Key Insights

• RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology's significant individual investors ownership suggests that the key decisions are influenced by shareholders from the larger public
• The top 8 shareholders own 51% of the company
• 16% of RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology is held by insiders

A look at the shareholders of RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology Co., LTD (SZSE:300757) can tell us which group is most powerful. And the group that holds the biggest piece of the pie are individual investors with 37% ownership. In other words, the group stands to gain the most (or lose the most) from their investment into the company.

And following last week's 9.5% decline in share price, individual investors suffered the most losses.

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

What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology?

Institutions typically measure themselves against a benchmark when reporting to their own investors, so they often become more enthusiastic about a stock once it's included in a major index. We would expect most companies to have some institutions on the register, especially if they are growing.

We can see that RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology does have institutional investors; and they hold a good portion of the company's stock. This can indicate that the company has a certain degree of credibility in the investment community. However, it is best to be wary of relying on the supposed validation that comes with institutional investors. They too, get it wrong sometimes. When multiple institutions own a stock, there's always a risk that they are in a 'crowded trade'. When such a trade goes wrong, multiple parties may compete to sell stock fast. This risk is higher in a company without a history of growth. You can see RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology's historic earnings and revenue below, but keep in mind there's always more to the story.

We note that hedge funds don't have a meaningful investment in RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology. Looking at our data, we can see that the largest shareholder is Suzhou Yuanjiesheng Enterprise Management Consulting Co., Ltd. with 26% of shares outstanding. With 6.9% and 5.0% of the shares outstanding respectively, Shanghai Kejun Investment Management Center (Limited Partnership) and Chengzhou Xia are the second and third largest shareholders. Additionally, the company's CEO Jun Dai directly holds 4.3% of the total shares outstanding.

On further inspection, we found that more than half the company's shares are owned by the top 8 shareholders, suggesting that the interests of the larger shareholders are balanced out to an extent by the smaller ones.

While studying institutional ownership for a company can add value to your research, it is also a good practice to research analyst recommendations to get a deeper understand of a stock's expected performance. As far as we can tell there isn't analyst coverage of the company, so it is probably flying under the radar.

Insider Ownership Of RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology

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.

Our most recent data indicates that insiders own a reasonable proportion of RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology Co., LTD. It is very interesting to see that insiders have a meaningful CN¥2.1b stake in this CN¥13b business. Most would be pleased to see the board is investing alongside them. You may wish to access this free chart showing recent trading by insiders.

General Public Ownership

The general public, who are usually individual investors, hold a 37% stake in RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology. 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 32%, of the shares on issue. Private companies may be related parties. Sometimes insiders have an interest in a public company through a holding in a private company, rather than in their own capacity as an individual. While it's hard to draw any broad stroke conclusions, it is worth noting as an area for further research.

Next Steps:

It's always worth thinking about the different groups who own shares in a company. But to understand RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology better, we need to consider many other factors. Be aware that RoboTechnik Intelligent Technology is showing 3 warning signs in our investment analysis , you should know about...

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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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