RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology Co., LTD's (SZSE:300757) largest shareholders are individual investors who were rewarded as market cap surged CN¥954m last week

Key Insights

• RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology's significant individual investors ownership suggests that the key decisions are influenced by shareholders from the larger public
• 51% of the business is held by the top 8 shareholders
• 16% of RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology is held by insiders

To get a sense of who is truly in control of RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology Co., LTD (SZSE:300757), it is important to understand the ownership structure of the business. And the group that holds the biggest piece of the pie are individual investors with 39% ownership. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).

As a result, individual investors were the biggest beneficiaries of last week’s 7.7% gain.

Let's take a closer look to see what the different types of shareholders can tell us about RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology.

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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology?

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.

RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology already has institutions on the share registry. Indeed, they own a respectable stake in the company. This implies the analysts working for those institutions have looked at the stock and they like it. But just like anyone else, they could be wrong. If multiple institutions change their view on a stock at the same time, you could see the share price drop fast. It's therefore worth looking at RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology's earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.

RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology is not owned by hedge funds. Suzhou Yuanjiesheng Enterprise Management Consulting Co., Ltd. is currently the company's largest shareholder with 26% of shares outstanding. In comparison, the second and third largest shareholders hold about 6.9% and 5.0% of the stock. Furthermore, CEO Jun Dai is the owner of 4.3% of the company's shares.

We did some more digging and found that 8 of the top shareholders account for roughly 51% of the register, implying that along with larger shareholders, there are a few smaller shareholders, thereby balancing out each others interests somewhat.

Researching institutional ownership is a good way to gauge and filter a stock's expected performance. The same can be achieved by studying analyst sentiments. Our information suggests that there isn't any analyst coverage of the stock, so it is probably little known.

Insider Ownership Of RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology

While the precise definition of an insider can be subjective, almost everyone considers board members to be insiders. Management ultimately answers to the board. However, it is not uncommon for managers to be executive board members, especially if they are a founder or the CEO.

Most consider insider ownership a positive because it can indicate the board is well aligned with other shareholders. However, on some occasions too much power is concentrated within this group.

It seems insiders own a significant proportion of RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology Co., LTD. Insiders own CN¥2.2b worth of shares in the CN¥13b company. That's quite meaningful. Most would say this shows a good degree of alignment with shareholders, especially in a company of this size. You can click here to see if those insiders have been buying or selling.

General Public Ownership

The general public, who are usually individual investors, hold a 39% stake in RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology. While this size of ownership may not be enough to sway a policy decision in their favour, they can still make a collective impact on company policies.

Private Company Ownership

It seems that Private Companies own 32%, of the RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology stock. It might be worth looking deeper into this. If related parties, such as insiders, have an interest in one of these private companies, that should be disclosed in the annual report. Private companies may also have a strategic interest in the company.

Next Steps:

It's always worth thinking about the different groups who own shares in a company. But to understand RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology better, we need to consider many other factors. Case in point: We've spotted 3 warning signs for RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology you should be aware of.

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NB: Figures in this article are calculated using data from the last twelve months, which refer to the 12-month period ending on the last date of the month the financial statement is dated. This may not be consistent with full year annual report figures.

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