While institutions own 4.0% of Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corporation (TSE:FC), retail investors are its largest shareholders with 94% ownership
Key Insights
Significant control over Firm Capital Mortgage Investment by retail investors implies that the general public has more power to influence management and governance-related decisions
The top 23 shareholders own 6.4% of the company
To get a sense of who is truly in control of Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corporation (TSE:FC), it is important to understand the ownership structure of the business. And the group that holds the biggest piece of the pie are retail investors with 94% ownership. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).
Meanwhile, institutions make up 4.0% of the company’s shareholders. Insiders often own a large chunk of younger, smaller, companies while huge companies tend to have institutions as shareholders.
Let's take a closer look to see what the different types of shareholders can tell us about Firm Capital Mortgage Investment.
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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Firm Capital Mortgage Investment?
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.
Institutions have a very small stake in Firm Capital Mortgage Investment. That indicates that the company is on the radar of some funds, but it isn't particularly popular with professional investors at the moment. If the business gets stronger from here, we could see a situation where more institutions are keen to buy. We sometimes see a rising share price when a few big institutions want to buy a certain stock at the same time. The history of earnings and revenue, which you can see below, could be helpful in considering if more institutional investors will want the stock. Of course, there are plenty of other factors to consider, too.
We note that hedge funds don't have a meaningful investment in Firm Capital Mortgage Investment. Dimensional Fund Advisors LP is currently the company's largest shareholder with 2.1% of shares outstanding. For context, the second largest shareholder holds about 1.4% of the shares outstanding, followed by an ownership of 0.8% by the third-largest shareholder. Eli Dadouch, who is the third-largest shareholder, also happens to hold the title of Member of the Board of Directors.
On studying our ownership data, we found that 23 of the top shareholders collectively own less than 50% of the share register, implying that no single individual has a majority interest.
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 Firm Capital Mortgage Investment
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.
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.
Shareholders would probably be interested to learn that insiders own shares in Firm Capital Mortgage Investment Corporation. In their own names, insiders own CA$7.9m worth of stock in the CA$342m company. It is good to see some investment by insiders, but it might be worth checking if those insiders have been buying.
General Public Ownership
The general public, who are usually individual investors, hold a substantial 94% stake in Firm Capital Mortgage Investment, suggesting it is a fairly popular stock. This size of ownership gives investors from the general public some collective power. They can and probably do influence decisions on executive compensation, dividend policies and proposed business acquisitions.
Ultimately the future is most important. You can access this free report on analyst forecasts for the company.
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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