Yahoo Finance Individual investors account for 54% of Trican Well Service Ltd.'s (TSE:TCW) ownership, while institutions account for 45%
Key Insights
Trican Well Service's significant individual investors ownership suggests that the key decisions are influenced by shareholders from the larger public
45% of the business is held by the top 25 shareholders
If you want to know who really controls Trican Well Service Ltd. (TSE:TCW), then you'll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. We can see that individual investors own the lion's share in the company with 54% ownership. In other words, the group stands to gain the most (or lose the most) from their investment into the company.
Meanwhile, institutions make up 45% of the company’s shareholders. Institutions will often hold stock in bigger companies, and we expect to see insiders owning a noticeable percentage of the smaller ones.
In the chart below, we zoom in on the different ownership groups of Trican Well Service.
Check out our latest analysis for Trican Well Service
What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Trican Well Service?
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.
Trican Well Service 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 Trican Well Service's earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.
We note that hedge funds don't have a meaningful investment in Trican Well Service. Looking at our data, we can see that the largest shareholder is Canoe Financial LP with 14% of shares outstanding. Habertrilix Advisors is the second largest shareholder owning 11% of common stock, and FMR LLC holds about 7.9% of the company stock.
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.
Insider Ownership Of Trican Well Service
The definition of an insider can differ slightly between different countries, but members of the board of directors always count. Company management run the business, but the CEO will answer to the board, even if he or she is a member of it.
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 less than 1% of Trican Well Service Ltd.. It has a market capitalization of just CA$760m, and the board has only CA$5.4m worth of shares in their own names. We generally like to see a board more invested. However it might be worth checking if those insiders have been buying.
General Public Ownership
The general public -- including retail investors -- own 54% of Trican Well Service. This size of ownership gives investors from the general public some collective power. They can and probably do influence decisions on executive compensation, dividend policies and proposed business acquisitions.
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.
But ultimately it is the future, not the past, that will determine how well the owners of this business will do. Therefore we think it advisable to take a look at this free report showing whether analysts are predicting a brighter future.
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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