Public companies among Duk San Neolux Co.,Ltd's (KOSDAQ:213420) largest shareholders, saw gain in holdings value after stock jumped 17% last week

Key Insights

• Significant control over Duk San NeoluxLtd by public companies implies that the general public has more power to influence management and governance-related decisions
• 53% of the business is held by the top 3 shareholders
• 11% of Duk San NeoluxLtd is held by insiders

Every investor in Duk San Neolux Co.,Ltd (KOSDAQ:213420) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. With 37% stake, public companies possess the maximum shares in the company. In other words, the group stands to gain the most (or lose the most) from their investment into the company.

As a result, public companies were the biggest beneficiaries of last week’s 17% gain.

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

See our latest analysis for Duk San NeoluxLtd

What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Duk San NeoluxLtd?

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.

We can see that Duk San NeoluxLtd does have institutional investors; and they hold a good portion of the company's stock. This suggests some credibility amongst professional investors. But we can't rely on that fact alone since institutions make bad investments sometimes, just like everyone does. It is not uncommon to see a big share price drop if two large institutional investors try to sell out of a stock at the same time. So it is worth checking the past earnings trajectory of Duk San NeoluxLtd, (below). Of course, keep in mind that there are other factors to consider, too.

Hedge funds don't have many shares in Duk San NeoluxLtd. Our data shows that Duksan Hi Metal Co.,Ltd is the largest shareholder with 37% of shares outstanding. Jun-Ho Lee is the second largest shareholder owning 9.9% of common stock, and National Pension Service holds about 5.7% of the company stock.

To make our study more interesting, we found that the top 3 shareholders have a majority ownership in the company, meaning that they are powerful enough to influence the decisions of the company.

While it makes sense to study institutional ownership data for a company, it also makes sense to study analyst sentiments to know which way the wind is blowing. 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 Duk San NeoluxLtd

While the precise definition of an insider can be subjective, almost everyone considers board members to be insiders. Management ultimately answers to the board. However, it is not uncommon for managers to be executive board members, especially if they are a founder or the CEO.

Insider ownership is positive when it signals leadership are thinking like the true owners of the company. However, high insider ownership can also give immense power to a small group within the company. This can be negative in some circumstances.

Our most recent data indicates that insiders own a reasonable proportion of Duk San Neolux Co.,Ltd. Insiders own ₩89b worth of shares in the ₩804b company. It is great to see insiders so invested in the business. It might be worth checking if those insiders have been buying recently.

General Public Ownership

The general public, who are usually individual investors, hold a 25% stake in Duk San NeoluxLtd. While this group can't necessarily call the shots, it can certainly have a real influence on how the company is run.

Private Company Ownership

We can see that Private Companies own 5.2%, 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.

Public Company Ownership

Public companies currently own 37% of Duk San NeoluxLtd stock. This may be a strategic interest and the two companies may have related business interests. It could be that they have de-merged. This holding is probably worth investigating further.

Next Steps:

It's always worth thinking about the different groups who own shares in a company. But to understand Duk San NeoluxLtd better, we need to consider many other factors.

Many find it useful to take an in depth look at how a company has performed in the past. You can access this detailed graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow.

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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