Yahoo Finance Ramelius Resources Limited's (ASX:RMS) 8.7% loss last week hit both individual investors who own 56% as well as institutions
A look at the shareholders of Ramelius Resources Limited (ASX:RMS) can tell us which group is most powerful. The group holding the most number of shares in the company, around 56% to be precise, is individual investors. In other words, the group stands to gain the most (or lose the most) from their investment into the company.
While institutions, who own 40% shares weren’t spared from last week’s AU$73m 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 Ramelius Resources.
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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Ramelius Resources?
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.
As you can see, institutional investors have a fair amount of stake in Ramelius Resources. 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 Ramelius Resources' historic earnings and revenue below, but keep in mind there's always more to the story.
Hedge funds don't have many shares in Ramelius Resources. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP is currently the company's largest shareholder with 6.0% of shares outstanding. With 5.4% and 5.1% of the shares outstanding respectively, Van Eck Associates Corporation and Australian Retirement Trust are the second and third largest shareholders. Furthermore, CEO Mark Zeptner is the owner of 0.5% of the company's shares.
On studying our ownership data, we found that 25 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. Quite a few analysts cover the stock, so you could look into forecast growth quite easily.
Insider Ownership Of Ramelius Resources
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.
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.
Shareholders would probably be interested to learn that insiders own shares in Ramelius Resources Limited. As individuals, the insiders collectively own AU$10m worth of the AU$777m company. It is good to see some investment by insiders, but it might be worth checking if those insiders have been buying.
General Public Ownership
The general public -- including retail investors -- own 56% of Ramelius Resources. With this amount of ownership, retail investors can collectively play a role in decisions that affect shareholder returns, such as dividend policies and the appointment of directors. They can also exercise the power to vote on acquisitions or mergers that may not improve profitability.
Next Steps:
While it is well worth considering the different groups that own a company, there are other factors that are even more important. Be aware that Ramelius Resources is showing 1 warning sign in our investment analysis , you should know about...
If you are like me, you may want to think about whether this company will grow or shrink. Luckily, you can check this free report showing analyst forecasts for its 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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