The number of minors holding stocks worth over 100 million won has nearly doubled compared to last year. While the total number of minor shareholders has slightly decreased, those with high-value holdings have significantly increased.
According to data received by Park Seong-hoon, a member of the National Assembly's Political Affairs Committee, from the Korea Securities Depository on September 15, the number of minors holding listed stocks worth over 100 million won reached 5,400 at the end of last year. This marks a 92.9% increase from 2,800 a year earlier. Additionally, the number of those holding between 50 million and 100 million won rose from 4,400 to 10,000, a 127.3% increase.
However, during the same period, the total number of minors with stock holdings decreased slightly from 773,400 to 769,600. This follows a steady increase from 2021 to 2023, with a slight decline in growth last year.
Despite the decrease in the number of holders, the total value of stocks owned by minors increased by 57.2%, rising from 4.65 trillion won in 2024 to 7.31 trillion won last year. Notably, the number of stockholders under the age of 10 decreased from 254,700 in 2024 to 232,100 last year, a drop of over 20,000, yet their total holdings increased from 1.2488 trillion won to 1.8355 trillion won, a 47.0% rise.
The Korea Securities Depository's statistics on holdings are calculated based on the closing prices on the last trading day of each year. It is important to consider that the increase in the value of existing stockholders' holdings was influenced by the rise in the domestic stock market last year.
Minors have shown a tendency to invest heavily in major domestic stocks such as Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix. According to data compiled by a major domestic brokerage firm on September 10, Samsung Electronics topped the list of net purchases by minor accounts, amounting to 51.5 billion won, followed by SK Hynix at 34.9 billion won and Hyundai Motor at 10.9 billion won.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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