How to Determine a List of Investors in a Specific Company

Ownership in a company can be defined in many ways. The most common form of ownership is through stocks. Stocks, unlike bonds, represent a certain amount of ownership in a company that entitles the stockholder to participate in the future earnings of the company. The smallest investor is usually the individual investor and the largest investors are usually institutional investors purchasing stock for a mutual fund or retirement account. Finding a list of investors in a company is easy if you know the ticker symbol.

Instructions

1. Look up the top institutional and individual owners of a specific companies stock. The best way to do this is by looking up the ownership structure of the company.

2. Go to the investment research site of your choice. Yahoo! Finance is rated as the most popular investment research site on the web, according to Alexa.com.

3. Work through an example. Let's use General Electric. The ticker symbol for General Electric is GE. If you don't know the ticker symbol type the name of the company in Quote Box.

4. Click Get Quotes. On the left hand side of the page, scroll down to the title Ownership. You can choose Major Holders (institutional), Insider transactions and Insider Roster. The tool will show you the major name of the owner, the number of shares purchased, the date of purchase, the value of the purchase and the type of purchase.

References

• Yahoo! Finance: GE; Major Holders
• Yahoo! Finance: GE; Insider Trading
• Yahoo! Finance: GE; Insider Roster

Resources

• Yahoo! Finance