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Suzuken Co., Ltd.'s (TSE:9987) top owners are individual investors with 49% stake, while 36% is held by institutions

Simply Wall St · 5d ago

Key Insights

  • Significant control over Suzuken by individual investors implies that the general public has more power to influence management and governance-related decisions
  • A total of 25 investors have a majority stake in the company with 48% ownership
  • 13% of Suzuken is held by insiders

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Every investor in Suzuken Co., Ltd. (TSE:9987) should be aware of the most powerful shareholder groups. The group holding the most number of shares in the company, around 49% to be precise, is individual investors. In other words, the group stands to gain the most (or lose the most) from their investment into the company.

Meanwhile, institutions make up 36% of the company’s shareholders. Large companies usually have institutions as shareholders, and we usually see insiders owning shares in smaller companies.

Let's delve deeper into each type of owner of Suzuken, beginning with the chart below.

Check out our latest analysis for Suzuken

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TSE:9987 Ownership Breakdown January 6th 2026

What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Suzuken?

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.

As you can see, institutional investors have a fair amount of stake in Suzuken. 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 Suzuken's historic earnings and revenue below, but keep in mind there's always more to the story.

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TSE:9987 Earnings and Revenue Growth January 6th 2026

We note that hedge funds don't have a meaningful investment in Suzuken. Silchester International Investors LLP is currently the company's largest shareholder with 7.5% of shares outstanding. Meanwhile, the second and third largest shareholders, hold 6.6% and 3.4%, of the shares outstanding, respectively.

On studying our ownership data, we found that 25 of the top shareholders collectively own less than 50% of the share register, implying that no single individual has a majority interest.

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. Quite a few analysts cover the stock, so you could look into forecast growth quite easily.

Insider Ownership Of Suzuken

The definition of an insider can differ slightly between different countries, but members of the board of directors always count. Management ultimately answers to the board. However, it is not uncommon for managers to be executive board members, especially if they are a founder or the CEO.

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.

It seems insiders own a significant proportion of Suzuken Co., Ltd.. It has a market capitalization of just JP¥431b, and insiders have JP¥55b worth of shares in their own names. That's quite significant. It is good to see this level of investment. You can check here to see if those insiders have been buying recently.

General Public Ownership

The general public, who are usually individual investors, hold a 49% stake in Suzuken. 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.

Next Steps:

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.

I like to dive deeper into how a company has performed in the past. You can access this interactive graph of past earnings, revenue and cash flow, for free.

Ultimately the future is most important. You can access this free report on analyst forecasts for the company.

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.