Key Insights

• Given the large stake in the stock by institutions, Capital City Bank Group's stock price might be vulnerable to their trading decisions

• The top 12 shareholders own 50% of the company

• 20% of Capital City Bank Group is held by insiders

If you want to know who really controls Capital City Bank Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:CCBG), then you'll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. With 44% stake, institutions 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.

Given the vast amount of money and research capacities at their disposal, institutional ownership tends to carry a lot of weight, especially with individual investors. Hence, having a considerable amount of institutional money invested in a company is often regarded as a desirable trait.

Let's take a closer look to see what the different types of shareholders can tell us about Capital City Bank Group.

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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Capital City Bank Group?

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 Capital City Bank Group. This suggests some credibility amongst professional investors. But we can't rely on that fact alone since institutions make bad investments sometimes, just like everyone does. 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 Capital City Bank Group's earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.

Hedge funds don't have many shares in Capital City Bank Group. Looking at our data, we can see that the largest shareholder is the CEO William Smith with 17% of shares outstanding. For context, the second largest shareholder holds about 11% of the shares outstanding, followed by an ownership of 5.0% by the third-largest shareholder.

Looking at the shareholder registry, we can see that 50% of the ownership is controlled by the top 12 shareholders, meaning that no single shareholder has a majority interest in the ownership.

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 are plenty of analysts covering the stock, so it might be worth seeing what they are forecasting, too.