Using data from company's past performance alongside ownership research, one can better assess the future performance of a company

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To get a sense of who is truly in control of YHI International Limited (SGX:BPF), it is important to understand the ownership structure of the business. And the group that holds the biggest piece of the pie are individual insiders with 38% ownership. In other words, the group stands to gain the most (or lose the most) from their investment into the company.

With such a notable stake in the company, insiders would be highly incentivised to make value accretive decisions.

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

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Small companies that are not very actively traded often lack institutional investors, but it's less common to see large companies without them.

There are many reasons why a company might not have any institutions on the share registry. It may be hard for institutions to buy large amounts of shares, if liquidity (the amount of shares traded each day) is low. If the company has not needed to raise capital, institutions might lack the opportunity to build a position. Alternatively, there might be something about the company that has kept institutional investors away. YHI International might not have the sort of past performance institutions are looking for, or perhaps they simply have not studied the business closely.

YHI International is not owned by hedge funds. Yhi Holdings Pte Ltd. is currently the largest shareholder, with 32% of shares outstanding. Meanwhile, the second and third largest shareholders, hold 15% and 12%, of the shares outstanding, respectively. Two of the top three shareholders happen to be Senior Key Executive and Chairman of the Board, respectively. That is, insiders feature higher up in the heirarchy of the company's top shareholders.

To make our study more interesting, we found that the top 3 shareholders have a majority ownership in the company, meaning that they are powerful enough to influence the decisions of the company.

While it makes sense to study institutional ownership data for a company, it also makes sense to study analyst sentiments to know which way the wind is blowing. We're not picking up on any analyst coverage of the stock at the moment, so the company is unlikely to be widely held.