A total of 4 investors have a majority stake in the company with 51% ownership
If you want to know who really controls Leonteq AG (VTX:LEON), then you'll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. With 31% stake, individual investors possess the maximum shares in the company. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).
Private companies, on the other hand, account for 31% of the company's stockholders.
Let's delve deeper into each type of owner of Leonteq, beginning with the chart below.
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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 Leonteq. 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. It is not uncommon to see a big share price drop if two large institutional investors try to sell out of a stock at the same time. So it is worth checking the past earnings trajectory of Leonteq, (below). Of course, keep in mind that there are other factors to consider, too.
We note that hedge funds don't have a meaningful investment in Leonteq. Raiffeisen Gruppe is currently the company's largest shareholder with 31% of shares outstanding. Lukas Ruflin is the second largest shareholder owning 9.1% of common stock, and Horizon21 holds about 5.4% of the company stock. Lukas Ruflin, who is the second-largest shareholder, also happens to hold the title of Chief Executive Officer.
To make our study more interesting, we found that the top 4 shareholders control more than half of the company which implies that this group has considerable sway over the company's decision-making.
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. While there is some analyst coverage, the company is probably not widely covered. So it could gain more attention, down the track.
The definition of an insider can differ slightly between different countries, but members of the board of directors always count. Management ultimately answers to the board. However, it is not uncommon for managers to be executive board members, especially if they are a founder or the CEO.