Key Insights

• Significant control over Dalian Sunasia Tourism HoldingLTD by retail investors implies that the general public has more power to influence management and governance-related decisions
• 52% of the business is held by the top 3 shareholders
• Insider ownership in Dalian Sunasia Tourism HoldingLTD is 12%

A look at the shareholders of Dalian Sunasia Tourism Holding CO.,LTD (SHSE:600593) can tell us which group is most powerful. We can see that retail investors own the lion's share in the company with 36% ownership. Put another way, the group faces the maximum upside potential (or downside risk).

Clearly, retail investors benefitted the most after the company's market cap rose by CN¥372m last week.

In the chart below, we zoom in on the different ownership groups of Dalian Sunasia Tourism HoldingLTD.

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What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Dalian Sunasia Tourism HoldingLTD?

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.

As you can see, institutional investors have a fair amount of stake in Dalian Sunasia Tourism HoldingLTD. 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. When multiple institutions own a stock, there's always a risk that they are in a 'crowded trade'. When such a trade goes wrong, multiple parties may compete to sell stock fast. This risk is higher in a company without a history of growth. You can see Dalian Sunasia Tourism HoldingLTD's historic earnings and revenue below, but keep in mind there's always more to the story.

Dalian Sunasia Tourism HoldingLTD is not owned by hedge funds. Dalian Xinghai Bay Financial And Commercial District Investment And Management Co., Ltd. is currently the largest shareholder, with 24% of shares outstanding. Punking Funding Co., Ltd is the second largest shareholder owning 19% of common stock, and Ziping Yang holds about 8.2% of the company stock.

After doing some more digging, we found that the top 3 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. Our information suggests that there isn't any analyst coverage of the stock, so it is probably little known.

Insider Ownership Of Dalian Sunasia Tourism HoldingLTD

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. Company management run the business, but the CEO will answer to the board, even if he or she is a member of it.

Most consider insider ownership a positive because it can indicate the board is well aligned with other shareholders. However, on some occasions too much power is concentrated within this group.

Our most recent data indicates that insiders own a reasonable proportion of Dalian Sunasia Tourism Holding CO.,LTD. Insiders have a CN¥262m stake in this CN¥2.2b 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

The general public, who are usually individual investors, hold a 36% stake in Dalian Sunasia Tourism HoldingLTD. This size of ownership, while considerable, may not be enough to change company policy if the decision is not in sync with other large shareholders.

Private Equity Ownership

Private equity firms hold a 19% stake in Dalian Sunasia Tourism HoldingLTD. This suggests they can be influential in key policy decisions. Some might like this, because private equity are sometimes activists who hold management accountable. But other times, private equity is selling out, having taking the company public.

Private Company Ownership

It seems that Private Companies own 27%, of the Dalian Sunasia Tourism HoldingLTD stock. 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:

It's always worth thinking about the different groups who own shares in a company. But to understand Dalian Sunasia Tourism HoldingLTD better, we need to consider many other factors. Consider risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 2 warning signs for Dalian Sunasia Tourism HoldingLTD you should know about.

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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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