Key Insights

• Insiders appear to have a vested interest in Nabaltec's growth, as seen by their sizeable ownership

• 55% of the business is held by the top 2 shareholders

• 22% of Nabaltec is held by Institutions

A look at the shareholders of Nabaltec AG (ETR:NTG) can tell us which group is most powerful. With 55% stake, individual insiders possess the maximum shares in the company. In other words, the group stands to gain the most (or lose the most) from their investment into the company.

So it follows, every decision made by insiders of Nabaltec regarding the company's future would be crucial to them.

In the chart below, we zoom in on the different ownership groups of Nabaltec.

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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Nabaltec?

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 Nabaltec. 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 Nabaltec, (below). Of course, keep in mind that there are other factors to consider, too.

Nabaltec is not owned by hedge funds. Looking at our data, we can see that the largest shareholder is the CEO Johannes Heckmann with 28% of shares outstanding. In comparison, the second and third largest shareholders hold about 27% and 3.3% of the stock.

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 it makes sense to study institutional ownership data for a company, it also makes sense to study analyst sentiments to know which way the wind is blowing. There is some analyst coverage of the stock, but it could still become more well known, with time.

Insider Ownership Of Nabaltec

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.