Yahoo Finance What Type Of Shareholders Make Up Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure Limited's (ASX:DBI) Share Registry?
The big shareholder groups in Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure Limited (ASX:DBI) have power over the company. Generally speaking, as a company grows, institutions will increase their ownership. Conversely, insiders often decrease their ownership over time. We also tend to see lower insider ownership in companies that were previously publicly owned.
Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure isn't enormous, but it's not particularly small either. It has a market capitalization of AU$1.1b, which means it would generally expect to see some institutions on the share registry. Taking a look at our data on the ownership groups (below), it seems that institutions are noticeable on the share registry. Let's delve deeper into each type of owner, to discover more about Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure.
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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure?
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.
As you can see, institutional investors have a fair amount of stake in Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure. 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. If multiple institutions change their view on a stock at the same time, you could see the share price drop fast. It's therefore worth looking at Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure's earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.
We note that hedge funds don't have a meaningful investment in Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure. Looking at our data, we can see that the largest shareholder is Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. with 49% of shares outstanding. With 10% and 7.8% of the shares outstanding respectively, QIC Limited and Hamblin Watsa Investment Counsel Ltd. are the second and third largest shareholders.
To make our study more interesting, we found that the top 2 shareholders have a majority ownership in the company, meaning that they are powerful enough to influence the decisions of the company.
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 Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure
While the precise definition of an insider can be subjective, almost everyone considers board members to be insiders. 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.
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.
Our most recent data indicates that insiders own less than 1% of Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure Limited. It appears that the board holds about AU$1.1m worth of stock. This compares to a market capitalization of AU$1.1b. Many investors in smaller companies prefer to see the board more heavily invested. You can click here to see if those insiders have been buying or selling.
General Public Ownership
The general public, with a 30% stake in the company, will not easily be ignored. 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.
Public Company Ownership
We can see that public companies hold 49% of the Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure shares on issue. We can't be certain but it is quite possible this is a strategic stake. The businesses may be similar, or work together.
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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. Be aware that Dalrymple Bay Infrastructure 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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