Key Insights
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Significant insider control over LEM Holding implies vested interests in company growth
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The top 3 shareholders own 51% of the company
To get a sense of who is truly in control of LEM Holding SA (VTX:LEHN), it is important to understand the ownership structure of the business. The group holding the most number of shares in the company, around 34% to be precise, is individual insiders. In other words, the group stands to gain the most (or lose the most) from their investment into the company.
So it follows, every decision made by insiders of LEM Holding regarding the company's future would be crucial to them.
Let's delve deeper into each type of owner of LEM Holding, beginning with the chart below.
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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About LEM Holding?
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.
We can see that LEM Holding does have institutional investors; and they hold a good portion of the company's stock. This suggests some credibility amongst professional investors. But we can't rely on that fact alone since institutions make bad investments sometimes, just like everyone does. 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 LEM Holding's earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.
Hedge funds don't have many shares in LEM Holding. Our data shows that Werner Weber is the largest shareholder with 27% of shares outstanding. For context, the second largest shareholder holds about 18% of the shares outstanding, followed by an ownership of 6.4% by the third-largest shareholder. Ueli Wampfler, who is the third-largest shareholder, also happens to hold the title of Member of the Board of Directors.
After doing some more digging, we found that the top 3 shareholders collectively control more than half of the company's shares, implying that they have considerable power to influence the company's decisions.
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. There are a reasonable number of analysts covering the stock, so it might be useful to find out their aggregate view on the future.
Insider Ownership Of LEM Holding
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.