Yahoo Finance Nogin, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:NOGN) market cap dropped US$47m last week; Individual investors bore the brunt
If you want to know who really controls Nogin, Inc. (NASDAQ:NOGN), 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 52% ownership. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).
While insiders, who own 31% shares weren’t spared from last week’s US$47m market cap drop, individual investors as a group suffered the maximum losses
In the chart below, we zoom in on the different ownership groups of Nogin.
Check out our latest analysis for Nogin
What Does The Lack Of Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Nogin?
Institutional investors often avoid companies that are too small, too illiquid or too risky for their tastes. But it's unusual to see larger companies without any institutional investors.
There could be various reasons why no institutions own shares in a company. Typically, small, newly listed companies don't attract much attention from fund managers, because it would not be possible for large fund managers to build a meaningful position in the company. It is also possible that fund managers don't own the stock because they aren't convinced it will perform well. Nogin's earnings and revenue track record (below) may not be compelling to institutional investors -- or they simply might not have looked at the business closely.
We note that hedge funds don't have a meaningful investment in Nogin. Looking at our data, we can see that the largest shareholder is Software Acquisition Holdings III LLC with 17% of shares outstanding. With 17% and 8.5% of the shares outstanding respectively, Jan-Christopher Nugent and Geoffrey Haeren are the second and third largest shareholders. Interestingly, the bottom two of the top three shareholders also hold the title of Co-Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors, respectively, suggesting that these insiders have a personal stake in the company.
On studying our ownership data, we found that 7 of the top shareholders collectively own less than 50% of the share register, implying that no single individual has a majority interest.
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. Our information suggests that there isn't any analyst coverage of the stock, so it is probably little known.
Insider Ownership Of Nogin
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.
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.
It seems insiders own a significant proportion of Nogin, Inc.. Insiders have a US$32m stake in this US$104m business. We would say this shows alignment with shareholders, but it is worth noting that the company is still quite small; some insiders may have founded the business. You can click here to see if those insiders have been buying or selling.
General Public Ownership
The general public -- including retail investors -- own 52% of Nogin. 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.
Private Company Ownership
It seems that Private Companies own 17%, of the Nogin stock. It's hard to draw any conclusions from this fact alone, so its worth looking into who owns those private companies. Sometimes insiders or other related parties have an interest in shares in a public company through a separate private company.
Next Steps:
It's always worth thinking about the different groups who own shares in a company. But to understand Nogin better, we need to consider many other factors. Consider for instance, the ever-present spectre of investment risk. We've identified 4 warning signs with Nogin , and understanding them should be part of your investment process.
Of course, you might find a fantastic investment by looking elsewhere. So take a peek at this free list of interesting companies.
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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