Are public companies able to see how much of their stock is held within each trading platform and who owns it?
In: Economics
In today’s market from the perspective of the average Joe, no. Companies know who are the big institutions who own their stock, but if you have your stock in a brokerage account then the company only knows that the broker owns it, not you individually.
The only exception to this rule (sometimes, maybe always but I am not sure, I took my series exams a while ago…) is if you own the physical stock certificate. Then you actually own the stock (it’s not in an account you own, I know it’s subtle but it makes all the difference here). So since you actually own it the company needs to know who you are so that they can send you information.
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