RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology Co., LTD's (SZSE:300757) largest shareholders are individual investors who were rewarded as market cap surged CN¥4.1b last week

Key Insights

• Significant control over RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology by individual investors implies that the general public has more power to influence management and governance-related decisions
• 50% of the business is held by the top 8 shareholders
• Insider ownership in RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology is 15%

If you want to know who really controls RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology Co., LTD (SZSE:300757), then you'll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. We can see that individual investors own the lion's share in the company with 41% ownership. That is, the group stands to benefit the most if the stock rises (or lose the most if there is a downturn).

As a result, individual investors collectively scored the highest last week as the company hit CN¥36b market cap following a 13% gain in the stock.

Let's delve deeper into each type of owner of RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology, beginning with the chart below.

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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.

As you can see, institutional investors have a fair amount of stake in RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology. 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. It is not uncommon to see a big share price drop if two large institutional investors try to sell out of a stock at the same time. So it is worth checking the past earnings trajectory of RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology, (below). Of course, keep in mind that there are other factors to consider, too.

Hedge funds don't have many shares in RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology. Our data shows that Suzhou Yuanjiesheng Enterprise Management Consulting Co., Ltd. is the largest shareholder with 26% of shares outstanding. With 6.9% and 4.9% of the shares outstanding respectively, Shanghai Kejun Investment Management Center (Limited Partnership) and Chengzhou Xia are the second and third largest shareholders. In addition, we found that Jun Dai, the CEO has 4.3% of the shares allocated to their name.

We did some more digging and found that 8 of the top shareholders account for roughly 50% of the register, implying that along with larger shareholders, there are a few smaller shareholders, thereby balancing out each others interests somewhat.

While it makes sense to study institutional ownership data for a company, it also makes sense to study analyst sentiments to know which way the wind is blowing. 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

The definition of company insiders can be subjective and does vary between jurisdictions. Our data reflects individual insiders, capturing board members at the very least. The company management answer to the board and the latter should represent the interests of shareholders. Notably, sometimes top-level managers are on the board themselves.

Insider ownership is positive when it signals leadership are thinking like the true owners of the company. However, high insider ownership can also give immense power to a small group within the company. This can be negative in some circumstances.

Our most recent data indicates that insiders own a reasonable proportion of RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology Co., LTD. It is very interesting to see that insiders have a meaningful CN¥5.3b stake in this CN¥36b business. It is good to see this level of investment. You can check here to see if those insiders have been buying recently.

General Public Ownership

The general public, who are usually individual investors, hold a 41% stake in RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology. This size of ownership, while considerable, may not be enough to change company policy if the decision is not in sync with other large shareholders.

Private Company Ownership

We can see that Private Companies own 32%, of the shares on issue. It's hard to draw any conclusions from this fact alone, so its worth looking into who owns those private companies. Sometimes insiders or other related parties have an interest in shares in a public company through a separate private company.

Next Steps:

While it is well worth considering the different groups that own a company, there are other factors that are even more important. 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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