Key Insights

• The considerable ownership by individual investors in Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group indicates that they collectively have a greater say in management and business strategy
• The top 18 shareholders own 50% of the company
• 21% of Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group is held by Institutions

Every investor in Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group Company Limited (HKG:1385) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. And the group that holds the biggest piece of the pie are individual investors with 43% ownership. That is, the group stands to benefit the most if the stock rises (or lose the most if there is a downturn).

As a result, individual investors were the biggest beneficiaries of last week's 4.7% gain.

Let's delve deeper into each type of owner of Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group, beginning with the chart below.

What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group?

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 Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group 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. 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 Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group, (below). Of course, keep in mind that there are other factors to consider, too.

Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group is not owned by hedge funds. Shanghai Fudan Science Technology Industry Holding Co., Ltd. is currently the largest shareholder, with 13% of shares outstanding. Shanghai Fudan High Tech Company is the second largest shareholder owning 13% of common stock, and Shanghai Yikun Investment Management Consulting Partnership Enterprise (Limited Partnership) holds about 5.2% of the company stock. Additionally, the company's CEO Lei Shi directly holds 0.9% of the total shares outstanding.

After doing some more digging, we found that the top 18 have the combined ownership of 50% in the company, suggesting that no single shareholder has significant control over the company.

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. There is some analyst coverage of the stock, but it could still become more well known, with time.

Insider Ownership Of Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group

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.

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.

Shareholders would probably be interested to learn that insiders own shares in Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group Company Limited. It is a pretty big company, so it is generally a positive to see some potentially meaningful alignment. In this case, they own around HK$423m worth of shares (at current prices). Most would say this shows alignment of interests between shareholders and the board. Still, it might be worth checking if those insiders have been selling.

General Public Ownership

The general public-- including retail investors -- own 43% stake in the company, and hence can't easily be ignored. 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

Our data indicates that Private Companies hold 34%, of the company's shares. It might be worth looking deeper into this. If related parties, such as insiders, have an interest in one of these private companies, that should be disclosed in the annual report. Private companies may also have a strategic interest in the 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. For instance, we've identified 2 warning signs for Shanghai Fudan Microelectronics Group (1 is potentially serious) that you should be aware of.

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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