George Weston Limited

TSX:WN Stock Report

Market Cap: CA$32.7b

George Weston Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

TSX:WN Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
22 Aug 25BuyCA$499,943Smoothwater Capital CorporationCompany5,446CA$91.80
20 Mar 25SellCA$353,400Rashid WastiIndividual4,500CA$78.53
10 Mar 25SellCA$179,925Rashid WastiIndividual2,250CA$79.97
07 Mar 25SellCA$538,199Rashid WastiIndividual6,750CA$79.75
28 Feb 25SellCA$57,825Rashid WastiIndividual750CA$77.10
26 Feb 25SellCA$58,412Rashid WastiIndividual750CA$77.88
24 Dec 24BuyCA$273,000Camilla DalglishIndividual3,600CA$75.83
23 Dec 24BuyCA$1,135,009Camilla DalglishIndividual15,000CA$75.67
19 Dec 24BuyCA$453,000Camilla DalglishIndividual6,000CA$75.50
18 Dec 24BuyCA$1,696,618Camilla DalglishIndividual21,900CA$78.77
13 Dec 24BuyCA$1,541,295Camilla DalglishIndividual19,500CA$79.04
05 Dec 24SellCA$35,317Rashid WastiIndividual450CA$78.48
02 Dec 24SellCA$2,249,513Richard DufresneIndividual30,000CA$74.98
22 Nov 24SellCA$2,199,600Richard DufresneIndividual30,000CA$73.32

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 WN?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Individual Insiders5,977,3571.56%
Institutions51,796,94313.5%
General Public112,524,71929.3%
Private Companies213,395,70155.6%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 68.77% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
55.6%
Wittington Investments, Limited
213,395,701CA$18.2b-0.32%32.18%
3.16%
RBC Global Asset Management Inc.
12,133,690CA$1.0b0.04%0.37%
1.8%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
6,918,135CA$588.9m0.19%0.01%
1.4%
Galen Weston
5,375,113CA$457.6m706%no data
1.25%
BlackRock, Inc.
4,811,687CA$409.6m1.93%no data
0.89%
BMO Asset Management Corp.
3,406,973CA$290.0m2.11%0.07%
0.56%
Norges Bank Investment Management
2,135,456CA$181.8m0.34%0.01%
0.53%
FMR LLC
2,024,499CA$172.3m0%0.01%
0.47%
Beutel Goodman & Company Ltd.
1,801,959CA$153.4m0.1%0.51%
0.44%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
1,682,900CA$143.3m11.8%0.01%
0.41%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
1,554,689CA$132.4m0.38%0.01%
0.34%
TD Asset Management, Inc.
1,306,506CA$111.2m-7.92%0.05%
0.21%
Mackenzie Financial Corporation
807,028CA$68.7m0.35%0.05%
0.2%
Manulife Asset Management
758,895CA$64.6m0.3%0.03%
0.2%
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board
753,000CA$64.1m0%0.02%
0.19%
Picton Mahoney Asset Management
720,378CA$61.3m-4.81%0.63%
0.16%
UBS Asset Management AG
610,245CA$51.9m0%no data
0.15%
JP Morgan Asset Management
591,596CA$50.4m-3.47%no data
0.13%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
517,900CA$44.1m2.75%no data
0.13%
SEB Investment Management AB
488,799CA$41.6m0%0.05%
0.12%
AQR Capital Management, LLC
444,231CA$37.8m31%0.02%
0.11%
Smoothwater Capital Corporation
431,476CA$36.7m1.28%22.19%
0.11%
CI Global Asset Management
429,088CA$36.5m-0.25%0.04%
0.1%
Montrusco Bolton Investments Inc.
385,182CA$32.8m-19.8%0.19%
0.096%
Allianz Asset Management GmbH
368,715CA$31.4m10.1%0.02%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/10/06 09:28
End of Day Share Price 2025/10/03 00:00
Earnings2025/03/22
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

Data Sources

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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

George Weston Limited is covered by 16 analysts. 6 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
James DurranBarclays
Tamy ChenBMO Capital Markets Equity Research
Christopher LiBofA Global Research