WH Smith Ownership

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


Recent Insider Transactions

DB:21Q Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
23 May 24Buy€11,732Annette CourtIndividual900€13.04

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 21Q?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Public Companies58,9140.0454%
Private Companies102,6720.0791%
Individual Insiders269,4850.207%
Employee Share Scheme1,947,1551.5%
General Public7,401,8685.7%
Institutions120,100,41692.5%

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


Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 73.78% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
12.3%
Causeway Capital Management LLC
15,953,781€283.3m6.38%1.21%
8.04%
BlackRock, Inc.
10,440,248€185.4m-13.3%no data
5.89%
M&G Investment Management Limited
7,644,937€135.8m0.81%0.29%
5.23%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
6,796,726€120.7m8.82%no data
5.03%
Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc.
6,528,772€115.9m8.53%0.08%
3.94%
FMR LLC
5,122,664€91.0m-18%0.01%
3.87%
Artemis Investment Management LLP
5,028,648€89.3m22.5%0.36%
3.29%
Royal London Asset Management Ltd.
4,274,455€75.9m-3.25%0.1%
3.06%
Marathon Asset Management Limited
3,969,722€70.5m-5.83%0.46%
2.35%
JP Morgan Asset Management
3,058,000€54.3m0%0.01%
2.22%
Wellington Management Group LLP
2,889,049€51.3m601%0.01%
1.93%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
2,510,380€44.6m-1.48%0.01%
1.86%
Fidelity International Ltd
2,421,371€43.0m17.1%0.02%
1.83%
Norges Bank Investment Management
2,370,709€42.1m1.96%no data
1.53%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
1,981,003€35.2m1.77%0.01%
1.5%
WH Smith Group Plc Employees Benefit Trust
1,947,155€34.6m-0.18%no data
1.41%
Pictet & Cie (Europe) S.A., Asset Management Arm
1,832,844€32.5m3.55%0.56%
1.31%
abrdn plc
1,697,755€30.1m9.39%0.02%
1.19%
MN Services N.V.
1,542,224€27.4m-14.4%2.24%
1.13%
Metzler Asset Management GmbH
1,472,474€26.1m-9.91%0.23%
1.1%
AGF Management Limited
1,429,150€25.4m-5.67%0.13%
1.01%
Societe Generale Group, Banking Investments
1,316,028€23.4m4.1%0.13%
0.97%
Janus Henderson Group plc
1,260,598€22.4m119%0.01%
0.9%
Liontrust Asset Management PLC
1,174,733€20.9m-18.7%0.09%
0.89%
BNPP Asset Management Holding
1,157,800€20.6m-13.7%0.03%