Institutions along with private companies who hold considerable shares inYoungone Holdings Co., Ltd. (KRX:009970) come under pressure; lose 4.7% of holdings value

Key Insights

• Youngone Holdings' significant private companies ownership suggests that the key decisions are influenced by shareholders from the larger public
• A total of 2 investors have a majority stake in the company with 54% ownership
• Insider ownership in Youngone Holdings is 20%

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To get a sense of who is truly in control of Youngone Holdings Co., Ltd. (KRX:009970), it is important to understand the ownership structure of the business. With 34% stake, private companies possess the maximum shares in the company. In other words, the group stands to gain the most (or lose the most) from their investment into the company.

While institutions who own 31% came under pressure after market cap dropped to ₩2.2t last week,private companies took the most losses.

Let's delve deeper into each type of owner of Youngone Holdings, beginning with the chart below.

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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Youngone Holdings?

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.

Youngone Holdings already has institutions on the share registry. Indeed, they own a respectable stake in the company. 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 Youngone Holdings, (below). Of course, keep in mind that there are other factors to consider, too.

Youngone Holdings is not owned by hedge funds. YMSA Company Limited is currently the largest shareholder, with 34% of shares outstanding. With 20% and 11% of the shares outstanding respectively, Ki-Hak Sung and FMR LLC are the second and third largest shareholders.

After doing some more digging, we found that the top 2 shareholders collectively control more than half of the company's shares, implying that they have considerable power to influence the company's decisions.

While it makes sense to study institutional ownership data for a company, it also makes sense to study analyst sentiments to know which way the wind is blowing. 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 Youngone 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. Management ultimately answers to the board. However, it is not uncommon for managers to be executive board members, especially if they are a founder or the CEO.

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 most recent data indicates that insiders own a reasonable proportion of Youngone Holdings Co., Ltd.. It is very interesting to see that insiders have a meaningful ₩445b stake in this ₩2.2t 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 14% stake in Youngone 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

Our data indicates that Private Companies hold 34%, of the company's shares. 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:

I find it very interesting to look at who exactly owns a company. But to truly gain insight, we need to consider other information, too.

Many find it useful to take an in depth look at how a company has performed in the past. You can access this detailed graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow.

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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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