IHS Ownership | Who Owns IHS?

IHS Ownership Summary

IHS is owned by 35.94% institutional investors, 31.83% insiders, and 32.23% retail investors. Wendel se is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 18.35% of IHS shares. American Funds SMALLCAP World A is the top mutual fund, with 2.23% of its assets in IHS shares.

IHS Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	IHS	35.94%	31.83%	32.23%
Sector	Communication Services Stocks	26.03%	16.24%	57.73%
Industry	Telecom Stocks	25.56%	13.97%	60.47%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Wendel se	62.98M	18.35%	$469.80M
Korea investment	21.67M	6.73%	$147.77M
Helikon investments	8.78M	2.56%	$65.50M
Quaker capital investments	4.37M	1.36%	$29.80M
Jpmorgan chase	3.32M	0.97%	$24.78M
Bnp paribas arbitrage, snc	2.54M	0.74%	$18.95M
Siren	2.36M	0.73%	$16.08M
Millennium management	2.40M	0.72%	$7.02M
Invus financial advisors	2.36M	0.71%	$7.54M
Morgan stanley	2.35M	0.68%	$17.51M

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Wendel se	62.98M	100.00%	$469.80M
Invus financial advisors	2.36M	8.45%	$7.54M
Quaker capital investments	4.37M	8.02%	$29.80M
Helikon investments	8.78M	3.47%	$65.50M
Siren	2.36M	0.63%	$16.08M
Hollow brook wealth management	371.90K	0.60%	$2.54M
Korea investment	21.67M	0.30%	$147.77M
Sona asset management (us)	1.80M	0.30%	$12.29M
Wexford capital lp	248.96K	0.24%	$1.70M
Gsa capital partners llp	374.36K	0.24%	$2.79M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Helikon investments	8.78M	3.47%	3.93M
Btg pactual asset management us	464.50K	0.15%	464.50K
Empowered funds	313.28K	0.02%	313.28K
Two sigma advisers, lp	905.40K	0.01%	298.90K
Charles schwab investment management	1.03M	0.00%	263.88K

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Capital research global investors	-	-	-7.91M
Millennium management	2.40M	0.00%	-1.02M
Mirae asset global etfs	-	-	-881.89K
Duquesne family office	-	-	-770.31K
Compass rose asset management, lp	-	-	-749.91K

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Btg pactual asset management us	464.50K	0.15%	464.50K	$3.17M
Empowered funds	313.28K	0.02%	313.28K	$2.34M
Wexford capital lp	248.96K	0.24%	248.96K	$1.70M
O'shaughnessy asset management	112.16K	0.00%	112.16K	$836.68K
Dumac	112.00K	0.13%	112.00K	$835.52M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Blue bell private wealth management	-161.00
Citadel advisors	-200.00
Highmark wealth management	-240.00
Versant capital management	-510.00
Coldstream capital management	-1.35K

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2025	78	-37.60%	123,337,443	-5.32%	35	2.19%	41	-38.81%	24	-35.14%
Sep 30, 2025	91	-20.87%	119,287,697	-5.72%	37	2.54%	51	-30.14%	25	-3.85%
Jun 30, 2025	115	26.37%	126,525,359	8.21%	38	3.10%	73	19.67%	26	62.50%
Mar 31, 2025	90	15.38%	116,707,614	133.90%	35	15.76%	61	17.31%	15	15.38%
Dec 31, 2024	39	-38.10%	34,164,316	-26.46%	10	5.30%	28	-34.88%	7	16.67%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
American Funds SMALLCAP World A	7.42M	2.23%	-1.58M
Scotia Wealth Global High Yield Pool M	3.50M	1.04%	-
Global X Data Center & Dgtl Infrs ETF	932.48K	0.28%	16.54K
Schwab Fundamental U.S. Small CompanyETF	866.19K	0.26%	-604.00
Sanlam Africa Equity B USD Acc	850.00K	0.25%	-
abrdn Global Infras Equity I Founder Acc	526.60K	0.16%	-89.60K
American Funds IS® Global Small Cap 1	493.00K	0.15%	-226.77K
Ábaco Global Value Opportunities I FI	420.92K	0.13%	-
NYLI Merger Arbitrage ETF	361.97K	0.11%	-
Old Westbury Small & Mid Cap Strategies	300.97K	0.09%	55.88K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Apr 07, 2026	Howden Stephen J	EVP, Chief Financial Officer	Sell	$37.15K
Apr 07, 2026	Howden Stephen J	EVP, Chief Financial Officer	Sell	$368.70K
Apr 07, 2026	Darwish Mohamad	EVP, IHS Nigeria CEO	Sell	$21.09K
Apr 07, 2026	Darwish Mohamad	EVP, IHS Nigeria CEO	Sell	$209.36K
Apr 07, 2026	Darwish Sam	Chairman and CEO	Sell	$930.07K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2026 Q1	-	3
2016 Q3	-	2
2016 Q2	-	2
2016 Q1	-	2
2015 Q4	-	-

IHS Ownership FAQ

Who Owns IHS?

IHS shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 35.94%, followed by 31.83% insiders and 32.23% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in IHS's industry, Telecom Stocks , is 25.56%, which IHS exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of IHS?

IHS’s largest shareholders are Wendel se (62.98M shares, 18.35%), Korea investment (21.67M shares, 6.73%), and Helikon investments (8.78M shares, 2.56%). Together, they hold 27.64% of IHS’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own IHS?

BlackRock is not among the top 10 institutional shareholders of IHS.

Who is IHS’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Wendel se is IHS’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 100.00% of its assets in 62.98M IHS shares, valued at 469.8M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of IHS shares?

American Funds SMALLCAP World A is the top mutual fund holder of IHS shares, with 2.23% of its total shares outstanding invested in 7.42M IHS shares.

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