In This Article:
Every investor in Gateley (Holdings) Plc (LON:GTLY) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. Institutions will often hold stock in bigger companies, and we expect to see insiders owning a noticeable percentage of the smaller ones. I quite like to see at least a little bit of insider ownership. As Charlie Munger said 'Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome.
Gateley (Holdings) is a smaller company with a market capitalization of UK£175m, so it may still be flying under the radar of many institutional investors. Our analysis of the ownership of the company, below, shows that institutions own shares in the company. We can zoom in on the different ownership groups, to learn more about Gateley (Holdings).
Check out our latest analysis for Gateley (Holdings)
What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Gateley (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.
Gateley (Holdings) 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. 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 Gateley (Holdings)'s earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.
Hedge funds don't have many shares in Gateley (Holdings). Looking at our data, we can see that the largest shareholder is Liontrust Investment Partners LLP with 10% of shares outstanding. In comparison, the second and third largest shareholders hold about 6.9% and 5.5% of the stock. Furthermore, CEO Roderick Waldie is the owner of 1.2% of the company's shares.
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 are plenty of analysts covering the stock, so it might be worth seeing what they are forecasting, too.
Insider Ownership Of Gateley (Holdings)
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.