A look at the shareholders of The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd. (TSE:TGOD) can tell us which group is most powerful. Institutions often own shares in more established companies, while it's not unusual to see insiders own a fair bit of smaller companies. Companies that used to be publicly owned tend to have lower insider ownership.
Green Organic Dutchman Holdings is a smaller company with a market capitalization of CA$667m, so it may still be flying under the radar of many institutional investors. Taking a look at our data on the ownership groups (below), it's seems that institutions own shares in the company. Let's take a closer look to see what the different types of shareholder can tell us about TGOD.
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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Green Organic Dutchman Holdings?
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.
Green Organic Dutchman Holdings already has institutions on the share registry. Indeed, they own 9.2% of 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 Green Organic Dutchman Holdings, (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 Green Organic Dutchman Holdings. There are plenty of analysts covering the stock, so it might be worth seeing what they are forecasting, too.
Insider Ownership Of Green Organic Dutchman Holdings
The definition of an insider can differ slightly between different countries, but members of the board of directors always count. Management ultimately answers to the board. However, it is not uncommon for managers to be executive board members, especially if they are a founder or the CEO.
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.
I can report that insiders do own shares in The Green Organic Dutchman Holdings Ltd.. It has a market capitalization of just CA$667m, and insiders have CA$16m worth of shares, in their own names. This shows at least some alignment. You can click here to see if those insiders have been buying or selling.