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2022 Stock Market Report

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Which stocks have the most individual investors? Which companies have seen the greatest rise in market cap? And how many numbers can you look at before going blind? Find out in our 2022 Stock Report!
It’s just over thirteen months since Stocks 3.0 was released, and in that time, the value of the TCSE has swollen to a total of $201.5 trillion as of the 11th of May 2022, having passed the $200 trillion mark sometime between March and April. Sadly, our records from Stocks 3.0’s launch date aren’t as detailed as they should be, but we do have a full set of figures dating back to the 30th of July 2021, at which point the total value of the TCSE was $157.6 trillion.

This means that in just under a year, the TCSE’s value has grown by 27.83%. But which stocks are driving these gains the most? Which stocks have seen their share of the market fall off? And which stock has the most individual investors? To answer these questions and more, let’s take a detailed look into the movements of the stock market over the past 12 months (ish).


SHARE PRICE

The first question on everyone’s lips is which stock has made the most money. While data regarding share prices can be seen as far back as April 6th 2021 via the Stock Market page itself, we’ve decided to analyse the data from 30/07/21, by which point the two new stocks, ASS, and MUN, had enjoyed sufficient time to bed into the market.

Evil-Duck may be broke, but he will be pleased to know that the company bearing his name has enjoyed the largest share price increase since July 2021, with Evil Duck’s Candy Corp (EVL) rising from $398.26 per share to $513.44 today - a rise of 28.92%. If you purchased the 100,000 shares needed for the EVL benefit block back on the 30th of July, the value of your investment will grown by $11.5 million based on share price alone.

Here are the top five best-performing companies by share price over the past ten months.

EVL: +28.92%
IST: +27.44%
IIL: +22.72%
TCC: +20.3%
TGP: +18.79%

EVL’s gains aren’t enough to land it in the top five highest share prices, however, as Torn City Investments (TCI) was and remains the highest-priced stock in Torn City. TCI’s $972.01 share price is now $40.50 ahead of its nearest competitor, Torn & Shanghai Banking (TSB), with this gap growing considerably over the past ten months, having stood at just $15.51 on July 30th 2021.

Here are the most valuable stocks in 2022 with their 2021 ranking change indicated in brackets.

TCI: $972.01 (-)
TSB: $931.51 (-)
FHG: $706.67 (+2)
SYM: $686.57 (-1)
CNC: $661.44 (-2)

At the other end of the scale, Torn City Motors (TCM) has suffered the largest loss in share value, with 14.15% wiped off its price during our data period. TCM was valued at $347.94 but is now down to a measly $297.68 per share. If you bought the 1,000,000 shares required for the 10% passive racing skill provided by this benefit block back in July 2021, I’d suggest you hold onto them for the time being, as the value of your investment has fallen by $50.2 million - unless you’ve used that racing skill to place highly in the URT!

Here are the five worst-performing companies by share price over the past ten months.

TCM: -14.15%
TCT: -11.17%
THS: -9.3%
SYM: -9.25%
IOU: -1.49%

What’s interesting is that only one of these companies is present in the bottom five list in terms of share price, with the loss of 1.49% endured by Insured On Us (IOU) helping to make it the fifth-lowest valued share on the TCSE at $139.35. You’ll also notice that Symbiotic Ltd. (SYM), currently the fourth-highest valued share, has the fourth-worst performance out of all companies, making its place in the top five most valuable shares somewhat precarious.

Here are the least valuable stocks in 2022 with their 2021 ranking change indicated in brackets.

YAZ: $38.22 (-)
WSU: $79.38 (-)
TGP: $101.8 (-)
IIL: $107.96 (-)
IOU: $137.28 (-)

As you can see, there has been no movement in terms of the bottom five's rankings. Out of the 32 listed companies on the Torn City Stock Exchange, only seven are down on their July 2021 share price, with an additional two gaining less than 1%. The average stock price change was +6.62%, with 17 out of 32 stocks failing to gain above this. The average value of a TCSE stock was $367.52 in 2021, but this has grown to $390.48 today.


MARKET SHARE

When it comes to analysing a stock’s performance, the value of a share only tells part of the story. Data regarding the Market Cap and Total Shares isn’t available via the Stock Market page, but you can obtain this information by using the API. First, let’s look at the share totals of stocks as a percentage of the market.

There are currently more than 624 billion shares owned by investors across the entire Torn City Stock Exchange. Based on the total shares purchased in each company, Yazoo (YAZ), is the market leader with 18.58% of all existing shares being from this company - this isn't a surprise given it is Torn's cheapest stock. YAZ’s market share was 16.56% in July 2021, meaning it has increased its market share by 2.02% over the past ten months.

Here are the top five companies in Torn based on their share percentage of the TCSE with their 2021 ranking change indicated in brackets.

YAZ: 18.58% (+1)
IOU: 9.07% (-1)
TMI: 7.78% (+1)
SYM: 6.36% (+12)
FHG: 6.25% (-2)

The company with the lowest share of the market is International School TC (IST), despite its share price gains being the second-best out of all companies. IST’s market share has barely changed over ten months, having lost just 0.01 to fall from 0.14% to 0.13%. IST's benefit block provides free education courses after 100,000, so this stock mostly attracts only new players who are yet to complete all of Torn's education courses.

Here are the bottom five companies in Torn based on their share percentage of the TCSE with their 2021 ranking change indicated in brackets.

IST: 0.13% (-)
MSG: 0.45% (-)
TCM: 0.63% (-)
TCC: 0.79% (-4)
EVL: 0.89% (-4)

The company with the largest increase in market share during this period is SYM, Torn’s fourth-most valuable stock, which has risen from 2.03% of the market’s share to 6.36% - a gain of 4.33%. SYM pays out Drug Packs after purchasing 500,000 shares, and since Xanax prices have been increasing since October due to an uptick in warring activity, this may be the reason why more shares have been purchased in this company.

Here are the top five companies in Torn based on their market share increase.

SYM: +4.33%
TCP: +4.05%
TCT: +2.16%
TMI: +2.11%
YAZ: +2.02%

The company with the biggest fall in market share is IOU, which may surprise you given that it still has the second-highest market share in Torn. Back in 2021, IOU’s share was a massive 23.33% of the whole market, meaning its share of the TCSE has fallen by 14.26%. This stock provides $12 million in cash every 31 days when holding 3,000,000 shares, so with its market share dropping along with its share price, we can only assume players are not confident in this stock's long-term future.

Here are the bottom five companies in Torn based on their market share fall.

IOU: -14.26%
IIL: -1.02%
BAG: -0.99%
FHG: -0.93%
MCS: -0.76%


MARKET CAP

The Market Cap combines the value of a share with its total number of shares to give you an overall dollar value of said company. Once more, it makes sense to look at the changes in market cap in the context of the total value of the Torn City Stock Exchange if we want to see which companies have grown in both price and shares purchased.

Based on the total TCSE value of $201.5 trillion, Feathery Hotels Group (FHG) is the most valuable with its market cap of $27.5 trillion representing 13.67% of the market. Its market cap share has actually fallen since 2021 when its cap of $25.2 trillion accounted for 16.03% of the TCSE’s entire value.

Here are the top five companies in Torn based on their market cap share of the TCSE with their 2021 ranking change in brackets.

FHG: 13.67% (-)
SYM: 13.51% (+4)
TCI: 6.72% (+2)
MCS: 6.29% (-1)
TSB: 5.68% (-1)

The lowest market cap share belongs to IST, whose competitive share price is countered by its low share distribution. IST’s passive free education benefit block only requires 100,000 shares to acquire, and once you’ve done that, there is little incentive to invest further in this company, hence its position at the bottom of the pile. International School TC’s market cap share hasn’t changed since 2021 and remains at 0.17%

Here are the bottom five companies in Torn based on their market cap share of the TCSE with their 2021 ranking change in brackets.

IST: 0.17% (-)
MSG: 0.28% (-)
IIL: 0.54% (-4)
TCM: 0.58% (-1)
ELT: 0.64% (-1)

The largest growth in market cap share was earned by SYM, which rose from 7.87% to 13.51%. As we’ve already seen, this growth in market cap is entirely driven by the stock’s popularity among shareholders, with its share price having fallen considerably during the past ten months.

Here are the top five companies based on their market cap share increase.

SYM: +7.87%
TCP: +4.51%
MUN: +1.74%
TCT: +1.54%
CNC: +0.63%

The biggest fall in market cap share was seen at IOU, with its falling share price and reduced market share resulting in an 8.1% drop in its overall market cap since 2021 - its 2021 share of 11.95% was the second-highest in Torn at the time, behind only the Feathery Hotels Group (FHG).

Here are the bottom five companies based on their market cap share decrease.

IOU: -8.1%
FHG: -2.36%
MCS: -2.3%
BAG: -1.69%
SYS: -0.9%

Only 13 companies grew their market cap share during this time period, and only 4 of these made gains higher than 1%. The vast majority of companies, 24 out of 32, made gains or losses of no more than 1% in their market cap share.


UNIQUE INVESTORS

Last month, I requested that the total number of unique investors in each stock be added to the API in order to give investors more information regarding the popularity of each company. We only have this data going back to the 5th of April 2022, but this still allows us to identify short-term trends on the stock market, as well as seeing which stocks are broadly popular compared to those bought up in large quantities by a niche of investors.

The company with the most unique investors is Torn City Health Service (THS), with their benefit block provision of medical supplies attracting no fewer than 26,954 individual investors. This total is down slightly on their 2021 numbers when 27,082 people owned shares in the city’s hospital.

Here are the top five companies based on their total unique investors.

THS: 26,954
SYM: 26,324
WSU: 24,580
LSC: 21,472
FHG: 19,013

Torn’s least popular company to invest in is Munster (MUN), with just 3,507 people choosing to purchase shares in the famous energy drink manufacturer. MUN has gained 170 new investors since July 2021, but that isn’t enough to shift it from bottom place in the rankings, with those six-packs of energy drinks proving unattractive to most. MUN is the newest company to be listed on the stock exchange, having been added on the 6th of July 2021.

Here are the bottom five companies based on their total unique investors.

MUN: 3,507
ELT: 3,883
ASS: 4,872
SYS: 4,975
TCM: 5,569

We haven’t included any ranking information because the position of each stock in the investors table hasn’t shifted within the course of the month. But that doesn’t mean that there haven’t been major movements in their investor totals, because there have been, with some companies enduring huge swings between the 5th of April 2022 and the 11th of May 2022.

SYM has gained the most investors overall this month, with an extra 1,273 people choosing to buy their stock, raising its total unique investor count from 25,051 to 26,324 - a rise of 5.08%. The largest percentage rise was earned by Crude & Co. (CNC), whose 7.97% increase was based on a rise of 441 investors compared to its April total of 5,535.

Here are the top five companies based on the most investors gained since April 5th, 2022.

CNC: +7.97%
TCP: +6.31%
TCI: +5.22%
MUN: +5.09%
SYM: +5.08%

SYS has lost the most investors overall and the most as a percentage, with the 204 people ditching this stock representing 3.94% of its 5,179 investors in early April. McSmoogle Corp (MCS) has also lost a large chunk of investors too, with the 180 leaving in April representing 1.27% of its 14,217 total.

Here are the bottom five companies based on the most investors lost since April 5th, 2022. month.

SYS: -3.94%
MSG: -2.3%
BAG: -1.8%
MCS: -1.27%
LSC: -0.8%

23 out of 32 companies enjoyed a rise in the number of unique investors this month, with just nine seeing a fall. The average change in the number of investors was +179, with the average number of investors at any one company rising from 10,933 in April to 11,112 today.

The final data dump I’ll foist upon you is the average number of shares owned in each company. By taking the total shares and the number of unique investors, we can see that investors in Yazoo (YAZ) purchase the largest quantity, with an average of 14.1 million shares per investor. YAZ is the cheapest share available in Torn, but with only 1 million shares required to gain the benefit block’s free banner adverts, we can only assume some mad bastard has bought up several hundred million and inflated the average greatly.

Here are the top five companies based on the average shares held by unique investors.

YAZ: 14,132,752
TMI: 5,747,820
IOU: 4,433,805
TCP: 4,079,946
HRG: 3,287,097

Investors in the International School TC (IST) buy up the fewest shares per person, with only 87,258 held on average by their 9,466 investors. IST’s benefit block only requires 100,000 shares to acquire the free education passive special, so this low average suggests that many new players have invested in this stock with a view to acquiring the full block at a later date - or lots of new players have invested and then f***ed off elsewhere.

Here are the bottom five companies based on the average shares held by unique investors.

IST: 87,258
THS: 294,744
LSC: 325,430
MSG: 474,108
EVL: 570,752


WHAT, THAT’S IT?

Yes, that’s all of the information we’re going to explore in this article. Obviously, these figures are but a small part of the data required for a full analysis of the stock market, with in-game events, item market trends, and feature updates all contributing to the fortunes of Torn’s 32 listed companies. But I hope this information nevertheless proves useful to you if you are or are thinking of becoming an investor in the Torn City Stock Exchange.

All of the data I’ve acquired is freely available via the API. For a copy of the spreadsheet I’ve used to store and assess this data, please click here. If you’d like to notify me of any mistakes or insights, feel free to drop me a message with the title STONKS.


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