Published on 2 Feb 2023 on Simply Wall St. via Yahoo Finance
Individual investors account for 45% of Aegon N.V.'s (AMS:AGN) ownership, while institutions account...
To get a sense of who is truly in control of Aegon N.V. (AMS:AGN), it is important to understand the ownership structure of the business. We can see that individual investors own the lion's share in the company with 45% ownership. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).
Institutions, on the other hand, account for 38% of the company's stockholders. Institutions often own shares in more established companies, while it's not unusual to see insiders own a fair bit of smaller companies.
In the chart below, we zoom in on the different ownership groups of Aegon.