Yahoo Finance What Type Of Shareholders Own The Most Number of Artemis Gold Inc. (CVE:ARTG) Shares?
If you want to know who really controls Artemis Gold Inc. (CVE:ARTG), then you'll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. Institutions will often hold stock in bigger companies, and we expect to see insiders owning a noticeable percentage of the smaller ones. I quite like to see at least a little bit of insider ownership. As Charlie Munger said 'Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome.
Artemis Gold is not a large company by global standards. It has a market capitalization of CA$875m, which means it wouldn't have the attention of many institutional investors. Our analysis of the ownership of the company, below, shows that institutions are noticeable on the share registry. Let's take a closer look to see what the different types of shareholders can tell us about Artemis Gold.
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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Artemis Gold?
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.
We can see that Artemis Gold does have institutional investors; and they hold a good portion of the company's stock. 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 Artemis Gold's earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.
Hedge funds don't have many shares in Artemis Gold. Ryan Beedie is currently the company's largest shareholder with 28% of shares outstanding. With 5.3% and 4.5% of the shares outstanding respectively, BlackRock, Inc. and CI Global Asset Management are the second and third largest shareholders. In addition, we found that Steven Dean, the CEO has 3.6% of the shares allocated to their name.
A closer look at our ownership figures suggests that the top 11 shareholders have a combined ownership of 50% implying that no single shareholder has a majority.
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 Artemis Gold
While the precise definition of an insider can be subjective, almost everyone considers board members to be insiders. 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 information suggests that insiders maintain a significant holding in Artemis Gold Inc.. Insiders have a CA$306m stake in this CA$875m business. This may suggest that the founders still own a lot of shares. You can click here to see if they have been buying or selling.
General Public Ownership
With a 47% ownership, the general public have some degree of sway over Artemis Gold. 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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While it is well worth considering the different groups that own a company, there are other factors that are even more important. Be aware that Artemis Gold is showing 2 warning signs in our investment analysis , and 1 of those is potentially serious...
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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