BAE Systems Ownership

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


Recent Insider Transactions

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 BA.?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Public Companies617,7830.0207%
Individual Insiders2,196,2890.0737%
State or Government2,221,7560.0745%
Private Companies2,663,2040.0893%
Employee Share Scheme122,336,6984.1%
General Public474,180,30115.9%
Institutions2,377,043,93479.7%

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


Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 58.59% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
14.4%
Capital Research and Management Company
430,089,112UK£5.3b1.86%0.29%
7.97%
BlackRock, Inc.
237,663,023UK£2.9b-0.6%0.05%
5.07%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
151,101,699UK£1.8b1.39%0.03%
5%
FMR LLC
149,110,079UK£1.8b-1.85%0.12%
4.1%
Bae Systems plc, ESOP
122,336,698UK£1.5b-1.33%100.0%
2.19%
WCM Investment Management, LLC
65,233,762UK£798.4m-9.28%1.47%
1.86%
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership
55,494,849UK£679.2m-9.64%0.61%
1.71%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
50,907,591UK£623.0m0.42%0.03%
1.66%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
49,550,588UK£606.4m-5.69%0.13%
1.65%
First Eagle Investment Management, LLC
49,142,857UK£601.4m-3.21%0.93%
1.63%
UBS Asset Management AG
48,577,748UK£594.5m-2.89%0.07%
1.43%
Janus Henderson Group plc
42,581,904UK£521.1m-1.03%0.25%
1.4%
Wellington Management Group LLP
41,822,941UK£511.8m15%0.09%
0.94%
Orbis Investment Management Limited
28,084,288UK£343.7m-8.45%1.51%
0.89%
Principal Global Investors, LLC
26,613,877UK£325.7m18.8%0.19%
0.81%
Invesco Ltd.
24,191,860UK£296.1m28.8%0.09%
0.76%
Franklin Resources, Inc.
22,625,290UK£276.9m-18.4%0.11%
0.76%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
22,557,694UK£276.1m-20.5%0.13%
0.69%
Aviva Investors Global Services Ltd.
20,459,017UK£250.4m-4.01%0.39%
0.64%
Select Equity Group, L.P.
19,085,588UK£233.6m23.5%0.92%
0.63%
Mawer Investment Management Ltd.
18,636,783UK£228.1m-7.47%0.63%
0.62%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
18,509,994UK£226.5m12%0.02%
0.61%
Deka Investment GmbH
18,207,311UK£222.8m1.8%0.23%
0.58%
BNY Asset Management
17,289,757UK£211.6m-23.9%0.05%
0.56%
AllianceBernstein L.P.
16,789,208UK£205.5m1.02%0.07%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/01/31 02:35
End of Day Share Price 2025/01/31 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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

BAE Systems plc is covered by 51 analysts. 15 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Pierre-Yves GauthierAlphaValue
Guy BrownArden Partners Plc.
Joseph CampbellBarclays