Defying Income Stereotypes: The Most Popular Stocks on the Helsinki Stock Exchange and Their Unexpected Ownership Trends
The Helsinki Stock Exchange has compiled a list of the ten most popular stocks, showing that there is no direct correlation between income and the number of owners. Despite this, the order of the most owned stocks has remained relatively consistent at the beginning of the year, with some fluctuations in the number of owners.
Neste, an oil refining company, experienced the worst annual return on the list of public stocks, with its share price falling by around 32 percent in the current year. However, despite this poor performance, Neste saw an increase in ownership by more than 15,000 at the beginning of the year, reflecting investor interest.
Nordea, a banking group, continues to have the most owners on the Helsinki Stock Exchange, with an increase of 5,400 owners at the start of the year. Interestingly, Nordea was not one of the companies with significant returns at the beginning of the year. Instead, a stock that had decreased significantly in the past year attracted new investors and became highly popular among them.
Fortum and Kesko entered the list of popular stocks at Nordea’s expense. Fortum saw an increase in ownership by 13,000 while Kesko gained over 5,300 owners at the beginning of
