{"id":2212053,"date":"2025-12-25T17:31:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-25T17:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2212053"},"modified":"2025-12-25T17:31:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-25T17:31:06","slug":"melco-resorts-entertainment-limiteds-nasdaqmlco-largest-shareholders-are-retail-investors-with-60-ownership-institutions-own-33","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/melco-resorts-entertainment-limiteds-nasdaqmlco-largest-shareholders-are-retail-investors-with-60-ownership-institutions-own-33\/","title":{"rendered":"Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited’s (NASDAQ:MLCO) largest shareholders are retail investors with 60% ownership, institutions own 33%"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Every investor in Melco Resorts & Entertainment Limited (NASDAQ:MLCO<\/a>) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. The group holding the most number of shares in the company, around 60% to be precise, is retail investors. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).<\/p>\n

And institutions on the other hand have a 33% ownership in the company. Institutions often own shares in more established companies, while it’s not unusual to see insiders own a fair bit of smaller companies.<\/p>\n

In the chart below, we zoom in on the different ownership groups of Melco Resorts & Entertainment.<\/p>\n

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NasdaqGS:MLCO Ownership Breakdown December 25th 2025 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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.<\/p>\n

We can see that Melco Resorts & Entertainment does have institutional investors; and they hold a good portion of the company’s stock. This suggests some credibility amongst professional investors. But we can’t rely on that fact alone since institutions make bad investments sometimes, just like everyone does. It is not uncommon to see a big share price drop if two large institutional investors try to sell out of a stock at the same time. So it is worth checking the past earnings trajectory of Melco Resorts & Entertainment, (below). Of course, keep in mind that there are other factors to consider, too.<\/p>\n

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NasdaqGS:MLCO Earnings and Revenue Growth December 25th 2025 <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Hedge funds don’t have many shares in Melco Resorts & Entertainment. Our data shows that Melco International Development Limited is the largest shareholder with 7.1% of shares outstanding. Meanwhile, the second and third largest shareholders, hold 6.4% and 2.7%, of the shares outstanding, respectively.<\/p>\n

On studying our ownership data, we found that 25 of the top shareholders collectively own less than 50% of the share register, implying that no single individual has a majority interest.<\/p>\n

While it makes sense to study institutional ownership data for a company, it also makes sense to study analyst sentiments to know which way the wind is blowing. There are plenty of analysts covering the stock, so it might be worth seeing what they are forecasting, too.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n