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Every investor in CVC Limited (ASX:CVC) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. And the group that holds the biggest piece of the pie are private companies with 39% ownership. In other words, the group stands to gain the most (or lose …

If you want to know who really controls Picton Property Income Limited (LON:PCTN), then you'll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. The group holding the most number of shares in the company, around 53% to be precise, is institutions. That …

A look at the shareholders of Mercia Asset Management PLC (LON:MERC) can tell us which group is most powerful. We can see that institutions own the lion's share in the company with 68% ownership. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential …

Did you know there are some financial metrics that can provide clues of a potential multi-bagger? Amongst other things, we'll want to see two things; firstly, a growing return on capital employed (ROCE) and secondly, an expansion in the company's amount of capital employed. …

By buying an index fund, investors can approximate the average market return. But if you pick the right individual stocks, you could make more than that. For example, the Alfa Financial Software Holdings PLC (LON:ALFA) share price is up 84% in the last three …

In order to justify the effort of selecting individual stocks, it's worth striving to beat the returns from a market index fund. But every investor is virtually certain to have both over-performing and under-performing stocks. So we wouldn't blame long term Scentre Group (ASX:SCG) …

It is a pleasure to report that the Cardno Limited (ASX:CDD) is up 76% in the last quarter. We really feel for shareholders in this scenario. It's a good reminder of the importance of diversification, and it's worth keeping in mind there's more to …