CS Wind Corporation (KRX:112610) adds ₩75b in market cap and insiders have a 42% stake in that gain

Key Insights

• Insiders appear to have a vested interest in CS Wind's growth, as seen by their sizeable ownership
• A total of 3 investors have a majority stake in the company with 51% ownership
• 21% of CS Wind is held by Institutions

If you want to know who really controls CS Wind Corporation (KRX:112610), then you'll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. We can see that individual insiders own the lion's share in the company with 42% ownership. In other words, the group stands to gain the most (or lose the most) from their investment into the company.

As a result, insiders were the biggest beneficiaries of last week’s 4.5% gain.

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

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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About CS Wind?

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.

We can see that CS Wind does have institutional investors; and they hold a good portion of the company's stock. 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 CS Wind's earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.

Hedge funds don't have many shares in CS Wind. Seong-Gwon Gim is currently the company's largest shareholder with 36% of shares outstanding. In comparison, the second and third largest shareholders hold about 10.0% and 5.6% of the stock.

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.

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. Quite a few analysts cover the stock, so you could look into forecast growth quite easily.

Insider Ownership Of CS Wind

The definition of company insiders can be subjective and does vary between jurisdictions. Our data reflects individual insiders, capturing board members at the very least. 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.

Our information suggests that insiders maintain a significant holding in CS Wind Corporation. It has a market capitalization of just ₩1.7t, and insiders have ₩727b worth of shares in their own names. That's quite significant. It is good to see this level of investment. You can check here to see if those insiders have been buying recently.

General Public Ownership

The general public, who are usually individual investors, hold a 37% stake in CS Wind. 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:

It's always worth thinking about the different groups who own shares in a company. But to understand CS Wind better, we need to consider many other factors. To that end, you should be aware of the 2 warning signs we've spotted with CS Wind .

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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