Companies with the most number of retail investors

An analysis of top companies in terms of number of retail shareholders throws quite a few surprises. Companies promoted by the Ambani brothers dominate the table, as five of the Reliance companies feature in the list of top seven companies with the highest number of shareholders. 

Anil Ambani's Reliance Power tops the table with 3.46 million shareholders, followed by Mukhesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries with 2.43 million shareholders. Reliance Communications (1.6 million), Reliance Infrastructure (1.1 million) and Reliance Capital (0.93 million) also feature in the top 10. 

Interestingly, Suzlon Energy is ranked number six in the list with 0.96 million shareholders. The Pune-based