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PATRIZIA SE's (ETR:PAT) largest shareholders are private companies with 53% ownership, individual investors own 31%
PATRIZIA's significant private companies ownership suggests that the key decisions are influenced by shareholders from the larger public
The largest shareholder of the company is First Capital Partner GmbH with a 53% stake
Institutional ownership in PATRIZIA is 16%
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To get a sense of who is truly in control of PATRIZIA SE (ETR:PAT), it is important to understand the ownership structure of the business. We can see that private companies own the lion's share in the company with 53% ownership. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).
Meanwhile, individual investors make up 31% of the company's shareholders.
Let's delve deeper into each type of owner of PATRIZIA, beginning with the chart below.
See our latest analysis for PATRIZIA
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.
PATRIZIA 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. 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 PATRIZIA's earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.
We note that hedge funds don't have a meaningful investment in PATRIZIA. First Capital Partner GmbH is currently the largest shareholder, with 53% of shares outstanding. This essentially means that they have extensive influence, if not outright control, over the future of the corporation. With 5.0% and 3.2% of the shares outstanding respectively, Union Asset Management Holding AG and Allianz Asset Management GmbH are the second and third largest shareholders.
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.
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.
We note our data does not show any board members holding shares, personally. It is unusual not to have at least some personal holdings by board members, so our data might be flawed. A good next step would be to check how much the CEO is paid.
With a 31% ownership, the general public, mostly comprising of individual investors, have some degree of sway over PATRIZIA. 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.
Our data indicates that Private Companies hold 53%, of the company's shares. Private companies may be related parties. Sometimes insiders have an interest in a public company through a holding in a private company, rather than in their own capacity as an individual. While it's hard to draw any broad stroke conclusions, it is worth noting as an area for further research.
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. Like risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 2 warning signs for PATRIZIA (of which 1 can't be ignored!) 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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