Yahoo Finance Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V.'s (AMS:TKWY) 8.2% loss last week hit both individual investors who own 43% as well as institutions
Key Insights
Significant control over Just Eat Takeaway.com by individual investors implies that the general public has more power to influence management and governance-related decisions
A total of 12 investors have a majority stake in the company with 52% ownership
If you want to know who really controls Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V. (AMS:TKWY), then you'll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. And the group that holds the biggest piece of the pie are individual investors with 43% ownership. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).
While institutions, who own 35% shares weren’t spared from last week’s €245m market cap drop, individual investors as a group suffered the maximum losses
Let's take a closer look to see what the different types of shareholders can tell us about Just Eat Takeaway.com.
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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Just Eat Takeaway.com?
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.
Just Eat Takeaway.com 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 Just Eat Takeaway.com's earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.
It looks like hedge funds own 15% of Just Eat Takeaway.com shares. That worth noting, since hedge funds are often quite active investors, who may try to influence management. Many want to see value creation (and a higher share price) in the short term or medium term. Looking at our data, we can see that the largest shareholder is The Baupost Group, L.L.C. with 8.2% of shares outstanding. In comparison, the second and third largest shareholders hold about 7.4% and 6.4% of the stock. Jitse Groen, who is the second-largest shareholder, also happens to hold the title of Chief Executive Officer.
After doing some more digging, we found that the top 12 have the combined ownership of 52% in the company, suggesting that no single shareholder has significant control over the company.
Researching institutional ownership is a good way to gauge and filter a stock's expected performance. The same can be achieved by studying analyst sentiments. There are plenty of analysts covering the stock, so it might be worth seeing what they are forecasting, too.
Insider Ownership Of Just Eat Takeaway.com
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.
Insider ownership is positive when it signals leadership are thinking like the true owners of the company. However, high insider ownership can also give immense power to a small group within the company. This can be negative in some circumstances.
Shareholders would probably be interested to learn that insiders own shares in Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V.. This is a big company, so it is good to see this level of alignment. Insiders own €211m worth of shares (at current prices). It is good to see this level of investment by insiders. You can check here to see if those insiders have been buying recently.
General Public Ownership
The general public-- including retail investors -- own 43% stake in the company, and hence can't easily be ignored. While this group can't necessarily call the shots, it can certainly have a real influence on how the company is run.
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. Consider risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 2 warning signs for Just Eat Takeaway.com you should know about.
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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