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The big shareholder groups in Convenience Retail Asia Limited (HKG:831) have power over the company. Large companies usually have institutions as shareholders, and we usually see insiders owning shares in smaller companies. We also tend to see lower insider ownership in companies that were previously publicly owned.
Convenience Retail Asia is not a large company by global standards. It has a market capitalization of HK$2.6b, which means it wouldn’t have the attention of many institutional investors. In the chart below below, we can see that institutional investors have bought into the company. Let’s delve deeper into each type of owner, to discover more about 831.
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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Convenience Retail Asia?
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.
We can see that Convenience Retail Asia does have institutional investors; and they hold 41% of the 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. 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 Convenience Retail Asia’s earnings history, below. Of course, the future is what really matters.
Convenience Retail Asia is not owned by hedge funds. Our information suggests that there isn’t any analyst coverage of the stock, so it is probably little known.
Insider Ownership Of Convenience Retail Asia
The definition of an insider can differ slightly between different countries, but members of the board of directors always count. 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.
Our most recent data indicates that insiders own some shares in Convenience Retail Asia Limited. In their own names, insiders own HK$81m worth of stock in the HK$2.6b company. It is good to see some investment by insiders, but it might be worth checking if those insiders have been buying.