ASX:LSR Insider Trading Nov 26th 17
More General Public Ownership A big stake of 56.98% in LSR is held by the general public. With this size of ownership, retail investors can collectively play a role in major company policies that affect shareholders returns, including executive remuneration and the appointment of directors. They can also exercise the power to decline an acquisition or merger that may not improve profitability.
Private Company Ownership Another group of owners that a potential investor in LSR should consider are private companies, with a stake of 1.17%. While they invest more often due to strategic interests, an investment can also be driven by capital gains through share price appreciation. However, an ownership of this size may be relatively insignificant, meaning that these shareholders may not have the potential to influence LSR’s business strategy. Thus, investors not need worry too much about the consequences of these holdings.
What this means for you: With a low level of institutional ownership, investors in LSR need not worry about non-fundamental factors such as ownership structure causing large impact on stock prices. However, ownership structure should not be the only focus of your research when constructing an investment thesis around LSR. Instead, you should be evaluating company-specific factors such as the intrinsic valuation, which is a key driver of Lodestar Minerals’s share price. I highly recommend you to complete your research by taking a look at the following:
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. To help readers see pass the short term volatility of the financial market, we aim to bring you a long-term focused research analysis purely driven by fundamental data. Note that our analysis does not factor in the latest price sensitive company announcements. The author is an independent contributor and at the time of publication had no position in the stocks mentioned.