Yahoo Finance What Kind Of Investors Own Most Of Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. (NASDAQ:COKE)?
If you want to know who really controls Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc. (NASDAQ:COKE), then you'll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. Generally speaking, as a company grows, institutions will increase their ownership. Conversely, insiders often decrease their ownership over time. I quite like to see at least a little bit of insider ownership. As Charlie Munger said 'Show me the incentive and I will show you the outcome.
Coca-Cola Consolidated is a pretty big company. It has a market capitalization of US$4.2b. Normally institutions would own a significant portion of a company this size. Our analysis of the ownership of the company, below, shows that institutions own shares in the company. Let's take a closer look to see what the different types of shareholders can tell us about Coca-Cola Consolidated.
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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Coca-Cola Consolidated?
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 Coca-Cola Consolidated. 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 Coca-Cola Consolidated, (below). Of course, keep in mind that there are other factors to consider, too.
Coca-Cola Consolidated is not owned by hedge funds. Looking at our data, we can see that the largest shareholder is The Coca-Cola Company with 26% of shares outstanding. With 11% and 7.4% of the shares outstanding respectively, J. Harrison and BlackRock, Inc. are the second and third largest shareholders. J. Harrison, who is the second-largest shareholder, also happens to hold the title of Chief Executive Officer.
On looking further, we found that 51% of the shares are owned by the top 4 shareholders. In other words, these shareholders have a meaningful say in 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 is a little analyst coverage of the stock, but not much. So there is room for it to gain more coverage.
Insider Ownership Of Coca-Cola Consolidated
While the precise definition of an insider can be subjective, almost everyone considers board members to be insiders. 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.
Insider ownership is positive when it signals leadership are thinking like the true owners of the company. However, high insider ownership can also give immense power to a small group within the company. This can be negative in some circumstances.
Our most recent data indicates that insiders own a reasonable proportion of Coca-Cola Consolidated, Inc.. It is very interesting to see that insiders have a meaningful US$1.0b stake in this US$4.2b business. It is good to see this level of investment. You can check here to see if those insiders have been buying recently.
General Public Ownership
The general public, who are usually individual investors, hold a 11% stake in Coca-Cola Consolidated. While this size of ownership may not be enough to sway a policy decision in their favour, they can still make a collective impact on company policies.
Public Company Ownership
Public companies currently own 26% of Coca-Cola Consolidated stock. We can't be certain but it is quite possible this is a strategic stake. The businesses may be similar, or work together.
Next Steps:
I find it very interesting to look at who exactly owns a company. But to truly gain insight, we need to consider other information, too. Take risks for example - Coca-Cola Consolidated has 3 warning signs we think you should be aware of.
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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