Key Insights

• Sterling Bancorp (Southfield MI)'s significant insider ownership suggests inherent interests in company's expansion

• 61% of the business is held by the top 2 shareholders

• 19% of Sterling Bancorp (Southfield MI) is held by Institutions

A look at the shareholders of Sterling Bancorp, Inc. (Southfield, MI) (NASDAQ:SBT) can tell us which group is most powerful. With 63% stake, individual insiders possess the maximum shares in the company. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).

So it follows, every decision made by insiders of Sterling Bancorp (Southfield MI) regarding the company's future would be crucial to them.

In the chart below, we zoom in on the different ownership groups of Sterling Bancorp (Southfield MI).

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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Sterling Bancorp (Southfield MI)?

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.

Sterling Bancorp (Southfield MI) already has institutions on the share registry. Indeed, they own a respectable stake in the company. 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 Sterling Bancorp (Southfield MI)'s earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.

It would appear that 7.8% of Sterling Bancorp (Southfield MI) shares are controlled by hedge funds. That worth noting, since hedge funds are often quite active investors, who may try to influence management. Many want to see value creation (and a higher share price) in the short term or medium term. Our data shows that Erwin Rubenstein is the largest shareholder with 38% of shares outstanding. With 23% and 7.8% of the shares outstanding respectively, Scott Seligman and FJ Capital Management, LLC are the second and third largest shareholders. In addition, we found that Thomas O'Brien, the CEO has 1.3% of the shares allocated to their name.

A more detailed study of the shareholder registry showed us that 2 of the top shareholders have a considerable amount of ownership in the company, via their 61% stake.

Researching institutional ownership is a good way to gauge and filter a stock's expected performance. The same can be achieved by studying analyst sentiments. While there is some analyst coverage, the company is probably not widely covered. So it could gain more attention, down the track.