Institutions profited after A&D HOLON Holdings Company, Limited's (TSE:7745) market cap rose JP¥7.9b last week but retail investors profited the most

Key Insights

• A&D HOLON Holdings Company's significant retail investors ownership suggests that the key decisions are influenced by shareholders from the larger public
• A total of 17 investors have a majority stake in the company with 50% ownership
• Institutional ownership in A&D HOLON Holdings Company is 45%

If you want to know who really controls A&D HOLON Holdings Company, Limited (TSE:7745), 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 48% 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.

Following a 11% increase in the stock price last week, retail investors profited the most, but institutions who own 45% stock also stood to gain from the increase.

Let's delve deeper into each type of owner of A&D HOLON Holdings Company, beginning with the chart below.

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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About A&D HOLON Holdings Company?

Institutions typically measure themselves against a benchmark when reporting to their own investors, so they often become more enthusiastic about a stock once it's included in a major index. We would expect most companies to have some institutions on the register, especially if they are growing.

A&D HOLON Holdings Company already has institutions on the share registry. Indeed, they own a respectable stake in the company. This implies the analysts working for those institutions have looked at the stock and they like it. But just like anyone else, they could be wrong. 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 A&D HOLON Holdings Company's earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.

A&D HOLON Holdings Company is not owned by hedge funds. Looking at our data, we can see that the largest shareholder is Fidelity International Ltd with 6.8% of shares outstanding. With 6.1% and 5.7% of the shares outstanding respectively, Nomura Asset Management Co., Ltd. and Resona Asset Management Co., Ltd. are the second and third largest shareholders. Additionally, the company's CEO Yasunobu Morishima directly holds 0.9% of the total shares outstanding.

Looking at the shareholder registry, we can see that 50% of the ownership is controlled by the top 17 shareholders, meaning that no single shareholder has a majority interest in the ownership.

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. There are a reasonable number of analysts covering the stock, so it might be useful to find out their aggregate view on the future.

Insider Ownership Of A&D HOLON Holdings Company

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.

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 most recent data indicates that insiders own some shares in A&D HOLON Holdings Company, Limited. As individuals, the insiders collectively own JP¥3.0b worth of the JP¥83b company. It is good to see some investment by insiders, but it might be worth checking if those insiders have been buying.

General Public Ownership

With a 48% ownership, the general public, mostly comprising of individual investors, have some degree of sway over A&D HOLON Holdings Company. 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.

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 A&D HOLON Holdings Company you should know about.

But ultimately it is the future, not the past, that will determine how well the owners of this business will do. Therefore we think it advisable to take a look at this free report showing whether analysts are predicting a brighter future.

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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