Shareholding & Ownership
Who owns the shares, and how the share count changes. 22 topics.
Promoter Holding
The percentage of shares held by the promoter and promoter group.
Promoter Pledging
Shares of the promoter group given as collateral for a loan, expressed as a percentage of promoter holding or of total equity.
Public Shareholding
The shares not held by the promoter and promoter group. SEBI sets a minimum public holding for listed companies.
Institutional Shareholding
The combined stake of institutions such as mutual funds, insurers, banks, FPIs, and alternative investment funds.
FII Holding
The stake held by foreign institutional investors, the category India used before the foreign portfolio investor regime.
FPI Holding
The stake held by foreign portfolio investors registered with SEBI.
DII Holding
The stake held by domestic institutional investors: Indian mutual funds, insurers, banks, and similar institutions.
Mutual Fund Holding
The stake held by mutual fund schemes.
Retail Shareholding
The stake held by individual public shareholders, as distinct from institutions and promoters.
Government Holding
The stake held by the central government, state governments, or government-controlled entities when they are disclosed as such.
Foreign Ownership
Every share held by non-residents, across FPI, FDI, depository receipts, and foreign promoter categories.
Shareholding Pattern
The quarterly disclosure of who owns the company, by category.
Free Float
Shares that are actually available to trade, excluding promoter holdings, locked-in shares, and other non-tradable strategic stakes as the index method defines them.
Insider Ownership
Shares held by people who run or control the company: promoters, directors, and key managers.
Insider Trading
Trading on unpublished price-sensitive information. The phrase is also used, loosely and incorrectly, for any trade by an insider.
Equity Dilution
A fall in the existing shareholder's percentage ownership, and often in earnings per share, because new shares are issued.
Buyback of Shares
The company purchasing its own shares, reducing the share count and returning cash.
Bonus Shares
New shares issued free to existing shareholders by capitalising reserves. The share count rises and the price adjusts down.
Stock Split
A division of each share into more shares with a lower face value. The economic claim is unchanged.
Rights Issue
An offer of new shares to existing shareholders in proportion to their holding, usually at a discount to the market price.
Preferential Allotment
A private issue of shares or convertibles to a selected group, not offered to every shareholder.
Qualified Institutional Placement (QIP)
A private placement of shares or convertibles by a listed company to qualified institutional buyers, under SEBI's shorter route.