Hyundai G.F. Holdings Co., Ltd. (KRX:005440) Senior Key Executive Ji-Sun Jung, the company's largest shareholder sees 6.6%reduction in holdings value

Key Insights

• Insiders appear to have a vested interest in Hyundai G.F. Holdings' growth, as seen by their sizeable ownership
• A total of 2 investors have a majority stake in the company with 69% ownership
• Using data from company's past performance alongside ownership research, one can better assess the future performance of a company

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A look at the shareholders of Hyundai G.F. Holdings Co., Ltd. (KRX:005440) can tell us which group is most powerful. And the group that holds the biggest piece of the pie are individual insiders with 77% ownership. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).

And last week, insiders endured the biggest losses as the stock fell by 6.6%.

Let's take a closer look to see what the different types of shareholders can tell us about Hyundai G.F. Holdings.

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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Hyundai G.F. Holdings?

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 Hyundai G.F. Holdings 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 company is growing earnings, that may indicate that it is just beginning to catch the attention of these deep-pocketed investors. 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.

Hyundai G.F. Holdings is not owned by hedge funds. Because actions speak louder than words, we consider it a good sign when insiders own a significant stake in a company. In Hyundai G.F. Holdings' case, its Senior Key Executive, Ji-Sun Jung, is the largest shareholder, holding 40% of shares outstanding. Meanwhile, the second and third largest shareholders, hold 29% and 8.3%, of the shares outstanding, respectively.

After doing some more digging, we found that the top 2 shareholders collectively control more than half of the company's shares, implying that they have considerable power to influence the company's decisions.

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 is a little analyst coverage of the stock, but not much. So there is room for it to gain more coverage.

Insider Ownership Of Hyundai G.F. Holdings

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.

Most consider insider ownership a positive because it can indicate the board is well aligned with other shareholders. However, on some occasions too much power is concentrated within this group.

It seems that insiders own more than half the Hyundai G.F. Holdings Co., Ltd. stock. This gives them a lot of power. So they have a ₩905b stake in this ₩1.2t business. Most would argue this is a positive, showing strong alignment with shareholders. You can click here to see if those insiders have been buying or selling.

General Public Ownership

The general public-- including retail investors -- own 20% 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.

Next Steps:

While it is well worth considering the different groups that own a company, there are other factors that are even more important. Case in point: We've spotted 4 warning signs for Hyundai G.F. Holdings you should be aware of, and 1 of them can't be ignored.

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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