The considerable ownership by individual investors in Strike Energy indicates that they collectively have a greater say in management and business strategy
A total of 25 investors have a majority stake in the company with 46% ownership
16% of Strike Energy is held by Institutions
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To get a sense of who is truly in control of Strike Energy Limited (ASX:STX), it is important to understand the ownership structure of the business. With 53% stake, individual investors possess the maximum shares in the company. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).
And public companies on the other hand have a 20% ownership in the company.
Let’s take a closer look to see what the different types of shareholders can tell us about Strike Energy.
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ASX:STX Ownership Breakdown November 8th 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.
We can see that Strike Energy 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. 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 Strike Energy’s earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.
ASX:STX Earnings and Revenue Growth November 8th 2025
Hedge funds don’t have many shares in Strike Energy. Carnarvon Energy Limited is currently the largest shareholder, with 20% of shares outstanding. Meanwhile, the second and third largest shareholders, hold 3.8% and 3.8%, of the shares outstanding, respectively.
Our studies suggest that the top 25 shareholders collectively control less than half of the company’s shares, meaning that the company’s shares are widely disseminated and there is no dominant shareholder.
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. Quite a few analysts cover the stock, so you could look into forecast growth quite easily.
The definition of an insider can differ slightly between different countries, but members of the board of directors always count. 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 some shares in Strike Energy Limited. In their own names, insiders own AU$24m worth of stock in the AU$396m company. It is good to see some investment by insiders, but it might be worth checking if those insiders have been buying.
The general public, who are usually individual investors, hold a substantial 53% stake in Strike Energy, suggesting it is a fairly popular stock. This level of ownership gives investors from the wider public some power to sway key policy decisions such as board composition, executive compensation, and the dividend payout ratio.
Our data indicates that Private Companies hold 4.0%, of the company’s shares. 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.
Public companies currently own 20% of Strike Energy stock. 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.
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. Case in point: We’ve spotted 2 warning signs for Strike Energy you should be aware of.
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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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