Lycopodium Limited (ASX:LYL) most popular amongst individual investors who own 48%, insiders hold 40%
If you want to know who really controls Lycopodium Limited (ASX:LYL), then you'll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. With 48% stake, individual investors possess the maximum shares in the company. In other words, the group stands to gain the most (or lose the most) from their investment into the company.
Individual insiders, on the other hand, account for 40% of the company's stockholders. Insiders often own a large chunk of younger, smaller, companies while huge companies tend to have institutions as shareholders.
In the chart below, we zoom in on the different ownership groups of Lycopodium.
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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Lycopodium?
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.
Less than 5% of Lycopodium is held by institutional investors. This suggests that some funds have the company in their sights, but many have not yet bought shares in it. So if the company itself can improve over time, we may well see more institutional buyers in the future. When multiple institutional investors want to buy shares, we often see a rising share price. The past revenue trajectory (shown below) can be an indication of future growth, but there are no guarantees.
Lycopodium is not owned by hedge funds. Our data shows that Michael Caratti is the largest shareholder with 23% of shares outstanding. In comparison, the second and third largest shareholders hold about 8.0% and 6.9% of the stock. Bruno Ruggiero, who is the second-largest shareholder, also happens to hold the title of Senior Key Executive. Additionally, the company's CEO Peter De Leo directly holds 2.3% of the total shares outstanding.
A closer look at our ownership figures suggests that the top 11 shareholders have a combined ownership of 50% implying that no single shareholder has a majority.
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. As far as we can tell there isn't analyst coverage of the company, so it is probably flying under the radar.
Insider Ownership Of Lycopodium
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.