Individual investors among Windey Energy Technology Group Co., Ltd.'s (SZSE:300772) largest shareholders, saw gain in holdings value after stock jumped 5.4% last week

Key Insights

• Significant control over Windey Energy Technology Group by individual investors implies that the general public has more power to influence management and governance-related decisions
• The top 23 shareholders own 50% of the company
• Ownership research, combined with past performance data can help provide a good understanding of opportunities in a stock

If you want to know who really controls Windey Energy Technology Group Co., Ltd. (SZSE:300772), then you'll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. With 49% stake, individual investors possess the maximum shares in the company. In other words, the group stands to gain the most (or lose the most) from their investment into the company.

As a result, individual investors were the biggest beneficiaries of last week’s 5.4% gain.

In the chart below, we zoom in on the different ownership groups of Windey Energy Technology Group.

See our latest analysis for Windey Energy Technology Group

What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Windey Energy Technology Group?

Many institutions measure their performance against an index that approximates the local market. So they usually pay more attention to companies that are included in major indices.

As you can see, institutional investors have a fair amount of stake in Windey Energy Technology Group. This can indicate that the company has a certain degree of credibility in the investment community. However, it is best to be wary of relying on the supposed validation that comes with institutional investors. They too, get it wrong sometimes. 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 Windey Energy Technology Group's earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.

Windey Energy Technology Group is not owned by hedge funds. Our data shows that Zhejiang Machinery and Electrical Group Co., Ltd. is the largest shareholder with 40% of shares outstanding. For context, the second largest shareholder holds about 2.1% of the shares outstanding, followed by an ownership of 1.9% by the third-largest shareholder.

Looking at the shareholder registry, we can see that 50% of the ownership is controlled by the top 23 shareholders, meaning that no single shareholder has a majority interest in the ownership.

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. There is a little analyst coverage of the stock, but not much. So there is room for it to gain more coverage.

Insider Ownership Of Windey Energy Technology Group

While the precise definition of an insider can be subjective, almost everyone considers board members to be insiders. Company management run the business, but the CEO will answer to the board, even if he or she is a member of it.

I generally consider insider ownership to be a good thing. However, on some occasions it makes it more difficult for other shareholders to hold the board accountable for decisions.

We can see that insiders own shares in Windey Energy Technology Group Co., Ltd.. The insiders have a meaningful stake worth CN¥102m. Most would see this as a real positive. It is good to see this level of investment by insiders. You can check here to see if those insiders have been buying recently.

General Public Ownership

The general public-- including retail investors -- own 49% stake in the company, and hence can't easily be ignored. 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 42%, of the shares on issue. Private companies may be related parties. Sometimes insiders have an interest in a public company through a holding in a private company, rather than in their own capacity as an individual. While it's hard to draw any broad stroke conclusions, it is worth noting as an area for further research.

Next Steps:

I find it very interesting to look at who exactly owns a company. But to truly gain insight, we need to consider other information, too. Consider risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 1 warning sign for Windey Energy Technology Group you should know about.

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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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