Ashtead Group plc

BATS-CHIXE:AHTL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£21.6b

Ashtead Group Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

BATS-CHIXE:AHTL Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
12 Dec 24BuyUK£7,999Renata RibeiroIndividual150UK£53.32
11 Dec 24BuyUK£212,800Brendan HorganIndividual4,000UK£53.20
17 Oct 24SellUK£58,800Lucinda RichesIndividual1,000UK£58.80
17 Jul 24SellUK£219,213Lucinda RichesIndividual4,000UK£54.80
01 Jul 24BuyUK£8,436Renata RibeiroIndividual160UK£52.73

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: AHTL insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of AHTL?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Public Companies75,1240.0172%
Individual Insiders768,0000.176%
Employee Share Scheme906,5750.208%
State or Government1,005,8100.23%
Private Companies1,378,4010.316%
General Public56,424,79412.9%
Institutions376,196,12986.1%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 50.39% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
7.17%
BlackRock, Inc.
31,297,940UK£1.5b39%0.03%
6.93%
Dodge & Cox
30,253,200UK£1.5b11.7%0.63%
4.82%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
21,068,505UK£1.0b1.19%0.02%
2.92%
Abrams Bison Investments, L.L.C.
12,764,527UK£631.6m-1.07%36.25%
2.56%
Norges Bank Investment Management
11,159,943UK£552.2m-1.74%0.05%
2.29%
UBS Asset Management AG
9,983,461UK£494.0m1.27%0.06%
2.07%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
9,057,616UK£448.2m-5.66%0.22%
1.85%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
8,082,782UK£399.9m2.78%0.02%
1.65%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
7,221,301UK£357.3m-5.07%0.08%
1.62%
Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association-College Retirement Equities Fund
7,062,105UK£349.4m-0.07%0.1%
1.61%
GIC Private Limited
7,029,770UK£347.8m0.95%0.88%
1.6%
Capital Research and Management Company
6,994,627UK£346.1m-31.4%0.02%
1.28%
Invesco Ltd.
5,611,933UK£277.7m1.54%0.09%
1.24%
Impax Asset Management Group Plc
5,430,225UK£268.7m61.7%0.92%
1.22%
Rothschild and Co Wealth Management UK Limited
5,321,819UK£263.3m-5.3%4.15%
1.2%
Aviva Investors Global Services Ltd.
5,246,057UK£259.6m45.5%0.43%
1.12%
FMR LLC
4,890,256UK£242.0m-6.42%0.02%
1.11%
Brewin Dolphin Limited
4,845,225UK£239.7m-3.34%1.85%
0.98%
Royal London Asset Management Ltd.
4,301,376UK£212.8m-40%0.34%
0.97%
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.
4,228,768UK£209.2m-8.89%0.62%
0.94%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
4,087,577UK£202.3m28.5%0.06%
0.89%
Metropolis Capital Limited
3,886,933UK£192.3m6.08%6.32%
0.85%
Baillie Gifford & Co.
3,694,342UK£182.8m-2.64%0.1%
0.79%
BNY Mellon Advisors, Inc.
3,461,645UK£171.3m0.67%1.13%
0.71%
Beck, Mack & Oliver LLC
3,083,110UK£152.6m0.91%3.45%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/27 16:07
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/24 00:00
Earnings2024/10/31
Annual Earnings2024/04/30

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

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

Ashtead Group plc is covered by 45 analysts. 18 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Geoff AllumArden Partners Plc.
Jane SparrowBarclays
James RosenthalBarclays