Key Insights
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The considerable ownership by individual investors in Insas Berhad indicates that they collectively have a greater say in management and business strategy
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A total of 15 investors have a majority stake in the company with 50% ownership
To get a sense of who is truly in control of Insas Berhad (KLSE:INSAS), it is important to understand the ownership structure of the business. The group holding the most number of shares in the company, around 43% to be precise, is individual investors. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).
And private companies on the other hand have a 31% ownership in the company.
Let's delve deeper into each type of owner of Insas Berhad, beginning with the chart below.
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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Insas 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.
Since institutions own only a small portion of Insas Berhad, many may not have spent much time considering the stock. But it's clear that some have; and they liked it enough to buy in. If the company is growing earnings, that may indicate that it is just beginning to catch the attention of these deep-pocketed investors. When multiple institutional investors want to buy shares, we often see a rising share price. The past revenue trajectory (shown below) can be an indication of future growth, but there are no guarantees.
Hedge funds don't have many shares in Insas Berhad. M&A Investments International Limited is currently the company's largest shareholder with 19% of shares outstanding. For context, the second largest shareholder holds about 6.5% of the shares outstanding, followed by an ownership of 4.2% by the third-largest shareholder.
After doing some more digging, we found that the top 15 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. 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 Insas Berhad
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.