Fundamentals & valuation
What is Promoter and promoter holding?
Also called: Promoter holding
Hinglish mein padhein: Promoter aur promoter holding kya hai?
Promoters are the founders or controlling shareholders of a company. Promoter holding is the percentage of shares they own.
A stable, high promoter holding is often read as confidence in the business. Rising pledges of promoter shares can be a warning sign, because pledged shares may be sold if prices fall.
Shareholding patterns are disclosed to the exchanges every quarter.
Related terms
- Free floatFree float is the part of a company's shares available for public trading, excluding promoter and other locked-in holdings.
- FII / FPIForeign portfolio investors (still often called FIIs) are overseas funds and institutions that invest in Indian stocks and bonds.
- DIIDomestic institutional investors are Indian institutions such as mutual funds, insurers, banks and pension funds that invest in the market.