Significant control over YeboYethu (RF) by retail investors implies that the general public has more power to influence management and governance-related decisions
A total of 2 investors have a majority stake in the company with 50% ownership
22% of YeboYethu (RF) is held by Institutions
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If you want to know who really controls YeboYethu (RF) Limited (JSE:YYLBEE), then you’ll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. With 38% stake, retail investors 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.
And public companies on the other hand have a 29% ownership in the company.
Let’s delve deeper into each type of owner of YeboYethu (RF), beginning with the chart below.
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JSE:YYLBEE Ownership Breakdown September 7th 2025
Institutions typically measure themselves against a benchmark when reporting to their own investors, so they often become more enthusiastic about a stock once it’s included in a major index. We would expect most companies to have some institutions on the register, especially if they are growing.
We can see that YeboYethu (RF) does have institutional investors; and they hold a good portion of the company’s stock. This implies the analysts working for those institutions have looked at the stock and they like it. But just like anyone else, they could be wrong. It is not uncommon to see a big share price drop if two large institutional investors try to sell out of a stock at the same time. So it is worth checking the past earnings trajectory of YeboYethu (RF), (below). Of course, keep in mind that there are other factors to consider, too.
JSE:YYLBEE Earnings and Revenue Growth September 7th 2025
We note that hedge funds don’t have a meaningful investment in YeboYethu (RF). Looking at our data, we can see that the largest shareholder is Impala Platinum Holdings Limited with 29% of shares outstanding. Meanwhile, the second and third largest shareholders, hold 22% and 11%, of the shares outstanding, respectively.
To make our study more interesting, we found that the top 2 shareholders have a majority ownership in the company, meaning that they are powerful enough to influence the decisions of the company.
While it makes sense to study institutional ownership data for a company, it also makes sense to study analyst sentiments to know which way the wind is blowing. Our information suggests that there isn’t any analyst coverage of the stock, so it is probably little known.
While the precise definition of an insider can be subjective, almost everyone considers board members to be insiders. Company management run the business, but the CEO will answer to the board, even if he or she is a member of it.
Insider ownership is positive when it signals leadership are thinking like the true owners of the company. However, high insider ownership can also give immense power to a small group within the company. This can be negative in some circumstances.
Our information suggests that YeboYethu (RF) Limited insiders own under 1% of the company. It has a market capitalization of just R1.9b, and the board has only R408k worth of shares in their own names. Many investors in smaller companies prefer to see the board more heavily invested. You can click here to see if those insiders have been buying or selling.
With a 38% ownership, the general public, mostly comprising of individual investors, have some degree of sway over YeboYethu (RF). This size of ownership, while considerable, may not be enough to change company policy if the decision is not in sync with other large shareholders.
Private equity firms hold a 11% stake in YeboYethu (RF). This suggests they can be influential in key policy decisions. Some might like this, because private equity are sometimes activists who hold management accountable. But other times, private equity is selling out, having taking the company public.
We can see that public companies hold 29% of the YeboYethu (RF) shares on issue. This may be a strategic interest and the two companies may have related business interests. It could be that they have de-merged. This holding is probably worth investigating further.
It’s always worth thinking about the different groups who own shares in a company. But to understand YeboYethu (RF) better, we need to consider many other factors. Case in point: We’ve spotted 4 warning signs for YeboYethu (RF) you should be aware of, and 2 of them can’t be ignored.
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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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