Appen Limited

ASX:APX Stock Report

Market Cap: AU$638.8m

Appen Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

ASX:APX Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
03 Jan 25BuyAU$22,903,700First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM LtdCompany9,407,720AU$2.43
27 Nov 24BuyAU$6,107,013Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage InvestmentsCompany2,370,821AU$2.58
27 Nov 24SellAU$368,870First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM LtdCompany157,866AU$2.34
27 Nov 24SellAU$8,275,692Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage InvestmentsCompany3,467,184AU$2.39
09 Oct 24BuyAU$84,381First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM LtdCompany41,567AU$2.03
30 Sep 24BuyAU$3,226,834Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage InvestmentsCompany1,683,529AU$1.92
30 Sep 24SellAU$3,604,158Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage InvestmentsCompany1,879,391AU$1.92
26 Sep 24BuyAU$151,924First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM LtdCompany81,243AU$1.87
23 Sep 24BuyAU$2,839,999First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM LtdCompany1,762,666AU$1.61
20 Sep 24BuyAU$2,458,663Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage InvestmentsCompany1,578,736AU$1.56
20 Sep 24SellAU$1,826,948Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage InvestmentsCompany1,205,693AU$1.52
10 Sep 24BuyAU$2,070,382First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM LtdCompany1,815,233AU$1.14
02 Sep 24BuyAU$836,319First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM LtdCompany1,101,431AU$1.01
22 Mar 24BuyAU$171,169Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage InvestmentsCompany291,535AU$0.59
21 Mar 24BuyAU$9,546,360Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage InvestmentsCompany16,488,947AU$0.58
21 Mar 24SellAU$11,093,684Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage InvestmentsCompany17,943,100AU$0.62
01 Mar 24SellAU$94,952First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM LtdCompany163,710AU$0.58
21 Feb 24BuyAU$2,126,650UBS Asset Management AGCompany5,617,535AU$0.38
21 Feb 24SellAU$3,589,714UBS Asset Management AGCompany9,083,621AU$0.40
15 Feb 24BuyAU$1,091,996UBS Asset Management AGCompany3,584,997AU$0.30
15 Feb 24SellAU$548,493UBS Asset Management AGCompany1,794,027AU$0.31
13 Feb 24BuyAU$163,961UBS Asset Management AGCompany509,557AU$0.32
13 Feb 24SellAU$1,392,025UBS Asset Management AGCompany4,258,889AU$0.35
12 Feb 24BuyAU$1,571,863UBS Asset Management AGCompany5,101,711AU$0.31
12 Feb 24SellAU$444,877UBS Asset Management AGCompany1,485,727AU$0.30
08 Feb 24BuyAU$1,003,013Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Banking InvestmentsCompany3,267,779AU$0.31
08 Feb 24BuyAU$141,094UBS Asset Management AGCompany503,200AU$0.30
08 Feb 24SellAU$860,749Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Banking InvestmentsCompany2,813,096AU$0.31
08 Feb 24SellAU$554,937UBS Asset Management AGCompany1,966,849AU$0.29
07 Feb 24BuyAU$49,415,904UBS Asset Management AGCompany88,353,773AU$1.08
07 Feb 24BuyAU$594,808First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM LtdCompany1,158,034AU$0.72
07 Feb 24SellAU$46,244,385UBS Asset Management AGCompany80,945,433AU$0.57

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of APX?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Private Companies7,758,7122.98%
Individual Insiders22,928,4308.79%
Institutions74,422,46828.5%
General Public155,625,54459.7%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 18.9%.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 39.95% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
4.15%
Spheria Asset Management Pty Ltd
10,810,168AU$26.5m0%2.94%
3.68%
Christopher Vonwiller
9,600,827AU$23.5m0%no data
3.67%
Morgan Stanley, Investment Banking and Brokerage Investments
9,577,988AU$23.5m40.9%no data
3.28%
Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc., Banking Investments
8,544,350AU$20.9m0%no data
3.21%
UBS Asset Management AG
8,361,479AU$20.5m0%no data
3.11%
JPMorgan Chase & Co, Brokerage and Securities Investments
8,111,613AU$19.9m0%0.01%
2.7%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
7,043,429AU$17.3m0%no data
1.92%
Citigroup Inc.,Banking and Securities Investments
5,002,356AU$12.3m0%0.01%
1.58%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
4,130,229AU$10.1m-2.72%no data
1.51%
Mike Davie
3,925,865AU$9.6m0%no data
1.47%
Credit Suisse, Investment Banking and Securities Investments
3,844,288AU$9.4m0%0.28%
1.15%
Bo Xu
3,006,576AU$7.4m0%no data
1.12%
Lu Hua
2,926,833AU$7.2m0%no data
1.1%
First Sentier Investors (Australia) IM Ltd
2,873,311AU$7.0m-27.2%0.01%
1.09%
Peng Cheng Investment Pty Ltd
2,850,000AU$7.0m0%no data
1.07%
Matthew Wong Investments (Aus) Pty Ltd
2,802,386AU$6.9m0%no data
1.01%
JPMorgan Chase & Co, Private Banking and Investment Banking Investments
2,635,875AU$6.5m0%no data
0.81%
QY Long River Pty Ltd
2,106,326AU$5.2m0%no data
0.66%
Bank of America Corporation, Asset Management Arm
1,731,225AU$4.2m0%no data
0.46%
Guoxin Hu
1,200,000AU$2.9m0%no data
0.42%
Dongmei Chen
1,100,000AU$2.7m0%no data
0.33%
Finclear Pty Ltd, Asset Mangement Arm
868,683AU$2.1m0%11.19%
0.22%
BetaShares Capital Limited
564,770AU$1.4m27.2%no data
0.11%
Armughan Ahmad
277,041AU$678.7k0%no data
0.1%
Robin Low
272,676AU$668.1k6.08%no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/28 22:46
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/28 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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

Appen Limited is covered by 14 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Josh KannourakisBarrenjoey Markets Pty Limited
Ware KuoBofA Global Research
Conor O’PreyCanaccord Genuity