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Shareholder statistics, June 2018

Share wealth increased

Statistical news from Statistics Sweden and Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority 2018-09-05 9.30

Shares listed on Swedish marketplaces were valued at SEK 7 015 billion at the end of June 2018. This is an increase of SEK 17 billion compared to the end of 2017. Holdings in the foreign owners sector amounted to 41 percent and one in seven Swedish krona in share value on Swedish marketplaces was US-owned.

Share wealth, the value of listed companies on Swedish marketplaces, increased by SEK 17 billion in the first six months of 2018, and amounted to SEK 7 015 billion at the end of June. The number of companies increased by 25 and amounted to 852 at the end of June. According to the Affärsvärlden general index, the Stockholm Stock Exchange rose by 0.8 percent in the same period.

Holdings in the foreign owners sector increased

Foreign investors’ stock of shares on Swedish marketplaces increased, while households’ and non-financial companies’ shares decreased. The foreign owners sector market value of shares accounted for 41.5 percent of total assets, up by 0.7 percentage points since the beginning of the year. In addition to foreign companies and private individuals, this sector includes Swedes residing abroad and Swedes residing in Sweden who trade via foreign nominees. Sweden was the largest owner country, followed by the United States and the United Kingdom. The value of North American share holdings amounted to SEK 1 002 billion, compared with EU countries’ (excluding Sweden) ownership, which was SEK 1 527 billion. One in seven Swedish krona in share value on Swedish marketplaces was thus US-owned. Share holdings in Nordic countries, excluding Sweden, on Swedish marketplaces, were valued at SEK 287 billion in total, while share holdings in Asian countries amounted to SEK 73 billion.

Share holdings by sector, percent, June 2018

Chart: Share holdings by sector, percent, June 2018

Women own one third of the shares

The household sector’s percentage of shares in companies listed on Swedish marketplaces decreased by 0.1 percentage points to 11.1 percent in the first half of 2018, and was valued at SEK 780 billion at the end of June. The five percent with the largest holdings owned 65 percent of households’ share wealth. At the individual level, where not all small savers are identified (see explanation below), shareholdings by women amounted to 32 percent. Women’s share portfolios were on average SEK 485 000 and men’s portfolios were on average SEK 678 000.

Definitions and explanations

Information on the final owners is not available concerning ownership in security accounts via Swedish nominees if holdings are less than 501 shares in a company, which means that these holdings are not included in a breakdown of households’ income and age. Information on foreign nominees’ final owners is not available, as these are not included in the public shareholders’ register. At the end of June 2018, households’ ownership in shares registered in security accounts amounted to 12 percent of total shareholdings.

Swedish marketplaces refer to Nasdaq/OMX Stockholm, Spotlight Stock Market, NGM and First North. Unlisted classes of shares in listed companies are also included. Shares in foreign companies that are listed on the above mentioned marketplaces have been included in the statistics from 2000 onwards.

Publication

A more detailed report of this survey is published in a Statistical Report.

Next publishing will be

March 2019.

Statistical Database

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