United Utilities Group Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

DB:UUEC Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
Date	Value	Name	Entity	Role	Shares	Max Price
26 Feb 26	Sell€20,885	Gaynor Kenyon	Individual		1,327	€15.74
16 Jun 25	Sell€135,885	Simon Gardiner	Individual		10,000	€13.59

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: UUEC insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of UUEC?
Owner Type	Number of Shares	Ownership Percentage
Individual Insiders	274,620	0.037%
Public Companies	351,784	0.0474%
State or Government	841,702	0.113%
Private Companies	1,114,026	0.15%
Employee Share Scheme	3,685,480	0.496%
General Public	98,860,149	13.3%
Institutions	637,736,267	85.8%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 62.55% of the company

Ownership	Name	Shares	Current Value	Change %	Portfolio %
9.03%	BlackRock, Inc.	67,045,587	€1.1b	5.89%	0.01%
7.27%	Lazard Asset Management LLC	54,035,235	€851.0m	-3.21%	0.85%
6.55%	ATLAS Infrastructure Partners (UK) Ltd	48,688,494	€766.8m	765%	15.72%
5.12%	The Vanguard Group, Inc.	38,070,098	€599.6m	2.43%	0.01%
4.44%	Australian Government Future Fund	32,986,849	€519.5m	0%	80.13%
3.33%	Legal & General Investment Management Limited	24,725,429	€389.4m	5.21%	0.08%
2.36%	Amundi Asset Management SAS	17,521,292	€275.9m	-5.59%	0.04%
2.35%	State Street Global Advisors, Inc.	17,480,848	€275.3m	5.69%	0.01%
2.29%	Pictet Asset Management Limited	17,032,872	€268.2m	0.23%	0.21%
2.06%	Aberdeen Group Plc	15,327,065	€241.4m	-0.32%	0.14%
1.76%	Magellan Investment Partners	13,042,543	€205.4m	-14.1%	0.74%
1.69%	Atlas Infrastructure Holdings Pty Ltd.	12,556,879	€197.8m	14.3%	37.15%
1.65%	Invesco Ltd.	12,288,249	€193.5m	-6.32%	0.05%
1.56%	Norges Bank Investment Management	11,580,370	€182.4m	-19.1%	0.01%
1.46%	Northern Trust Global Investments	10,832,336	€170.6m	7.31%	0.02%
1.29%	Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd.	9,556,247	€150.5m	-0.4%	0.32%
1.18%	UBS Asset Management AG	8,742,498	€137.7m	23.2%	0.01%
1.07%	HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited	7,970,564	€125.5m	-6.58%	0.04%
1.06%	Impax Asset Management Group Plc	7,903,523	€124.5m	-10.7%	0.54%
1.06%	Pzena Investment Management, Inc.	7,858,382	€123.8m	1,500%	0.2%
0.89%	Maple-Brown Abbott Limited	6,581,091	€103.6m	-16.6%	8.56%
0.84%	Geode Capital Management, LLC	6,273,698	€98.8m	-0.4%	0.01%
0.78%	HBOS Investment Fund Managers Limited	5,776,781	€91.0m	0.23%	0.57%
0.76%	KBC Asset Management NV	5,630,164	€88.7m	-0.57%	0.14%
0.7%	Franklin Resources, Inc.	5,188,079	€81.7m	0.81%	0.03%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2026/05/22 08:24
End of Day Share Price	2026/05/22 00:00
Earnings	2026/03/31
Annual Earnings	2026/03/31

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

United Utilities Group PLC is covered by 25 analysts. 12 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
Harry Wyburd	Barclays
Dominic Nash	Barclays
Dominic Nash	Barclays