Macbee Planet, Inc. (TSE:7095) insiders, who hold 55% of the firm would be disappointed by the recent pullback

Key Insights

• Significant insider control over Macbee Planet implies vested interests in company growth
• A total of 2 investors have a majority stake in the company with 51% ownership
• Analyst forecasts along with ownership data serve to give a strong idea about prospects for a business

Every investor in Macbee Planet, Inc. (TSE:7095) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. We can see that individual insiders own the lion's share in the company with 55% ownership. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).

And following last week's 19% decline in share price, insiders suffered the most losses.

Let's take a closer look to see what the different types of shareholders can tell us about Macbee Planet.

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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Macbee Planet?

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.

Institutions have a very small stake in Macbee Planet. 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 Macbee Planet. Looking at our data, we can see that the largest shareholder is Masakazu Matsumoto with 37% of shares outstanding. With 14% and 4.2% of the shares outstanding respectively, Yusuke Kojima and Asset Management One Co., Ltd. are the second and third largest shareholders. Yusuke Kojima, who is the second-largest shareholder, also happens to hold the title of Top Key Executive. In addition, we found that Tomohiro Chiba, the CEO has 1.4% of the shares allocated to their name.

To make our study more interesting, we found that the top 2 shareholders have a majority ownership in the company, meaning that they are powerful enough to influence the decisions of the company.

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 are plenty of analysts covering the stock, so it might be worth seeing what they are forecasting, too.

Insider Ownership Of Macbee Planet

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

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.

It seems that insiders own more than half the Macbee Planet, Inc. stock. This gives them a lot of power. Given it has a market cap of JP¥41b, that means they have JP¥22b worth of shares. Most would be pleased to see the board is investing alongside them. You may wish todiscover (for free) if they have been buying or selling.

General Public Ownership

With a 41% ownership, the general public, mostly comprising of individual investors, have some degree of sway over Macbee Planet. While this group can't necessarily call the shots, it can certainly have a real influence on how the company is run.

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 Macbee Planet you should know about.

Ultimately the future is most important. You can access this free report on analyst forecasts for the company.

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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