17LIVE Group’s significant private equity firms ownership suggests that the key decisions are influenced by shareholders from the larger public
A total of 3 investors have a majority stake in the company with 53% ownership
Insiders own 35% of 17LIVE Group
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A look at the shareholders of 17LIVE Group Limited (SGX:LVR) can tell us which group is most powerful. And the group that holds the biggest piece of the pie are private equity firms with 43% ownership. In other words, the group stands to gain the most (or lose the most) from their investment into the company.
Meanwhile, individual insiders make up 35% of the company’s shareholders. Institutions often own shares in more established companies, while it’s not unusual to see insiders own a fair bit of smaller companies.
Let’s delve deeper into each type of owner of 17LIVE Group, beginning with the chart below.
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SGX:LVR Ownership Breakdown November 26th 2025
Institutional investors commonly compare their own returns to the returns of a commonly followed index. So they generally do consider buying larger companies that are included in the relevant benchmark index.
Since institutions own only a small portion of 17LIVE Group, many may not have spent much time considering the stock. But it’s clear that some have; and they liked it enough to buy in. If the business gets stronger from here, we could see a situation where more institutions are keen to buy. When multiple institutional investors want to buy shares, we often see a rising share price. The past revenue trajectory (shown below) can be an indication of future growth, but there are no guarantees.
SGX:LVR Earnings and Revenue Growth November 26th 2025
Hedge funds don’t have many shares in 17LIVE Group. Our data shows that Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited is the largest shareholder with 27% of shares outstanding. With 14% and 12% of the shares outstanding respectively, Aika Tong and Li-An Huang are the second and third largest shareholders.
To make our study more interesting, we found that the top 3 shareholders have a majority ownership in the company, meaning that they are powerful enough to influence the decisions of the company.
While studying institutional ownership for a company can add value to your research, it is also a good practice to research analyst recommendations to get a deeper understand of a stock’s expected performance. There is some analyst coverage of the stock, but it could still become more well known, with time.
While the precise definition of an insider can be subjective, almost everyone considers board members to be insiders. Management ultimately answers to the board. However, it is not uncommon for managers to be executive board members, especially if they are a founder or the CEO.
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.
Our most recent data indicates that insiders own a reasonable proportion of 17LIVE Group Limited. Insiders have a S$68m stake in this S$195m 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 16% stake in 17LIVE Group. 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.
With a stake of 43%, private equity firms could influence the 17LIVE Group board. Some investors might be encouraged by this, since private equity are sometimes able to encourage strategies that help the market see the value in the company. Alternatively, those holders might be exiting the investment after taking it public.
It seems that Private Companies own 4.6%, of the 17LIVE Group stock. It might be worth looking deeper into this. If related parties, such as insiders, have an interest in one of these private companies, that should be disclosed in the annual report. Private companies may also have a strategic interest in the company.
I find it very interesting to look at who exactly owns a company. But to truly gain insight, we need to consider other information, too. For instance, we’ve identified 1 warning sign for 17LIVE Group that you should be aware of.
But ultimately it is the future, not the past, that will determine how well the owners of this business will do. Therefore we think it advisable to take a look at this free report showing whether analysts are predicting a brighter future.
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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