strategic interest in the company.

Next Steps:

It's always worth thinking about the different groups who own shares in a company. But to understand Montauk Renewables better, we need to consider many other factors. Take risks for example - Montauk Renewables has 1 warning sign we think you should be aware of.

Ultimately the future is most important. You can access this free report on analyst forecasts for the company.

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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