Retail investors among Anhui Bossco Environmental Protection Technology Co.,Ltd.'s (SZSE:300422) largest stockholders and were hit after last week's 12% price drop

Key Insights

• Significant control over Anhui Bossco Environmental Protection TechnologyLtd by retail investors implies that the general public has more power to influence management and governance-related decisions
• The top 25 shareholders own 50% of the company
• Insiders own 17% of Anhui Bossco Environmental Protection TechnologyLtd

If you want to know who really controls Anhui Bossco Environmental Protection Technology Co.,Ltd. (SZSE:300422), then you'll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. The group holding the most number of shares in the company, around 50% to be precise, is retail investors. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).

And last week, retail investors endured the biggest losses as the stock fell by 12%.

Let's delve deeper into each type of owner of Anhui Bossco Environmental Protection TechnologyLtd, beginning with the chart below.

See our latest analysis for Anhui Bossco Environmental Protection TechnologyLtd

What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Anhui Bossco Environmental Protection TechnologyLtd?

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.

Less than 5% of Anhui Bossco Environmental Protection TechnologyLtd is held by institutional investors. This suggests that some funds have the company in their sights, but many have not yet bought shares in it. If the business gets stronger from here, we could see a situation where more institutions are keen to buy. We sometimes see a rising share price when a few big institutions want to buy a certain stock at the same time. The history of earnings and revenue, which you can see below, could be helpful in considering if more institutional investors will want the stock. Of course, there are plenty of other factors to consider, too.

We note that hedge funds don't have a meaningful investment in Anhui Bossco Environmental Protection TechnologyLtd. Our data shows that GZ environmental protection investment group co.,ltd. is the largest shareholder with 20% of shares outstanding. For context, the second largest shareholder holds about 10% of the shares outstanding, followed by an ownership of 9.9% by the third-largest shareholder. In addition, we found that Hai Nong Song, the CEO has 2.0% of the shares allocated to their name.

A deeper look at our ownership data shows that the top 25 shareholders collectively hold less than half of the register, suggesting a large group of small holders where no single shareholder has a majority.

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. We're not picking up on any analyst coverage of the stock at the moment, so the company is unlikely to be widely held.

Insider Ownership Of Anhui Bossco Environmental Protection TechnologyLtd

The definition of an insider can differ slightly between different countries, but members of the board of directors always count. 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.

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.

Our information suggests that insiders maintain a significant holding in Anhui Bossco Environmental Protection Technology Co.,Ltd.. It has a market capitalization of just CN¥2.3b, and insiders have CN¥389m worth of shares in their own names. It is great to see insiders so invested in the business. It might be worth checking if those insiders have been buying recently.

General Public Ownership

The general public, mostly comprising of individual investors, collectively holds 50% of Anhui Bossco Environmental Protection TechnologyLtd shares. With this amount of ownership, retail investors can collectively play a role in decisions that affect shareholder returns, such as dividend policies and the appointment of directors. They can also exercise the power to vote on acquisitions or mergers that may not improve profitability.

Private Company Ownership

It seems that Private Companies own 31%, of the Anhui Bossco Environmental Protection TechnologyLtd stock. 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:

It's always worth thinking about the different groups who own shares in a company. But to understand Anhui Bossco Environmental Protection TechnologyLtd better, we need to consider many other factors. Consider risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 1 warning sign for Anhui Bossco Environmental Protection TechnologyLtd 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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