Oxford Instruments Ownership

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


Recent Insider Transactions

DB:OX3 Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
24 Jul 24Buy€75,721Gavin HillIndividual2,628€28.81

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 OX3?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Employee Share Scheme00%
Public Companies37,1720.0639%
Individual Insiders1,020,6951.75%
Private Companies1,040,2981.79%
General Public1,295,7872.23%
Institutions54,765,38094.2%

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


Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 81.85% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
13.7%
Artemis Investment Management LLP
7,954,176€168.3m13%0.64%
10.2%
BlackRock, Inc.
5,935,399€125.6m17.8%no data
6.69%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
3,892,018€82.3m-13.5%0.02%
6.45%
Van Lanschot Kempen Investment Management N.V.
3,749,166€79.3m2.89%0.58%
5.92%
Aberdeen Group Plc
3,443,232€72.9m7.92%0.05%
5.18%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
3,011,828€63.7m0.24%no data
3.22%
Janus Henderson Group plc
1,874,667€39.7m-11.6%0.02%
3.09%
Aviva Investors Global Services Ltd.
1,798,989€38.1m-1.81%0.06%
2.97%
Aegon Asset Management UK Plc
1,726,111€36.5m-13.1%0.21%
2.58%
Liontrust Asset Management PLC
1,499,102€31.7m12.1%0.15%
2.57%
UBS Asset Management AG
1,496,367€31.7m-9.2%no data
1.86%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
1,082,507€22.9m-2.61%0.01%
1.73%
Norges Bank Investment Management
1,006,283€21.3m-15.5%no data
1.7%
Lady Wood
990,800€21.0m0%no data
1.65%
Estate Of Sir Martin Wood
962,230€20.4m0%no data
1.54%
Baillie Gifford & Co.
898,299€19.0m-4.68%0.01%
1.51%
Royal London Asset Management Ltd.
879,006€18.6m-6.46%0.02%
1.5%
Jupiter Fund Management Plc
870,727€18.4m-16.2%0.06%
1.39%
FMR LLC
808,101€17.1m-22.7%no data
1.21%
Franklin Resources, Inc.
705,605€14.9m-7.3%0.01%
1.2%
Rathbones Investment Management Limited
696,524€14.7m3.17%0.03%
1.15%
Devon Equity Management Limited
667,754€14.1m-17.4%9.57%
1.06%
Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd.
615,873€13.0m3.14%0.03%
0.91%
Schroder Investment Management Limited
527,958€11.2m33.4%0.01%
0.88%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
511,356€10.8m-8.97%no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/06/15 13:40
End of Day Share Price 2025/06/13 00:00
Earnings2025/03/31
Annual Earnings2025/03/31

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

Oxford Instruments plc is covered by 24 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
Richard PaigeBarclays
Eleanor SpencerBerenberg
James BaylissBerenberg