Retail investors on Tadawul rise to 6.05M in Q3 2023

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The number of individual investors on the Saudi Exchange (Tadawul) reached 6.05 million by the end of Q3 2023, an increase of 117,000 compared with the previous quarter.

The number of male investors reached 4.48 million in Q3 2023, while the number of female investors grew to 1.58 million, according to a recent report issued by the Capital Market Authority (CMA).

In addition, the number of retail investor portfolios stood at nearly 11.4 million by the end of Q3 2023.

The number of portfolios, which is almost twice the number of investors, indicates that some investors have more than one investment portfolio.

*Existing portfolios, whether or not they contain stocks.

Saudi individual investors in all domestic stock markets owned SAR 797.1 billion worth of shares by the end of Q3 2023, accounting for nearly 7% of the total market value of SAR 11.41 trillion.

Individual professional investors and high-net-worth investors (HNIs) owned stocks worth SAR 409.1 billion and SAR 235.4 billion, respectively.

The CMA defines HNIs as Saudi individuals who own a portfolio of an average size of SAR 1 million or more during the last 12 months, excluding individual professional investors.

Ownership of government-related entities (GREs) in Saudi-listed companies, which accounted for 75.4% of the total market value, up 3% year-on-year (YoY) to nearly SAR 8.6 trillion in Q3 2023.

Saudi corporates’ ownership reached SAR 1.25 trillion, up 40% YoY, while mutual funds’ ownership stood at SAR 283.3 billion in the same period, down 3% YoY.

Meanwhile, qualified foreign investors (QFIs) owned SAR 290.1 billion worth of stocks by the end of the three-month period, a rise of 4% YoY.