Croda International Plc

LSE:CRDA Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£4.2b

Croda International Ownership

Who are the major shareholders and have insiders been buying or selling?

Recent Insider Transactions

LSE:CRDA Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
11 Apr 25BuyUK£14,149Danuta GrayIndividual550UK£25.73
07 Apr 25BuyUK£20,910Thomas BrophyIndividual791UK£26.44
07 Apr 25SellUK£20,087Thomas BrophyIndividual760UK£26.43
31 Mar 25BuyUK£4,467Jacqueline Patricia FergusonIndividual155UK£28.82
10 Dec 24BuyUK£40,089Danuta GrayIndividual1,150UK£34.86
20 Nov 24BuyUK£20,969Ian BullIndividual600UK£34.95
29 May 24BuyUK£39,678Thomas BrophyIndividual872UK£45.50
29 May 24SellUK£247,986Thomas BrophyIndividual5,450UK£45.50

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: CRDA insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of CRDA?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
State or Government137,0860.0982%
Individual Insiders348,8680.25%
Employee Share Scheme369,7130.265%
Public Companies624,9580.448%
Private Companies835,6000.599%
Sovereign Wealth Funds13,032,0139.34%
General Public16,800,53612%
Institutions107,442,03477%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have not been meaningfully diluted in the past year.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 58.25% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
9.34%
Norges Bank Investment Management
13,032,013UK£391.0m-1.73%0.04%
7.8%
BlackRock, Inc.
10,884,518UK£326.5m-0.67%0.01%
5.27%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
7,360,000UK£220.8m8.72%0.07%
4.95%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
6,907,296UK£207.2m-0.35%no data
3.82%
Brewin Dolphin Limited
5,338,999UK£160.2m5.38%0.91%
3.3%
Sprucegrove Investment Management Ltd
4,600,898UK£138.0m8.53%3.86%
3.17%
Select Equity Group, L.P.
4,427,783UK£132.8m35.7%0.7%
2.54%
Royal London Asset Management Ltd.
3,541,081UK£106.2m10%0.18%
2.18%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
3,036,712UK£91.1m1.1%0.03%
1.52%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
2,124,894UK£63.7m-8.42%no data
1.45%
UBS Asset Management AG
2,018,145UK£60.5m-13.5%0.01%
1.42%
Impax Asset Management Group Plc
1,982,535UK£59.5m-57.1%0.29%
1.36%
Ninety One UK Limited
1,895,840UK£56.9m2.81%0.11%
1.32%
Lazard Asset Management LLC
1,847,043UK£55.4m44.3%0.07%
1.12%
Aberdeen Group Plc
1,556,887UK£46.7m-15.2%0.04%
1.04%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
1,455,934UK£43.7m10.2%0.01%
0.88%
Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., Asset Management Arm
1,226,309UK£36.8m0%0.49%
0.86%
Fundsmith, LLP
1,203,295UK£36.1m0%0.17%
0.85%
Caledonia Investments Plc
1,185,957UK£35.6m13.6%3.85%
0.84%
Amundi Asset Management SAS
1,177,367UK£35.3m-29.2%0.01%
0.74%
Invesco Ltd.
1,027,296UK£30.8m-17.5%0.01%
0.66%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
915,274UK£27.5m1.83%0.02%
0.62%
Rathbones Investment Management Limited
864,806UK£25.9m-19.9%0.09%
0.61%
Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage Investments
853,668UK£25.6m555%no data
0.61%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
852,125UK£25.6m1.98%0.01%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/01 03:45
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/01 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

PackageDataTimeframeExample US Source *
Company Financials10 years
  • Income statement
  • Cash flow statement
  • Balance sheet
Analyst Consensus Estimates+3 years
  • Forecast financials
  • Analyst price targets
Market Prices30 years
  • Stock prices
  • Dividends, Splits and Actions
Ownership10 years
  • Top shareholders
  • Insider trading
Management10 years
  • Leadership team
  • Board of directors
Key Developments10 years
  • Company announcements

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Analyst Sources

Croda International Plc is covered by 39 analysts. 14 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Robert BateBarclays
Amy LianBarclays
James StewartBarclays