
However, it is not uncommon for managers to be executive board members, especially if they are a founder or the CEO. Management ultimately answers to the board. Our data reflects individual insiders, capturing board members at the very least. The definition of company insiders can be subjective and does vary between jurisdictions. There are a reasonable number of analysts covering the stock, so it might be useful to find out their aggregate view on the future. The same can be achieved by studying analyst sentiments. Researching institutional ownership is a good way to gauge and filter a stock's expected performance.
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On further inspection, we found that more than half the company's shares are owned by the top 6 shareholders, suggesting that the interests of the larger shareholders are balanced out to an extent by the smaller ones.
