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Daily Brief ESG: The Solution to Better Corporate Governance Is to Reduce the # of Companies with Large Shareholders and more

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  • The Solution to Better Corporate Governance Is to Reduce the # of Companies with Large Shareholders


The Solution to Better Corporate Governance Is to Reduce the # of Companies with Large Shareholders

By Aki Matsumoto

  • Since “profitability of capital” like ROE or ROIC cannot create value in mid-to-long-term without improvement, the fact that ROE has stalled is a cause for concern for future stock prices.
  • The slow growth in Net Profit Margin and the sluggish improvement in Asset Turnover and Financial Leverage indicate that it is still holding too much cash, cross-held shares, etc. 
  • Nearly half of all listed companies are companies with major shareholders of 20% or more, which is an obstacle to improving corporate governance.

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