Yalla Group's significant insider ownership suggests inherent interests in company's expansion
A total of 2 investors have a majority stake in the company with 55% ownership
Ownership research along with analyst forecasts data help provide a good understanding of opportunities in a stock
If you want to know who really controls Yalla Group Limited (NYSE:YALA), then you'll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. And the group that holds the biggest piece of the pie are individual insiders with 43% ownership. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).
And following last week's 6.3% decline in share price, insiders suffered the most losses.
Let's take a closer look to see what the different types of shareholders can tell us about Yalla Group.
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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Yalla Group?
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 Yalla Group. 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.
Yalla Group is not owned by hedge funds. The company's CEO Tao Yang is the largest shareholder with 38% of shares outstanding. With 18% and 5.9% of the shares outstanding respectively, Orchid Asia Group Management, Ltd. and SIG Asia Investments, LLLP are the second and third largest shareholders.
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.
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. Quite a few analysts cover the stock, so you could look into forecast growth quite easily.
Insider Ownership Of Yalla Group
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 a reasonable proportion of Yalla Group Limited. Insiders have a US$375m stake in this US$881m business. This may suggest that the founders still own a lot of shares. You can click here to see if they have been buying or selling.
General Public Ownership
With a 30% ownership, the general public, mostly comprising of individual investors, have some degree of sway over Yalla Group. 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 Equity Ownership
With a stake of 24%, private equity firms could influence the Yalla Group board. Sometimes we see private equity stick around for the long term, but generally speaking they have a shorter investment horizon and -- as the name suggests -- don't invest in public companies much. After some time they may look to sell and redeploy capital elsewhere.
Next Steps:
While it is well worth considering the different groups that own a company, there are other factors that are even more important. Be aware that Yalla Group is showing 1 warning sign in our investment analysis , you should know about...
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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主要ポイント
Yalla Group の重要なインサイダー所有権は、企業拡大への固有の利益を示唆しています。
合計2人の投資家が55%の株主を占め、多数派を形成しています。
所有権の調査とアナリストの予測データによって、株式における機会について良い理解が得られます。
Yalla Group Limited(NYSE:YALA)を実際に支配しているのは誰なのかを知りたい場合は、その株式登記簿の構成を見る必要があります。そして、最大のシェアを保持しているグループは、43%の個人インサイダーです。つまり、グループは最大のアップサイドポテンシャル(またはダウンサイドリスク)に直面しています。
Yalla Groupはヘッジファンドの所有ではありません。同社のCEOであるTao Yang氏が38%の発行済み株式を所有しています。Orchid Asia Group Management、Ltd.とSIG Asia Investments、LLLPは、それぞれ18%、5.9%の発行済み株式を保有しています。
興味深くするために、上位2株主が企業の運営に影響を与える力を持っていることが明らかになりました。
Yalla Groupの機関投資家の所有権を調べることで、調査に価値を加えることができますが、株式アナリストの推奨研究も行うことが良い実践です。数多くのアナリストが株式についてカバーしているため、将来の成長を予測することが比較的簡単になります。
最近のデータでは、インサイダーがYalla Group Limitedの株式の相当割合を所有していることがわかりました。インサイダーは、この881百万ドルのビジネスに3億7500万ドルの持ち株を保有しています。これは、創業者が依然として多くの株を所有していることを示唆しています。彼らが買収または売却しているかどうかを確認するには、ここをクリックしてください。
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