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What Type Of Shareholders Own The Most Number of Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:CHP.UN) Shares?

A look at the shareholders of Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (TSE:CHP.UN) can tell us which group is most powerful. Institutions often own shares in more established companies, while it's not unusual to see insiders own a fair bit of smaller companies. Companies that used to be publicly owned tend to have lower insider ownership.

Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust is a pretty big company. It has a market capitalization of CA$9.2b. Normally institutions would own a significant portion of a company this size. Our analysis of the ownership of the company, below, shows that institutions are noticeable on the share registry. Let's take a closer look to see what the different types of shareholder can tell us about Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust.

View our latest analysis for Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust

TSX:CHP.UN Ownership Breakdown July 7th 2020
TSX:CHP.UN Ownership Breakdown July 7th 2020

What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust?

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.

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Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust 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 Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust's historic earnings and revenue, below, but keep in mind there's always more to the story.

TSX:CHP.UN Earnings and Revenue Growth July 7th 2020
TSX:CHP.UN Earnings and Revenue Growth July 7th 2020

Hedge funds don't have many shares in Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust. Wittington Investments Limited is currently the largest shareholder, with 16% of shares outstanding. In comparison, the second and third largest shareholders hold about 10% and 3.2% of the stock.

After doing some more digging, we found that the top 22 have the combined ownership of 50% in the company, suggesting that no one share holder 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. While there is some analyst coverage, the company is probably not widely covered. So it could gain more attention, down the track.

Insider Ownership Of Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust

While the precise definition of an insider can be subjective, almost everyone considers board members to be insiders. Company management run the business, but the CEO will answer to the board, even if he or she is a member of it.

I generally consider insider ownership to be a good thing. However, on some occasions it makes it more difficult for other shareholders to hold the board accountable for decisions.

Our data suggests that insiders own under 1% of Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust in their own names. But they may have an indirect interest through a corporate structure that we haven't picked up on. Keep in mind that it's a big company, and the insiders own CA$19m worth of shares. The absolute value might be more important than the proportional share. Arguably, recent buying and selling is just as important to consider. You can click here to see if insiders have been buying or selling.

General Public Ownership

The general public holds a 21% stake in CHP.UN. 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.

Private Company Ownership

It seems that Private Companies own 7.2%, of the CHP.UN 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:

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. To that end, you should learn about the 2 warning signs we've spotted with Choice Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (including 1 which is is significant) .

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.

This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused analysis driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis may not factor in the latest price-sensitive company announcements or qualitative material. Simply Wall St has no position in any stocks mentioned.

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