The companies that list their shares on the Colombian Stock Exchange (BVC) saw the arrival of 25,251 new shareholders during 2021, up to 544,891, which represented an increase of 4.9% compared to 2020, when there were 519,650 members.
(Colombian and Chilean stock markets voted in favor of its integration).
According to the certified financial and stock market analyst, Andrés Moreno Jaramillo, Grupo de Energía Bogotá was the company that attracted the highest number of shareholders in 2021 with 3,985, and closed with 9,523 partners.
Other equity securities that performed well due to the number of new shareholders that arrived last year were Bancolombia (3,547), preferential Aval Group (2,894), Celsia (2,405), BVC (2,312), Mineros (2,256) and preferential Cementos Argos (2,176).
For its part, Ecopetrol was the title that lost the most number of shareholders in 2021, as these decreased by 3,315 to close at 254,075.
(Skepticism due to the impact of takeover bids on the Stock Market).
The analysis carried out by Moreno shows that the BVC share, with 257.5%, was the one that gained the most partners as a percentage, followed by Miners (132%), Terpel (95%), Conconcreto (80%), Promigas (74%), GEB (72%) and Cementos Argos preferential (62%).
In contrast, the company that lost the most shareholders in percentage terms was Avianca (100%), followed by Enka (12.9%), Grupo Bolívar (2.6%), preferential Carpak (2.1%) and Ecopetrol (1.3%).
Moreno says there was a bull run in shareholders, stock prices and investments between 1999 and 2011, and post-pandemic startups like the trii platform are helping drive the market, along with deals like the failed LLP initial public offering or the takeover bids (takeover bids) of Grupo Gilinski for Nutresa and Grupo Sura, which could be the beginning of a new cycle.
Although he warned that this would crystallize if a president is elected in Colombia who supports private initiative and generates confidence among investors.
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