The number of small shareholders holding Samsung Electronics stock has decreased by more than 420,000 in six months. It is analyzed that small shareholders sold their shares as the stock price moved within a long-term range.
According to the semi-annual report disclosed by Samsung Electronics on the 15th, as of the end of June this year, the total number of small shareholders of Samsung Electronics was 4,247,611, down 424,428 from 4,672,039 at the end of last year. Compared to the end of the first half of last year (5,668,319), it decreased by 1,420,708. Small shareholders hold 67.66% of Samsung Electronics' total issued shares.
The reason small shareholders left is analyzed to be because the stock price moved within a long-term range. Samsung Electronics surpassed 80,000 won last March, supported by the recovery of the semiconductor industry, which had been sluggish last year, but then entered a downward trend again, continuing a sluggish stock price movement. As of the previous day, Samsung Electronics' closing price was 77,200 won.
The number of small shareholders of Samsung Electronics surged more than twice in one year, from 2,153,969 at the end of 2020 to 5,066,351 at the end of 2021, fueled by the stock investment boom, and surpassed 6 million in September 2022. However, since the fourth quarter of the same year, the number has been gradually decreasing.
Meanwhile, the number of small shareholders of SK Hynix was 561,747 as of the end of June, down 26,029 from 587,776 at the end of last year.
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