The recent CN¥462m market cap decrease is likely to have disappointed insiders invested in UCAP Cloud Information Technology Co.,Ltd. (SHSE:688228)

Key Insights

• UCAP Cloud Information TechnologyLtd's significant insider ownership suggests inherent interests in company's expansion
• The top 3 shareholders own 57% of the company
• 10% of UCAP Cloud Information TechnologyLtd is held by Institutions

A look at the shareholders of UCAP Cloud Information Technology Co.,Ltd. (SHSE:688228) can tell us which group is most powerful. The group holding the most number of shares in the company, around 32% to be precise, is individual insiders. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).

As a result, insiders as a group endured the highest losses after market cap fell by CN¥462m.

Let's delve deeper into each type of owner of UCAP Cloud Information TechnologyLtd, beginning with the chart below.

See our latest analysis for UCAP Cloud Information TechnologyLtd

What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About UCAP Cloud Information 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.

UCAP Cloud Information TechnologyLtd already has institutions on the share registry. Indeed, they own a respectable stake in the company. This suggests some credibility amongst professional investors. But we can't rely on that fact alone since institutions make bad investments sometimes, just like everyone does. 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 UCAP Cloud Information TechnologyLtd, (below). Of course, keep in mind that there are other factors to consider, too.

We note that hedge funds don't have a meaningful investment in UCAP Cloud Information TechnologyLtd. Min Wang is currently the company's largest shareholder with 28% of shares outstanding. With 19% and 9.6% of the shares outstanding respectively, Dongguan Municipal Government Computer Technology Co., Ltd. and Beijing Qinghan Culture Communication Co., Ltd. are the second and third largest shareholders.

After doing some more digging, we found that the top 3 shareholders collectively control more than half of the company's shares, implying that they have considerable power to influence the company's decisions.

While studying institutional ownership for a company can add value to your research, it is also a good practice to research analyst recommendations to get a deeper understand of a stock's expected performance. Our information suggests that there isn't any analyst coverage of the stock, so it is probably little known.

Insider Ownership Of UCAP Cloud Information TechnologyLtd

The definition of an insider can differ slightly between different countries, but members of the board of directors always count. Company management run the business, but the CEO will answer to the board, even if he or she is a member of it.

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.

It seems insiders own a significant proportion of UCAP Cloud Information Technology Co.,Ltd.. Insiders own CN¥856m worth of shares in the CN¥2.7b company. This may suggest that the founders still own a lot of shares. You can click here to see if they have been buying or selling.

General Public Ownership

The general public-- including retail investors -- own 29% stake in the company, and hence can't easily be ignored. 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

Our data indicates that Private Companies hold 29%, of the company's shares. 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 UCAP Cloud Information TechnologyLtd better, we need to consider many other factors. Be aware that UCAP Cloud Information TechnologyLtd is showing 3 warning signs in our investment analysis , and 2 of those don't sit too well with us...

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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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