2022 Shareownership Survey Reveals Individual Shareholder Increase

[Nikkei QUICK News] According to the Shareownership Survey for fiscal 2022 released by the four Japanese stock exchanges, including the Tokyo Stock Exchange, on July 6, the number of individual shareholders increased for the ninth consecutive year to 69.82 million as of March 2023, up 5.21 million (8.1%) YoY. Major marine transportation companies and Nintendo (7974) increased their individual shareholders through stock splits. The percentage of shares held by foreigners (in value terms) was 30.1%, down 0.3 points YoY, but exceeding 30% for the third consecutive year.

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Since name-based aggregation is not available, the Shareownership Survey is based on the total number of shareholders, which simply adds up the number of each listed company’s shareholders. For example, if one person owns 10 stocks, the survey simply calculates the total number of individual shareholders as 10.

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Looking at the factors for individual shareholder growth, companies that conducted initial public offerings (IPOs) or stock splits increased their individual investors by 540,000 and 750,000, respectively. For the companies that did not carry out either IPOs or stock splits, the number of individual shareholders increased by 4.41 million. The decrease due to delisting was 490,000 shareholders.

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Regarding the number of individual shareholders of companies that implemented stock splits, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines (9104) saw a large increase of 221,415 (3.3 times) YoY to 316,315. In addition, Nippon Yusen (9101) and Kawasaki Kisen (9107) more than doubled their shareholders from the previous year. Nintendo also saw a significant increase, up 113,711 (5.3 times) to 139,899 shareholders.

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In terms of value, net buying by individual investors totaled JPY769 bn in FY2022. It was the second consecutive year of net buying. By sector, the percentage of individual investors’ holdings increased in 30 of the 33 sectors. The largest increase was in the Marine Transportation sector, up 12.3 points YoY to 36.3%, followed by the Iron and Steel sector, up 5.1 points YoY to 25.7%.

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The amount of net selling by foreign investors was JPY1,809 bn. It was the second consecutive year of net selling. The percentage of foreign investors’ holdings declined in 20 of the 33 sectors, with Securities and Commodities Futures, as well as Oil and Coal Products falling sharply. On the other hand, the percentages in the sectors of Electric Power and Gas, Chemicals, and Foods rose.

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(Reported on July 6)

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