Key Insights
- Given the large stake in the stock by institutions, CRH’s stock price might be vulnerable to their trading decisions
- A total of 25 investors have a majority stake in the company with 45% ownership
- Recent purchases by insiders
If you want to know who really controls CRH plc (NYSE:CRH), then you’ll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. With 81% stake, institutions 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.
Given the vast amount of money and research capacities at their disposal, institutional ownership tends to carry a lot of weight, especially with individual investors. Hence, having a considerable amount of institutional money invested in a company is often regarded as a desirable trait.
In the chart below, we zoom in on the different ownership groups of CRH.
