Owning 60% in Stamford Land Corporation Ltd (SGX:H07) means that insiders are heavily invested in the company's future

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Key Insights

  • Stamford Land's significant insider ownership suggests inherent interests in company's expansion

  • The top 2 shareholders own 56% of the company

  • Ownership research, combined with past performance data can help provide a good understanding of opportunities in a stock

Every investor in Stamford Land Corporation Ltd (SGX:H07) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. With 60% stake, individual insiders possess the maximum shares in the company. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).

With such a notable stake in the company, insiders would be highly incentivised to make value accretive decisions.

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

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SGX:H07 Ownership Breakdown March 29th 2024

What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Stamford Land?

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.

Institutions have a very small stake in Stamford Land. That indicates that the company is on the radar of some funds, but it isn't particularly popular with professional investors at the moment. So if the company itself can improve over time, we may well see more institutional buyers in the future. 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.

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SGX:H07 Earnings and Revenue Growth March 29th 2024

Stamford Land is not owned by hedge funds. From our data, we infer that the largest shareholder is Chio Kiat Ow (who also holds the title of Top Key Executive) with 44% of shares outstanding. Its usually considered a good sign when insiders own a significant number of shares in the company, and in this case, we're glad to see a company insider play the role of a key stakeholder. Meanwhile, the second and third largest shareholders, hold 12% and 3.4%, of the shares outstanding, respectively. Interestingly, the second-largest shareholder, Yiling Ow is also Senior Key Executive, again, pointing towards strong insider ownership amongst the company's top shareholders. Furthermore, CEO Yew Heng Ow is the owner of 1.4% of the company's shares.

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 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. We're not picking up on any analyst coverage of the stock at the moment, so the company is unlikely to be widely held.