Macfarlane Group PLC

LSE:MACF Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£102.0m

Macfarlane Group Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

LSE:MACF Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
02 Mar 26BuyUK£14,964David StirlingIndividual20,900UK£0.72
02 Mar 26BuyUK£19,688Aleen GulvanessianIndividual27,730UK£0.71
02 Mar 26BuyUK£13,246Diane WhyteIndividual18,500UK£0.72
02 Mar 26BuyUK£15,911James MacdonaldIndividual22,191UK£0.72
02 Mar 26SellUK£13,135Diane WhyteIndividual18,500UK£0.71
02 Mar 26SellUK£16,002James MacdonaldIndividual22,318UK£0.72
26 Mar 25SellUK£30,439Peter AtkinsonIndividual29,128UK£1.04
26 Mar 25SellUK£16,090Ivor GrayIndividual15,397UK£1.04

Insider Trading Volume

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

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of MACF?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Employee Share Scheme278,6400.178%
Public Companies413,0000.264%
Individual Insiders2,125,4721.36%
Private Companies3,317,1242.12%
General Public7,942,6325.08%
Institutions142,405,98391%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 73.89% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
12%
Aberforth Partners LLP
18,840,381UK£12.3m13.2%0.64%
5.73%
Raymond James Wealth Management Limited
8,961,645UK£5.8m-7.75%0.06%
4.53%
Rights and Issues Investment Trust Public Limited Company
7,090,653UK£4.6m0%5.62%
4.46%
Business Growth Fund Limited
6,985,420UK£4.6m0%1.34%
4.11%
Jupiter Fund Management Plc
6,437,647UK£4.2m0%0.01%
3.96%
Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.
6,189,838UK£4.0m-18.8%0.09%
3.92%
Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd.
6,133,404UK£4.0m17.3%0.01%
3.82%
Aberdeen Group Plc
5,981,103UK£3.9m6.56%no data
3.68%
Hauser Brothers GmbH
5,762,530UK£3.8m-27.7%3.39%
3.53%
Hauser Family AG
5,522,470UK£3.6m0%21.58%
2.78%
Canaccord Genuity Asset Management Limited
4,350,000UK£2.8m-19.4%0.18%
2.03%
Still Lake Capital, Llc
3,182,915UK£2.1m59.2%no data
1.87%
Rathbones Investment Management Limited
2,927,028UK£1.9m-1.92%no data
1.72%
Canaccord Genuity Wealth (International) Ltd.
2,698,856UK£1.8m-1.23%0.03%
1.69%
Bankinter, S.A.
2,650,000UK£1.7m0%0.29%
1.69%
Olesen Capital Management LLC
2,643,422UK£1.7m574%18.22%
1.68%
HBOS Investment Fund Managers Limited
2,630,661UK£1.7m8.1%0.01%
1.46%
Cecabank, S.A.
2,281,111UK£1.5m74%0.08%
1.46%
HC Capital Advisors GmbH
2,278,519UK£1.5m0%0.66%
1.41%
Swedbank Robur Fonder AB
2,202,015UK£1.4m-48.8%no data
1.33%
BlackRock, Inc.
2,078,743UK£1.4m-10.1%no data
1.31%
Schroder Investment Management Limited
2,047,845UK£1.3m0%no data
1.25%
Quaero Capital SA
1,955,862UK£1.3m0%0.65%
1.22%
Teviot Partners LLP
1,903,057UK£1.2m0%0.66%
1.21%
Equam Capital, EAFI, SL
1,896,443UK£1.2m33%1.77%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/03/16 11:44
End of Day Share Price 2026/03/13 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

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

Macfarlane Group PLC is covered by 8 analysts. 3 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
James FletcherBerenberg
Calum BattersbyBerenberg
James BaylissBerenberg