Key Insights

• The considerable ownership by individual investors in Lands' End indicates that they collectively have a greater say in management and business strategy

• The top 25 shareholders own 38% of the company

• 33% of Lands' End is held by Institutions

A look at the shareholders of Lands' End, Inc. (NASDAQ:LE) can tell us which group is most powerful. The group holding the most number of shares in the company, around 57% to be precise, is individual investors. In other words, the group stands to gain the most (or lose the most) from their investment into the company.

Institutions, on the other hand, account for 33% of the company's stockholders. Institutions often own shares in more established companies, while it's not unusual to see insiders own a fair bit of smaller companies.

In the chart below, we zoom in on the different ownership groups of Lands' End.

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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Lands' End?

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.

As you can see, institutional investors have a fair amount of stake in Lands' End. 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. It is not uncommon to see a big share price drop if two large institutional investors try to sell out of a stock at the same time. So it is worth checking the past earnings trajectory of Lands' End, (below). Of course, keep in mind that there are other factors to consider, too.

Hedge funds don't have many shares in Lands' End. Thomas Tisch is currently the company's largest shareholder with 6.7% of shares outstanding. Capital Research and Management Company is the second largest shareholder owning 6.7% of common stock, and Dimensional Fund Advisors LP holds about 4.2% of the company stock.

A deeper look at our ownership data shows that the top 25 shareholders collectively hold less than half of the register, suggesting a large group of small holders where no single shareholder has a majority.

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 is some analyst coverage of the stock, but it could still become more well known, with time.

Insider Ownership Of Lands' End

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.