If you want to know who really controls Uniphos Enterprises Limited (NSE:UNIPHOS), then you’ll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. Institutions will often hold stock in bigger companies, and we expect to see insiders owning a noticeable percentage of the smaller ones. We also tend to see lower insider ownership in companies that were previously publicly owned.
Uniphos Enterprises is a smaller company with a market capitalization of ₹6.1b, so it may still be flying under the radar of many institutional investors. Taking a look at the our data on the ownership groups (below), it’s seems that institutions are noticeable on the share registry. Let’s delve deeper into each type of owner, to discover more about UNIPHOS.
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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Uniphos Enterprises?
Many institutions measure their performance against an index that approximates the local market. So they usually pay more attention to companies that are included in major indices.
We can see that Uniphos Enterprises does have institutional investors; and they hold 5.0% of the 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 Uniphos Enterprises’s earnings history, below. Of course, the future is what really matters.
We note that hedge funds don’t have a meaningful investment in Uniphos Enterprises. Our information suggests that there isn’t any analyst coverage of the stock, so it is probably little known.
Insider Ownership Of Uniphos Enterprises
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.
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.
Shareholders would probably be interested to learn that insiders own shares in Uniphos Enterprises Limited. In their own names, insiders own ₹161m worth of stock in the ₹6.1b company. This shows at least some alignment, but I usually like to see larger insider holdings. You can click here to see if those insiders have been buying or selling.