Aggregate Minority Shareholder Count at Listed Firms Tops 81 Million

The aggregate number of minority shareholders across domestic listed companies has surged more than 24% over the past year and a half, surpassing 80 million. This increase is primarily driven by a sharp influx of individual investors into a handful of large-cap stocks, including Samsung Electronics and SK hynix. Despite the rise in shareholder counts, the total number of shares held by minority shareholders and their proportion of total shares outstanding both declined, indicating growing concentration in selected stocks.

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