Significantly high institutional ownership implies International Personal Finance’s stock price is sensitive to their trading actions

A total of 8 investors have a majority stake in the company with 54% ownership

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To get a sense of who is truly in control of International Personal Finance plc (LON:IPF), it is important to understand the ownership structure of the business. With 70% stake, institutions possess the maximum shares in the company. That is, the group stands to benefit the most if the stock rises (or lose the most if there is a downturn).

Since institutional have access to huge amounts of capital, their market moves tend to receive a lot of scrutiny by retail or individual investors. Therefore, a good portion of institutional money invested in the company is usually a huge vote of confidence on its future.

In the chart below, we zoom in on the different ownership groups of International Personal Finance.

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LSE:IPF Ownership Breakdown June 11th 2025

What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About International Personal Finance?

Many institutions measure their performance against an index that approximates the local market. So they usually pay more attention to companies that are included in major indices.

We can see that International Personal Finance 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 International Personal Finance’s earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.

LSE:IPF Earnings and Revenue Growth June 11th 2025

Investors should note that institutions actually own more than half the company, so they can collectively wield significant power. International Personal Finance is not owned by hedge funds. Our data shows that Schroder Investment Management Limited is the largest shareholder with 13% of shares outstanding. Aberforth Partners LLP is the second largest shareholder owning 10% of common stock, and Hendrik Van Heijst holds about 6.5% of the company stock. In addition, we found that Gerard Ryan, the CEO has 0.9% of the shares allocated to their name.