RATIONAL Aktiengesellschaft's (ETR:RAA) top owners are private companies with 32% stake, while 28% is held by individual investors

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editorial-team@simplywallst.com (Simply Wall St)

Sun, Feb 2, 2025, 1:47 AM 4 min read

A look at the shareholders of RATIONAL Aktiengesellschaft (ETR:RAA) can tell us which group is most powerful. The group holding the most number of shares in the company, around 32% to be precise, is private companies. In other words, the group stands to gain the most (or lose the most) from their investment into the company.

Individual investors, on the other hand, account for 28% of the company's stockholders.

Let's delve deeper into each type of owner of RATIONAL, beginning with the chart below.

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ownership-breakdown — XTRA:RAA Ownership Breakdown February 2nd 2025

What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About RATIONAL?

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.

As you can see, institutional investors have a fair amount of stake in RATIONAL. 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. When multiple institutions own a stock, there's always a risk that they are in a 'crowded trade'. When such a trade goes wrong, multiple parties may compete to sell stock fast. This risk is higher in a company without a history of growth. You can see RATIONAL's historic earnings and revenue below, but keep in mind there's always more to the story.

earnings-and-revenue-growth — XTRA:RAA Earnings and Revenue Growth February 2nd 2025

RATIONAL is not owned by hedge funds. The company's largest shareholder is Estate Of Siegfried Meister, with ownership of 32%. Ulrike Meister is the second largest shareholder owning 16% of common stock, and BlackRock, Inc. holds about 4.2% of the company stock.

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. Quite a few analysts cover the stock, so you could look into forecast growth quite easily.

Insider Ownership Of RATIONAL

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.

Most consider insider ownership a positive because it can indicate the board is well aligned with other shareholders. However, on some occasions too much power is concentrated within this group.

Our most recent data indicates that insiders own a reasonable proportion of RATIONAL Aktiengesellschaft. It has a market capitalization of just €9.8b, and insiders have €1.5b worth of shares in their own names. That's quite significant. It is good to see this level of investment. You can check here to see if those insiders have been buying recently.

General Public Ownership

With a 28% ownership, the general public, mostly comprising of individual investors, have some degree of sway over RATIONAL. While this group can't necessarily call the shots, it can certainly have a real influence on how the company is run.

Private Company Ownership

It seems that Private Companies own 32%, of the RATIONAL stock. Private companies may be related parties. Sometimes insiders have an interest in a public company through a holding in a private company, rather than in their own capacity as an individual. While it's hard to draw any broad stroke conclusions, it is worth noting as an area for further research.

Next Steps:

I find it very interesting to look at who exactly owns a company. But to truly gain insight, we need to consider other information, too.

Many find it useful to take an in depth look at how a company has performed in the past. You can access this detailed graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow.

If you would prefer discover what analysts are predicting in terms of future growth, do not miss this free report on analyst forecasts.

NB: Figures in this article are calculated using data from the last twelve months, which refer to the 12-month period ending on the last date of the month the financial statement is dated. This may not be consistent with full year annual report figures.

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