Last year, when the’stock frenzy’ blew, the number of stock investors soared by more than 3 million from a year ago. As the stock market plummeted due to the novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19), it is analyzed as a result of a large number of individual investors seeking low-cost purchases entering the stock market. In particular, men in their 50s who live in Gangnam-gu, Seoul, have the most stocks.
According to the Korea Securities Depository on the 16th, the number of shareholders of 2352 stocks listed in December settlement (excluding multiple owners) was 9,9176 million. This is an increase of 3,055 people (48.5%) from the previous year. The number of shares owned by stock owners is about 99.1 billion, which means that each person has an average of 1,779 shares. In terms of owner composition, individual shareholders reached 9.1 million (99.1%). Corporations (0.4%) and foreigners (0.2%) followed. However, the average number of shares held per person was overwhelming at 1,15,7591 corporations. Foreign shareholders amounted to 5,516,633 shares, and individual shares were limited to 5,454 shares.
Last year, Samsung Electronics’ stock owners reached 2.96 million. In January, when Samsung Electronics exceeded 90,000 won per share, a stock investor was looking at the stock price display. News 1
2.96 million owners of Samsung Electronics reached
Considering the place of residence, age, and gender, males in their 50s (a total of 1.14 billion shares) in Gangnam-gu, Seoul had the largest number of shares. The survey was followed by males in their 40s living in Gangnam-gu (825.13 million shares), and men in their 40s living in Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do (369.17 million shares).
In the KOSPI market, the share of corporate shareholders (43.9%) was the largest, and in the KOSDAQ market, the share of individuals (68.8%) was the largest.
The company with the most owners was Samsung Electronics. A whopping 295,8682 people were reached. Hyundai Motor Company (692374 people), KEPCO (582127 people), Kakao (561044 people), and SK Hynix (431608 people) followed. In the KOSDAQ market, Celltrion Healthcare (29,3625) and Kakao Games (27,4,806) were in order. The listed companies with the highest foreign stock holdings were Tong Yang Life Insurance (83.8%) in the KOSPI market and Huzel (79.4%) in the KOSDAQ market.
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