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Key Insights
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Guaranty Bancshares' significant retail investors ownership suggests that the key decisions are influenced by shareholders from the larger public
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The top 25 shareholders own 45% of the company
Every investor in Guaranty Bancshares, Inc. (NYSE:GNTY) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. The group holding the most number of shares in the company, around 50% to be precise, is retail investors. That is, the group stands to benefit the most if the stock rises (or lose the most if there is a downturn).
Meanwhile, institutions make up 24% of the company’s shareholders. Insiders often own a large chunk of younger, smaller, companies while huge companies tend to have institutions as shareholders.
Let's delve deeper into each type of owner of Guaranty Bancshares, beginning with the chart below.
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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Guaranty Bancshares?
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 Guaranty Bancshares 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. It is not uncommon to see a big share price drop if two large institutional investors try to sell out of a stock at the same time. So it is worth checking the past earnings trajectory of Guaranty Bancshares, (below). Of course, keep in mind that there are other factors to consider, too.
We note that hedge funds don't have a meaningful investment in Guaranty Bancshares. Looking at our data, we can see that the largest shareholder is Richard Baker with 5.7% of shares outstanding. The second and third largest shareholders are BlackRock, Inc. and Guaranty Bancshares Inc. , ESOP, with an equal amount of shares to their name at 5.2%. In addition, we found that Tyson Abston, the CEO has 1.0% of the shares allocated to their name.
A deeper look at our ownership data shows that the top 25 shareholders collectively hold less than half of the register, suggesting a large group of small holders where 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. There are plenty of analysts covering the stock, so it might be worth seeing what they are forecasting, too.