Ricardo Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

DB:RIR Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Shares	Max Price
16 Dec 24	Buy€47,953	Judith Cottrell	Individual	9,802	€4.89
16 Dec 24	Buy€60,080	Graham Ritchie	Individual	12,281	€4.89
09 Dec 24	Buy€178	Judith Cottrell	Individual	37	€4.82
09 Dec 24	Buy€183	Diane Christensen	Individual	38	€4.82
09 Dec 24	Buy€178	Rachel Stringer	Individual	37	€4.82
09 Dec 24	Buy€183	Harpreet Sagoo	Individual	38	€4.82
18 Nov 24	Sell€556	Natasha Perfect	Individual	108	€5.14
09 Oct 24	Buy€179	Judith Cottrell	Individual	35	€5.10
09 Oct 24	Buy€179	Rachel Stringer	Individual	35	€5.10
09 May 24	Buy€171	Judith Cottrell	Individual	31	€5.52
09 May 24	Buy€171	Rachel Stringer	Individual	31	€5.52

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 RIR?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
Individual Insiders	143,745	0.19%
Private Companies	170,261	0.226%
Employee Share Scheme	243,242	0.322%
Public Companies	12,551,418	16.6%
VC/PE Firms	14,419,945	19.1%
Institutions	47,952,353	63.5%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 110.25% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
23.2%	Gresham House Asset Management Limited	14,419,945	€44.9m	3.01%	2.78%
20.1%	Science Group plc	12,492,623	€38.9m	0%	no data
11.1%	Aberforth Partners LLP	6,916,520	€21.5m	33.9%	0.95%
7.06%	Aberdeen Group Plc	4,390,947	€13.7m	-3.59%	0.01%
6.54%	Royal London Asset Management Ltd.	4,066,754	€12.7m	9.42%	0.02%
4.98%	Perpetual Limited	3,096,526	€9.6m	0%	0.17%
4.43%	Invesco Ltd.	2,752,991	€8.6m	-0.15%	no data
2.87%	Aviva Investors Global Services Ltd.	1,784,004	€5.6m	-18.7%	0.01%
2.78%	Schroder Investment Management Limited	1,732,195	€5.4m	-3%	no data
2.64%	Montanaro Asset Management Ltd.	1,640,000	€5.1m	0%	0.22%
2.41%	Charles Stanley & Co. Ltd, Asset Management Arm	1,496,709	€4.7m	-2.09%	0.04%
2.3%	Octopus Investments Limited	1,431,000	€4.5m	0%	0.28%
2.16%	Briarwood Chase Management LLC	1,341,764	€4.2m	-60.2%	1.49%
2.06%	Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd.	1,284,670	€4.0m	0.26%	0.01%
1.99%	N.F.U. Mutual Unit Managers Limited	1,235,096	€3.8m	0%	0.08%
1.62%	J O Hambro Capital Management Limited	1,010,567	€3.1m	-4.8%	0.03%
1.61%	Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Ltd.	999,632	€3.1m	15.1%	0.06%
1.58%	Otus Capital Management Limited	980,503	€3.1m	-4.08%	2.47%
1.51%	Legal & General Investment Management Limited	937,840	€2.9m	1.43%	no data
1.46%	Jupiter Fund Management Plc	907,240	€2.8m	0%	0.01%
1.36%	Dimensional Fund Advisors LP	845,529	€2.6m	-3.7%	no data
1.36%	BlackRock, Inc.	844,645	€2.6m	-19.7%	no data
1.26%	Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC	786,468	€2.4m	-11%	no data
1.02%	Teviot Partners LLP	633,500	€2.0m	1.6%	1.01%
0.91%	JM Finn & Co Ltd.	564,760	€1.8m	-10.5%	0.04%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2025/05/07 00:59
End of Day Share Price	2025/05/07 00:00
Earnings	2024/12/31
Annual Earnings	2024/06/30

Data Sources

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Package	Data	Timeframe	Example US Source ^*
Company Financials	10 years	Income statement Cash flow statement Balance sheet	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form 10-Q
Analyst Consensus Estimates	+3 years	Forecast financials Analyst price targets	Analyst Research Reports Blue Matrix
Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Ricardo plc is covered by 19 analysts. 8 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
null null	Arden Partners Plc.
James Bayliss	Berenberg
Richard Hickinbotham	Charles Stanley Securities