In today’s briefing:
- Shareholding Ratio of Foreigners Stood at 34.7%, Hitting Record High for the 3rd Consecutive Year
Shareholding Ratio of Foreigners Stood at 34.7%, Hitting Record High for the 3rd Consecutive Year
- Although the number of individual shareholders has increased—partly due to a rising number of companies implementing stock splits—the proportion of shares held by individuals has hardly risen at all.
- While the ownership of other investor groups have remained flat, that of foreign corporations has continued rising. Listed companies are increasingly forced to pay close attention to overseas investors’ shareholdings.
- While the shareholding ratio of corporations has been steadily declining, share buybacks have increased. This suggests that the unwinding of cross-shareholdings between corporations and financial institutions is likely to continue.
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