While institutions invested in Atomenergoremont AD (BUL:ATOM) benefited from last week's 12% gain, private companies stood to gain the most

Key Insights

• Atomenergoremont AD's significant private companies ownership suggests that the key decisions are influenced by shareholders from the larger public
• 55% of the company is held by a single shareholder (Bultrade corporation EOOD)
• 31% of Atomenergoremont AD is held by Institutions

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Every investor in Atomenergoremont AD (BUL:ATOM) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. And the group that holds the biggest piece of the pie are private companies with 55% ownership. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).

Private companies gained the most after market cap touched лв177m last week, while institutions who own 31% also benefitted.

Let's delve deeper into each type of owner of Atomenergoremont AD, beginning with the chart below.

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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Atomenergoremont AD?

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.

As you can see, institutional investors have a fair amount of stake in Atomenergoremont AD. 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 Atomenergoremont AD's earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.

We note that hedge funds don't have a meaningful investment in Atomenergoremont AD. Looking at our data, we can see that the largest shareholder is Bultrade corporation EOOD with 55% of shares outstanding. With such a huge stake in the ownership, we infer that they have significant control of the future of the company. With 9.7% and 8.9% of the shares outstanding respectively, Pension Insurance Company Toplina AD and Pensionno osiguritelno druzhestvo Budeshte AD are the second and third largest shareholders.

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. Our information suggests that there isn't any analyst coverage of the stock, so it is probably little known.

Insider Ownership Of Atomenergoremont AD

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.

We note our data does not show any board members 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.

General Public Ownership

The general public, who are usually individual investors, hold a 14% stake in Atomenergoremont AD. While this group can't necessarily call the shots, it can certainly have a real influence on how the company is run.

Private Company Ownership

It seems that Private Companies own 55%, of the Atomenergoremont AD stock. Private companies may be related parties. Sometimes insiders have an interest in a public company through a holding in a private company, rather than in their own capacity as an individual. While it's hard to draw any broad stroke conclusions, it is worth noting as an area for further research.

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. For example, we've discovered 1 warning sign for Atomenergoremont AD that you should be aware of before investing here.

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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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