Yahoo Finance What You Need To Know About Reliance Worldwide Corporation Limited's (ASX:RWC) Investor Composition
If you want to know who really controls Reliance Worldwide Corporation Limited (ASX:RWC), then you'll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. Large companies usually have institutions as shareholders, and we usually see insiders owning shares in smaller companies. Companies that used to be publicly owned tend to have lower insider ownership.
Reliance Worldwide has a market capitalization of AU$2.3b, so we would expect some institutional investors to have noticed the stock. Taking a look at our data on the ownership groups (below), it's seems that institutions own shares in the company. Let's take a closer look to see what the different types of shareholder can tell us about Reliance Worldwide.
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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Reliance Worldwide?
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.
We can see that Reliance Worldwide does have institutional investors; and they hold a good portion of the company's stock. This suggests some credibility amongst professional investors. But we can't rely on that fact alone, since institutions make bad investments sometimes, just like everyone does. 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 Reliance Worldwide's historic earnings and revenue, below, but keep in mind there's always more to the story.
Since institutional investors own more than half the issued stock, the board will likely have to pay attention to their preferences. Hedge funds don't have many shares in Reliance Worldwide. The company's largest shareholder is AustralianSuper Pty. Ltd., with ownership of 11%. In comparison, the second and third largest shareholders hold about 10% and 7.0% of the stock.
We did some more digging and found that 8 of the top shareholders account for roughly 50% of the register, implying that along with larger shareholders, there are a few smaller shareholders, thereby balancing out each others interests somewhat.
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. There are plenty of analysts covering the stock, so it might be worth seeing what they are forecasting, too.
Insider Ownership Of Reliance Worldwide
The definition of an insider can differ slightly between different countries, but members of the board of directors always count. 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 Reliance Worldwide Corporation Limited in their own names. Keep in mind that it's a big company, and the insiders own AU$4.6m 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 34% stake in RWC. 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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It's always worth thinking about the different groups who own shares in a company. But to understand Reliance Worldwide better, we need to consider many other factors. For instance, we've identified 1 warning sign for Reliance Worldwide that you should be aware of.
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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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