ViTrox Corporation Berhad's (KLSE:VITROX) most bullish insider is CEO Jenn Chu, and their holdings value went up by 4.0% last week

Key Insights

• ViTrox Corporation Berhad's significant insider ownership suggests inherent interests in company's expansion
• 55% of the business is held by the top 3 shareholders
• 17% of ViTrox Corporation Berhad is held by Institutions

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Every investor in ViTrox Corporation Berhad (KLSE:VITROX) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. The group holding the most number of shares in the company, around 67% to be precise, is individual insiders. In other words, the group stands to gain the most (or lose the most) from their investment into the company.

Clearly, insiders benefitted the most after the company's market cap rose by RM341m last week.

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

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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About ViTrox Corporation Berhad?

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.

As you can see, institutional investors have a fair amount of stake in ViTrox Corporation Berhad. 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 ViTrox Corporation Berhad's earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.

Hedge funds don't have many shares in ViTrox Corporation Berhad. With a 27% stake, CEO Jenn Chu is the largest shareholder. Meanwhile, the second and third largest shareholders, hold 18% and 10.0%, of the shares outstanding, respectively. Note that two of the top three shareholders are also Senior Key Executive and Member of the Board of Directors, respectively, once again pointing to significant ownership by company insiders.

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.

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 ViTrox Corporation Berhad

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. 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 ViTrox Corporation Berhad stock. This gives them a lot of power. Insiders own RM5.7b worth of shares in the RM8.5b company. That's extraordinary! Most would argue this is a positive, showing strong alignment with shareholders. You can click here to see if they have been selling down their stake.

General Public Ownership

With a 16% ownership, the general public, mostly comprising of individual investors, have some degree of sway over ViTrox Corporation Berhad. 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 ViTrox Corporation Berhad better, we need to consider many other factors.

I always like to check for a history of revenue growth. You can too, by accessing this free chart of historic revenue and earnings in this detailed graph.

If you would prefer discover what analysts are predicting in terms of future growth, do not miss this free report on analyst forecasts.

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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