Oatly Group AB's (NASDAQ:OTLY) largest shareholders are private companies with 46% ownership, individual investors own 38%
Key Insights
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The considerable ownership by private companies in Oatly Group indicates that they collectively have a greater say in management and business strategy
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A total of 2 investors have a majority stake in the company with 53% ownership
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Using data from analyst forecasts alongside ownership research, one can better assess the future performance of a company
Every investor in Oatly Group AB (NASDAQ:OTLY) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. And the group that holds the biggest piece of the pie are private companies with 46% ownership. In other words, the group stands to gain the most (or lose the most) from their investment into the company.
Individual investors, on the other hand, account for 38% of the company's stockholders.
Let's delve deeper into each type of owner of Oatly Group, beginning with the chart below.
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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Oatly Group?
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 Oatly Group 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 Oatly Group's earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.
We note that hedge funds don't have a meaningful investment in Oatly Group. The company's largest shareholder is China Resources Verlinvest Health Investment Limited, with ownership of 46%. Meanwhile, the second and third largest shareholders, hold 6.7% and 2.9%, of the shares outstanding, respectively.
To make our study more interesting, we found that the top 2 shareholders have a majority ownership in the company, meaning that they are powerful enough to influence the decisions of the company.
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.
Insider Ownership Of Oatly Group
The definition of an insider can differ slightly between different countries, but members of the board of directors always count. The company management answer to the board and the latter should represent the interests of shareholders. Notably, sometimes top-level managers are on the board themselves.