Kotra Industries Berhad's (KLSE:KOTRA) largest shareholders are private companies with 47% ownership, insiders own 35%

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19-05-2025

The considerable ownership by private companies in Kotra Industries Berhad indicates that they collectively have a greater say in management and business strategy
The top 2 shareholders own 55% of the company
Insiders own 35% of Kotra Industries Berhad
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To get a sense of who is truly in control of Kotra Industries Berhad (KLSE:KOTRA), it is important to understand the ownership structure of the business. The group holding the most number of shares in the company, around 47% to be precise, is private companies. In other words, the group stands to gain the most (or lose the most) from their investment into the company.
Meanwhile, individual insiders make up 35% of the company's shareholders. Institutions often own shares in more established companies, while it's not unusual to see insiders own a fair bit of smaller companies.
Let's delve deeper into each type of owner of Kotra Industries Berhad, beginning with the chart below.
Check out our latest analysis for Kotra Industries Berhad
Small companies that are not very actively traded often lack institutional investors, but it's less common to see large companies without them.
There are many reasons why a company might not have any institutions on the share registry. It may be hard for institutions to buy large amounts of shares, if liquidity (the amount of shares traded each day) is low. If the company has not needed to raise capital, institutions might lack the opportunity to build a position. Alternatively, there might be something about the company that has kept institutional investors away. Institutional investors may not find the historic growth of the business impressive, or there might be other factors at play. You can see the past revenue performance of Kotra Industries Berhad, for yourself, below.
We note that hedge funds don't have a meaningful investment in Kotra Industries Berhad. Piong Nam Kim Holdings Sdn Bhd is currently the company's largest shareholder with 44% of shares outstanding. Teck Piong is the second largest shareholder owning 11% of common stock, and Teck Piong holds about 5.6% of the company stock. Note that the second and third-largest shareholders are also Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors, respectively, meaning that the company's top shareholders are insiders.
To make our study more interesting, we found that the top 2 shareholders have a majority ownership in the company, meaning that they are powerful enough to influence the decisions of the company.
Researching institutional ownership is a good way to gauge and filter a stock's expected performance. The same can be achieved by studying analyst sentiments. There is a little analyst coverage of the stock, but not much. So there is room for it to gain more coverage.
While the precise definition of an insider can be subjective, almost everyone considers board members to be insiders. The company management answer to the board and the latter should represent the interests of shareholders. Notably, sometimes top-level managers are on the board themselves.
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 a reasonable proportion of Kotra Industries Berhad. It has a market capitalization of just RM635m, and insiders have RM225m worth of shares in their own names. It is great to see insiders so invested in the business. It might be worth checking if those insiders have been buying recently.
The general public, who are usually individual investors, hold a 17% stake in Kotra Industries Berhad. While this group can't necessarily call the shots, it can certainly have a real influence on how the company is run.
We can see that Private Companies own 47%, of the shares on issue. 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.
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. For instance, we've identified 3 warning signs for Kotra Industries Berhad (2 are potentially serious) that you should be aware of.
But ultimately it is the future, not the past, that will determine how well the owners of this business will do. Therefore we think it advisable to take a look at this free report showing whether analysts are predicting a brighter future.
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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