TryHard Holdings Limited's (NASDAQ:THH) most bullish insider is CEO Rakuyo Otsuki, and their holdings value went up by 47% last week

Key Insights

• TryHard Holdings' significant insider ownership suggests inherent interests in company's expansion
• 51% of the business is held by the top 2 shareholders
• Ownership research, combined with past performance data can help provide a good understanding of opportunities in a stock

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To get a sense of who is truly in control of TryHard Holdings Limited (NASDAQ:THH), it is important to understand the ownership structure of the business. And the group that holds the biggest piece of the pie are individual insiders with 53% 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 47% gain.

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

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What Does The Lack Of Institutional Ownership Tell Us About TryHard Holdings?

Institutional investors often avoid companies that are too small, too illiquid or too risky for their tastes. But it's unusual to see larger companies without any institutional investors.

There could be various reasons why no institutions own shares in a company. Typically, small, newly listed companies don't attract much attention from fund managers, because it would not be possible for large fund managers to build a meaningful position in the company. It is also possible that fund managers don't own the stock because they aren't convinced it will perform well. Institutional investors may not find the historic growth of the business impressive, or there might be other factors at play. You can see the past revenue performance of TryHard Holdings, for yourself, below.

We note that hedge funds don't have a meaningful investment in TryHard Holdings. With a 41% stake, CEO Rakuyo Otsuki is the largest shareholder. Yusei Hatakeyama is the second largest shareholder owning 11% of common stock, and Hong Kong orientsummit Co. Limited holds about 5.9% of the company stock.

A more detailed study of the shareholder registry showed us that 2 of the top shareholders have a considerable amount of ownership in the company, via their 51% stake.

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. We're not picking up on any analyst coverage of the stock at the moment, so the company is unlikely to be widely held.

Insider Ownership Of TryHard Holdings

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.

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 own more than half of TryHard Holdings Limited. This gives them effective control of the company. Given it has a market cap of US$626m, that means they have US$331m worth of shares. Most would be pleased to see the board is investing alongside them. You may wish todiscover (for free) if they have been buying or selling.

General Public Ownership

The general public, who are usually individual investors, hold a 41% stake in TryHard Holdings. 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.

Private Company Ownership

It seems that Private Companies own 5.9%, of the TryHard Holdings stock. 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.

Next Steps:

While it is well worth considering the different groups that own a company, there are other factors that are even more important. Be aware that TryHard Holdings is showing 4 warning signs in our investment analysis , and 2 of those are potentially serious...

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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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