SMS Electric Co.,Ltd.Zhengzhou's (SZSE:002857) market cap surged CN¥167m last week, retail investors who have a lot riding on the company were rewarded

Key Insights

• SMS ElectricLtd.Zhengzhou's significant retail investors ownership suggests that the key decisions are influenced by shareholders from the larger public
• A total of 19 investors have a majority stake in the company with 49% ownership
• 21% of SMS ElectricLtd.Zhengzhou is held by insiders

Every investor in SMS Electric Co.,Ltd.Zhengzhou (SZSE:002857) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. The group holding the most number of shares in the company, around 51% to be precise, is retail investors. In other words, the group stands to gain the most (or lose the most) from their investment into the company.

As a result, retail investors were the biggest beneficiaries of last week’s 11% gain.

In the chart below, we zoom in on the different ownership groups of SMS ElectricLtd.Zhengzhou.

Check out our latest analysis for SMS ElectricLtd.Zhengzhou

What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About SMS ElectricLtd.Zhengzhou?

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.

Institutions have a very small stake in SMS ElectricLtd.Zhengzhou. That indicates that the company is on the radar of some funds, but it isn't particularly popular with professional investors at the moment. If the business gets stronger from here, we could see a situation where more institutions are keen to buy. When multiple institutional investors want to buy shares, we often see a rising share price. The past revenue trajectory (shown below) can be an indication of future growth, but there are no guarantees.

Hedge funds don't have many shares in SMS ElectricLtd.Zhengzhou. Looking at our data, we can see that the largest shareholder is Shanghai Changyun Enterprise Management Partnership (Limited Partnership) with 20% of shares outstanding. Wen Biao Yu is the second largest shareholder owning 15% of common stock, and Hangzhou Chengying Information Technology Partnership Enterprise (Limited Partnership) holds about 3.0% of the company stock.

On studying our ownership data, we found that 19 of the top shareholders collectively own less than 50% of the share register, implying that no single individual has a majority interest.

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. 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 SMS ElectricLtd.Zhengzhou

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.

Our information suggests that insiders maintain a significant holding in SMS Electric Co.,Ltd.Zhengzhou. Insiders own CN¥364m worth of shares in the CN¥1.7b company. We would say this shows alignment with shareholders, but it is worth noting that the company is still quite small; some insiders may have founded the business. You can click here to see if those insiders have been buying or selling.

General Public Ownership

The general public -- including retail investors -- own 51% of SMS ElectricLtd.Zhengzhou. This level of ownership gives investors from the wider public some power to sway key policy decisions such as board composition, executive compensation, and the dividend payout ratio.

Private Company Ownership

We can see that Private Companies own 23%, 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:

It's always worth thinking about the different groups who own shares in a company. But to understand SMS ElectricLtd.Zhengzhou better, we need to consider many other factors. To that end, you should be aware of the 1 warning sign we've spotted with SMS ElectricLtd.Zhengzhou .

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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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