Key Insights
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Institutions’ substantial holdings in Tiger Brands implies that they have significant influence over the company’s share price
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The top 3 shareholders own 52% of the company
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Using data from analyst forecasts alongside ownership research, one can better assess the future performance of a company
A look at the shareholders of Tiger Brands Limited (JSE:TBS) can tell us which group is most powerful. We can see that institutions own the lion’s share in the company with 67% ownership. In other words, the group stands to gain the most (or lose the most) from their investment into the company.
Last week’s 7.2% gain means that institutional investors were on the positive end of the spectrum even as the company has shown strong longer-term trends. The gains from last week would have further boosted the one-year return to shareholders which currently stand at 43%.
Let’s take a closer look to see what the different types of shareholders can tell us about Tiger Brands.
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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Tiger Brands?
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.
Tiger Brands 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 Tiger Brands’ historic earnings and revenue below, but keep in mind there’s always more to the story.
Institutional investors own over 50% of the company, so together than can probably strongly influence board decisions. Tiger Brands is not owned by hedge funds. The company’s largest shareholder is Silchester International Investors LLP, with ownership of 20%. Public Investment Corporation Limited is the second largest shareholder owning 17% of common stock, and Allan Gray Proprietary Ltd. holds about 15% of the company stock.
After doing some more digging, we found that the top 3 shareholders collectively control more than half of the company’s shares, implying that they have considerable power to influence the company’s decisions.
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 a reasonable number of analysts covering the stock, so it might be useful to find out their aggregate view on the future.
Insider Ownership Of Tiger Brands
The definition of company insiders can be subjective and does vary between jurisdictions. Our data reflects individual insiders, capturing board members at the very least. 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 Tiger Brands Limited in their own names. It is a pretty big company, so it would be possible for board members to own a meaningful interest in the company, without owning much of a proportional interest. In this case, they own around R5.0m worth of shares (at current prices). 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, who are usually individual investors, hold a 16% stake in Tiger Brands. While this size of ownership may not be enough to sway a policy decision in their favour, they can still make a collective impact on company policies.
Next Steps:
It’s always worth thinking about the different groups who own shares in a company. But to understand Tiger Brands better, we need to consider many other factors. Be aware that Tiger Brands is showing 1 warning sign in our investment analysis , you should know about…
But ultimately it is the future, not the past, that will determine how well the owners of this business will do. Therefore we think it advisable to take a look at this free report showing whether analysts are predicting a brighter 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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