5 U.S. Mega Caps with Less Than 0.1% Insider Ownership

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In an effort to align management’s interests with that of its shareholders, executives are often given some type of stock-based incentives. However, a company’s performance is not always impacted by the amount of insider ownership – as is the case with the companies on our list today.

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE: JNJ) – $99.90

Pharmaceuticals

Johnson & Johnson is a holding company engaged in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the health care field. The Company has more than 265 operating companies conducting business around the world. Johnson & Johnson’s primary focus is products related to human health and well-being. The Company is organized into three business segments: Consumer, Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices.

  • Market Cap: $276,555,812,855
  • Revenue (LTM): $71,882,000,000
  • Insider Ownership: 0.02%
  • Average Daily Traded Volume (30 days): 2,515,879

General Electric Co (NYSE: GE) – $26.12

Industrial Conglomerates

General Electric Company (GE) is a diversified infrastructure and financial services company. Its products and services range from aircraft engines, power generation, oil and gas production equipment, and household appliances to medical imaging, business and consumer financing and industrial products. The Company operates its segments through its eight businesses, based on the markets they serve: Power & Water, Oil & Gas, Energy Management, Aviation, Healthcare, Transportation, Appliances, and Lighting and GE Capital.

  • Market Cap: $264,593,895,540
  • Revenue (LTM): $139,229,000,000
  • Insider Ownership: 0.05%
  • Average Daily Traded Volume (30 days): 8,099,833

Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) – $93.09

Oil & Gas Refining and Marketing

Chevron Corporation (Chevron) manages its investments in subsidiaries and affiliates. The Company operates through two segments: Upstream and Downstream. Upstream operations consist primarily of exploring for, developing and producing crude oil and natural gas; processing, liquefaction, transportation and regasification associated with liquefied natural gas (LNG); transporting crude oil through international oil export pipelines; transporting, storing and marketing natural gas, and operating a gas-to-liquids plant. The Company’s Downstream operations consist primarily of refining crude oil into petroleum products; marketing crude oil and refined products; transporting crude oil and refined products by pipeline, marine vessel, motor equipment and rail car, and manufacturing and marketing commodity petrochemicals, plastics for industrial uses, and fuel and lubricant additives.

  • Market Cap: $175,354,546,551
  • Revenue (LTM): $181,496,000,000
  • Insider Ownership: 0.05%
  • Average Daily Traded Volume (30 days): 2,466,379

Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE) – $35.73

Pharmaceuticals

Pfizer Inc. is a global biopharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery, development and manufacture of healthcare products. Its products include Lyrica, the Prevnar family of products, Enbrel, Celebrex, Lipitor, Viagra, Zyvox, Sutent, EpiPen, Toviaz, Tygacil, Rapamune, Xalkori, Inlyta, Norvasc, BeneFIX, Genotropin, ReFacto, Xyntha and Enbrel, among others. It operates in three segments: Global Innovative Pharmaceutical segment (GIP), Global Vaccines, Oncology and Consumer Healthcare segment (VOC) and Global Established Pharmaceutical segment (GEP).

  • Market Cap: $220,198,276,804
  • Revenue (LTM): $48,196,000,000
  • Insider Ownership: 0.05%
  • Average Daily Traded Volume (30 days): 6,557,232

AT&T Inc. (NYSE: T) – $34.80

Wireless Telecommunications Services

AT&T Inc. is a holding company that provides telecommunications services. Its services and products include wireless communications, data/broadband and Internet services, video services, local exchange services, long-distance services, telecommunications equipment, managed networking and wholesale services. Its segments include Wireless, Wireline and International. Through its subsidiary, DIRECTV Group Holdings, LLC, it also provides pay television in the United States and across the world.

  • Market Cap: $180,145,170,000
  • Revenue (LTM): $132,987,000,000
  • Insider Ownership: 0.06%
  • Average Daily Traded Volume (30 days): 8,727,395

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