Yahoo Finance What Percentage Of Repro Med Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:KRMD) Shares Do Insiders Own?
Every investor in Repro Med Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:KRMD) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. Insiders often own a large chunk of younger, smaller, companies while huge companies tend to have institutions as shareholders. I generally like to see some degree of insider ownership, even if only a little. As Nassim Nicholas Taleb said, 'Don’t tell me what you think, tell me what you have in your portfolio.
Repro Med Systems is not a large company by global standards. It has a market capitalization of US$159m, which means it wouldn't have the attention of many institutional investors. In the chart below, we can see that institutional investors have bought into the company. Let's delve deeper into each type of owner, to discover more about Repro Med Systems.
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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Repro Med Systems?
Institutions typically measure themselves against a benchmark when reporting to their own investors, so they often become more enthusiastic about a stock once it's included in a major index. We would expect most companies to have some institutions on the register, especially if they are growing.
Repro Med Systems 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. 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 Repro Med Systems' historic earnings and revenue below, but keep in mind there's always more to the story.
Our data indicates that hedge funds own 24% of Repro Med Systems. That catches my attention because hedge funds sometimes try to influence management, or bring about changes that will create near term value for shareholders. Horton Capital Partners, LLC is currently the largest shareholder, with 24% of shares outstanding. With 13% and 3.9% of the shares outstanding respectively, First Light Asset Management, LLC and Kathy Frommer are the second and third largest shareholders. Kathy Frommer, who is the third-largest shareholder, also happens to hold the title of Member of the Board of Directors. In addition, we found that Linda Tharby, the CEO has 2.2% of the shares allocated to their name.
On further inspection, we found that more than half the company's shares are owned by the top 6 shareholders, suggesting that the interests of the larger shareholders are balanced out to an extent by the smaller ones.
While studying institutional ownership for a company can add value to your research, it is also a good practice to research analyst recommendations to get a deeper understand of a stock's expected performance. There are plenty of analysts covering the stock, so it might be worth seeing what they are forecasting, too.
Insider Ownership Of Repro Med Systems
The definition of company insiders can be subjective and does vary between jurisdictions. Our data reflects individual insiders, capturing board members at the very least. 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.
Our most recent data indicates that insiders own a reasonable proportion of Repro Med Systems, Inc.. Insiders own US$21m worth of shares in the US$159m company. It is great to see insiders so invested in the business. It might be worth checking if those insiders have been buying recently.
General Public Ownership
The general public holds a 25% stake in Repro Med Systems. This size of ownership, while considerable, may not be enough to change company policy if the decision is not in sync with other large shareholders.
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While it is well worth considering the different groups that own a company, there are other factors that are even more important. For example, we've discovered 2 warning signs for Repro Med Systems that you should be aware of before investing here.
Ultimately the future is most important. You can access this free report on analyst forecasts for the company.
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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