RE: Indivior's largest shareholder tried to get on board22 Oct 2023 20:07
Yes, I work on Wall Street, so it should not be shocking to you that I am privy to information that typical retail investors don’t have access to (but they could if they could get in touch with the right people).
Management teams often listen to their largest shareholders, especially long term ones. You just don’t ever hear about it, so you think it doesn’t happen. And yes, I do want an active large shareholder who has a lot of money at stake to make sure the board isn’t doing anything foolish like trying to settle the lawsuit at a stupidly high price. This company is run by a bunch of old conservative British people. There is almost no insider stock ownership from board members. They are not as fully aligned with us as they should be.
As for INDV vs. FTSE…FTSE250 is a capitalization weighted index like the S&P500. In a bad year, most individual stocks are down more than the index. INDV is a small component of the FTSE250. So again, trying to argue that INDV fell more than FTSE250 is due to fundamentals…I mean it could be, but I doubt it. S&P500 was down 38% in 2008 but many many individual stocks were down 50-80% even ones that had nothing to do with the mortgage or banking system.
A lot of British stocks are down more YTD than the index. Also, the USD has been strengthening, which also weakens GBP priced equities.