Institutions profited after NÜRNBERGER Beteiligungs-AG's (ETR:NBG6) market cap rose €58m last week but retail investors profited the most

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19-05-2025

The considerable ownership by retail investors in NÜRNBERGER Beteiligungs-AG indicates that they collectively have a greater say in management and business strategy
51% of the business is held by the top 3 shareholders
Institutions own 31% of NÜRNBERGER Beteiligungs-AG
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A look at the shareholders of NÜRNBERGER Beteiligungs-AG (ETR:NBG6) can tell us which group is most powerful. With 34% stake, retail investors 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.
Following a 11% increase in the stock price last week, retail investors profited the most, but institutions who own 31% stock also stood to gain from the increase.
Let's delve deeper into each type of owner of NÜRNBERGER Beteiligungs-AG, beginning with the chart below.
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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.
NÜRNBERGER Beteiligungs-AG already has institutions on the share registry. Indeed, they own a respectable stake in the company. This can indicate that the company has a certain degree of credibility in the investment community. However, it is best to be wary of relying on the supposed validation that comes with institutional investors. They too, get it wrong sometimes. 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 NÜRNBERGER Beteiligungs-AG, (below). Of course, keep in mind that there are other factors to consider, too.
NÜRNBERGER Beteiligungs-AG is not owned by hedge funds. The company's largest shareholder is Neue SEBA Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH, with ownership of 19%. The second and third largest shareholders are Münchener Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in München and Versicherungskammer Bayern Versicherungsanstalt Des öffentlichen Rechts, Asset Management Arm, with an equal amount of shares to their name at 16%.
After doing some more digging, we found that the top 3 shareholders collectively control more than half of the company's shares, implying that they have considerable power to influence the company's decisions.
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. Our information suggests that there isn't any analyst coverage of the stock, so it is probably little known.
While the precise definition of an insider can be subjective, almost everyone considers board members to be insiders. Company management run the business, but the CEO will answer to the board, even if he or she is a member of it.
I generally consider insider ownership to be a good thing. However, on some occasions it makes it more difficult for other shareholders to hold the board accountable for decisions.
Our data cannot confirm that board members are holding shares personally. Not all jurisdictions have the same rules around disclosing insider ownership, and it is possible we have missed something, here. So you can click here learn more about the CEO.
With a 34% ownership, the general public, mostly comprising of individual investors, have some degree of sway over NÜRNBERGER Beteiligungs-AG. 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.
It seems that Private Companies own 19%, of the NÜRNBERGER Beteiligungs-AG stock. It's hard to draw any conclusions from this fact alone, so its worth looking into who owns those private companies. Sometimes insiders or other related parties have an interest in shares in a public company through a separate private company.
Public companies currently own 16% of NÜRNBERGER Beteiligungs-AG stock. This may be a strategic interest and the two companies may have related business interests. It could be that they have de-merged. This holding is probably worth investigating further.
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.
I always like to check for a history of revenue growth. You can too, by accessing this free chart of historic revenue and earnings in this detailed graph.
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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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