Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:ADN) most bullish insider is CEO Vassilios Gregoriou, and their holdings value went up by 12% last week – Simply Wall St
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Every investor in Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADN) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. With 31% stake, individual insiders possess the maximum shares in the company. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).
Clearly, insiders benefitted the most after the company's market cap rose by US$12m last week.
Let's take a closer look to see what the different types of shareholders can tell us about Advent Technologies Holdings.
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Institutions typically measure themselves against a benchmark when reporting to their own investors, so they often become more enthusiastic about a stock once it's included in a major index. We would expect most companies to have some institutions on the register, especially if they are growing.
We can see that Advent Technologies Holdings does have institutional investors; and they hold a good portion of the company's stock. This suggests some credibility amongst professional investors. But we can't rely on that fact alone since institutions make bad investments sometimes, just like everyone does. When multiple institutions own a stock, there's always a risk that they are in a 'crowded trade'. When such a trade goes wrong, multiple parties may compete to sell stock fast. This risk is higher in a company without a history of growth. You can see Advent Technologies Holdings' historic earnings and revenue below, but keep in mind there's always more to the story.
Advent Technologies Holdings is not owned by hedge funds. With a 11% stake, CEO Vassilios Gregoriou is the largest shareholder. Meanwhile, the second and third largest shareholders, hold 11% and 9.9%, of the shares outstanding, respectively.
We also observed that the top 7 shareholders account for more than half of the share register, with a few smaller shareholders to balance the interests of the larger ones to a certain extent.
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. There is a little analyst coverage of the stock, but not much. So there is room for it to gain more coverage.
The definition of an insider can differ slightly between different countries, but members of the board of directors always count. Company management run the business, but the CEO will answer to the board, even if he or she is a member of it.
Most consider insider ownership a positive because it can indicate the board is well aligned with other shareholders. However, on some occasions too much power is concentrated within this group.
It seems insiders own a significant proportion of Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc.. Insiders have a US$33m stake in this US$108m business. This may suggest that the founders still own a lot of shares. You can click here to see if they have been buying or selling.
The general public, who are usually individual investors, hold a 28% stake in Advent Technologies Holdings. 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 18%, of the Advent Technologies Holdings 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.
It's always worth thinking about the different groups who own shares in a company. But to understand Advent Technologies Holdings better, we need to consider many other factors. Consider for instance, the ever-present spectre of investment risk. We've identified 3 warning signs with Advent Technologies Holdings (at least 2 which can't be ignored) , and understanding them should be part of your investment process.
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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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Advent Technologies Holdings, Inc., an advanced materials and technology development company, operates in the fuel cell and hydrogen technology markets.
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