Significant control over IPD Group by individual investors implies that the general public has more power to influence management and governance-related decisions
51% of the business is held by the top 12 shareholders
Insiders own 24% of IPD Group
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If you want to know who really controls IPD Group Limited (ASX:IPG), then you’ll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. We can see that individual investors own the lion’s share in the company with 41% ownership. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).
And institutions on the other hand have a 33% ownership in the company. Institutions will often hold stock in bigger companies, and we expect to see insiders owning a noticeable percentage of the smaller ones.
Let’s take a closer look to see what the different types of shareholders can tell us about IPD Group.
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ASX:IPG Ownership Breakdown November 3rd 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.
IPD Group already has institutions on the share registry. Indeed, they own a respectable stake in the company. 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. If multiple institutions change their view on a stock at the same time, you could see the share price drop fast. It’s therefore worth looking at IPD Group’s earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.
ASX:IPG Earnings and Revenue Growth November 3rd 2025
We note that hedge funds don’t have a meaningful investment in IPD Group. Our data suggests that Mohamed Yoosuff, who is also the company’s Senior Key Executive, holds the most number of shares at 11%. When an insider holds a sizeable amount of a company’s stock, investors consider it as a positive sign because it suggests that insiders are willing to have their wealth tied up in the future of the company. Moelis Australia Asset Management Ltd is the second largest shareholder owning 9.9% of common stock, and Challenger Limited holds about 5.1% of the company stock. Furthermore, CEO Michael Sainsbury is the owner of 1.1% of the company’s shares.
After doing some more digging, we found that the top 12 have the combined ownership of 51% in the company, suggesting that no single shareholder has significant control over the company.
Researching institutional ownership is a good way to gauge and filter a stock’s expected performance. The same can be achieved by studying analyst sentiments. There are plenty of analysts covering the stock, so it might be worth seeing what they are forecasting, too.
While the precise definition of an insider can be subjective, almost everyone considers board members to be insiders. The company management answer to the board and the latter should represent the interests of shareholders. Notably, sometimes top-level managers are on the board themselves.
I generally consider insider ownership to be a good thing. However, on some occasions it makes it more difficult for other shareholders to hold the board accountable for decisions.
Our most recent data indicates that insiders own a reasonable proportion of IPD Group Limited. It has a market capitalization of just AU$382m, and insiders have AU$91m worth of shares in their own names. It is great to see insiders so invested in the business. It might be worth checking if those insiders have been buying recently.
The general public– including retail investors — own 41% stake in the company, and hence can’t easily be ignored. 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.
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.
Many find it useful to take an in depth look at how a company has performed in the past. You can access this detailed graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow.
Ultimately the future is most important. You can access this free report on analyst forecasts for the company.
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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