BAE Systems plc

BATS-CHIXE:BAL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£53.9b

BAE Systems Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

BATS-CHIXE:BAL Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
24 Mar 25SellUK£1,280,208Thomas ArseneaultIndividual80,294UK£15.94

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 BAL?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Individual Insiders2,530,5120.0849%
State or Government2,814,8040.0944%
Public Companies2,873,6690.0964%
Private Companies11,101,8590.372%
Employee Share Scheme112,874,0813.79%
General Public432,389,46214.5%
Institutions2,416,552,56981.1%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 58.78% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
12.6%
Capital Research and Management Company
374,312,743UK£6.8b-0.42%0.36%
8.16%
BlackRock, Inc.
243,250,481UK£4.4b-0.5%0.08%
5.2%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
154,931,906UK£2.8b1.42%0.05%
4.87%
WCM Investment Management, LLC
145,105,507UK£2.6b18.3%4.48%
4.4%
FMR LLC
131,311,774UK£2.4b-1.8%0.16%
3.79%
Bae Systems plc, ESOP
112,874,081UK£2.0b-2.95%100.0%
1.69%
UBS Asset Management AG
50,435,575UK£911.2m-4.82%0.09%
1.64%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
49,028,913UK£885.8m-4.41%0.04%
1.52%
GIC Private Limited
45,405,620UK£820.3m94.1%1.76%
1.42%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
42,254,996UK£763.4m-7.45%0.19%
1.28%
Aberdeen Group Plc
38,037,089UK£687.2m2.9%0.48%
1.24%
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership
36,903,560UK£666.7m-28%0.61%
1.22%
Janus Henderson Group plc
36,332,927UK£656.4m-14.1%0.31%
1.18%
First Eagle Investment Management, LLC
35,028,283UK£632.8m-22%0.9%
1.07%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
32,001,919UK£578.2m-19.3%0.28%
1.02%
Principal Global Investors, LLC
30,535,081UK£551.7m8.98%0.32%
1.02%
Invesco Ltd.
30,331,484UK£548.0m26%0.18%
0.97%
Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd.
28,881,207UK£521.8m0.62%1.38%
0.76%
Select Equity Group, L.P.
22,552,325UK£407.4m34.1%2.07%
0.71%
Amundi Asset Management SAS
21,121,427UK£381.6m79%0.09%
0.65%
Rathbones Investment Management Limited
19,398,559UK£350.5m23.6%0.83%
0.63%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
18,922,936UK£341.9m3.7%0.03%
0.61%
Kuwait Investment Authority
18,148,539UK£327.9m3.11%1.31%
0.61%
AllianceBernstein L.P.
18,058,552UK£326.3m5.84%0.12%
0.57%
WisdomTree Management Limited
17,119,021UK£309.3m98.6%42.44%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/11/07 20:05
End of Day Share Price 2025/11/07 00:00
Earnings2025/06/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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

BAE Systems plc is covered by 34 analysts. 17 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Joseph CampbellBarclays
Andrew GollanBerenberg
George McwhirterBerenberg