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RWS Holdings And 2 Other UK Growth Stocks With High Insider Ownership

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The market is up 1.5% in the last 7 days, led by the Consumer Staples and Financials sectors. The market is up 6.2% over the past 12 months, with earnings expected to grow by 13% per annum over the next few years. In this favorable environment, growth companies with high insider ownership can be particularly attractive as they often signal strong confidence from those closest to the business.

Top 10 Growth Companies With High Insider Ownership In The United Kingdom

NameInsider OwnershipEarnings Growth
Plant Health Care (AIM:PHC)34.2%121.3%
Petrofac (LSE:PFC)16.6%124%
Gulf Keystone Petroleum (LSE:GKP)12.1%74.6%
Filtronic (AIM:FTC)28.6%69.9%
Integrated Diagnostics Holdings (LSE:IDHC)26.7%23.5%
Helios Underwriting (AIM:HUW)23.9%14.7%
LSL Property Services (LSE:LSL)10.8%33.3%
Belluscura (AIM:BELL)39.5%117.8%
Velocity Composites (AIM:VEL)27.6%173.3%
Hochschild Mining (LSE:HOC)38.4%53.8%

Click here to see the full list of 63 stocks from our Fast Growing UK Companies With High Insider Ownership screener.

We'll examine a selection from our screener results.

RWS Holdings (AIM:RWS)

Simply Wall St Growth Rating: ★★★★☆☆

Overview: RWS Holdings plc offers technology-enabled language, content, and intellectual property services and has a market cap of £667.32 million.

Operations: The company generates revenue from four main segments: IP Services (£105.10 million), Language Services (£325.40 million), Regulated Industry (£149.40 million), and Language & Content Technology (L&CT) (£137.90 million).

Insider Ownership: 24.6%

RWS Holdings, a UK-based growth company with significant insider ownership, recently launched Trados Studio 2024 and enhanced Tridion Docs with AI capabilities. Despite a dip in half-year earnings to £11.1 million from £20.9 million, the firm approved a 2% interim dividend increase. Analysts forecast RWS's earnings to grow by 67.35% annually and expect the stock price to rise by 105%. However, its revenue growth is projected at a modest 4.2% per year.

AIM:RWS Ownership Breakdown as at Jul 2024

International Workplace Group (LSE:IWG)

Simply Wall St Growth Rating: ★★★★☆☆

Overview: International Workplace Group plc, with a market cap of £1.76 billion, provides workspace solutions across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia Pacific through its subsidiaries.

Operations: Revenue Segments: The company generates revenue from various regions, including £1.05 billion in the Americas, £1.32 billion in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), £273 million in Asia Pacific, and £319 million from Worka.

Insider Ownership: 25.2%

International Workplace Group, with substantial insider ownership, is forecast to grow earnings by 108.16% annually and become profitable within three years. Analysts expect the stock price to rise by 32.3%. Recent debt financing includes a €575 million bond and a $720 million revolving credit facility, maintaining total debt levels while extending maturities. Revenue is projected to grow at 7.8% per year, outpacing the UK market average of 3.5%.

LSE:IWG Earnings and Revenue Growth as at Jul 2024

TBC Bank Group (LSE:TBCG)

Simply Wall St Growth Rating: ★★★★☆☆

Overview: TBC Bank Group PLC, with a market cap of £1.68 billion, offers banking, leasing, insurance, brokerage, and card processing services to corporate and individual customers in Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Uzbekistan through its subsidiaries.

Operations: The company's revenue segments include banking, leasing, insurance, brokerage, and card processing services provided to corporate and individual clients across Georgia, Azerbaijan, and Uzbekistan.

Insider Ownership: 17.7%

TBC Bank Group, with significant insider ownership, is forecast to grow earnings by 14.9% annually, outpacing the UK market's 13.1%. The stock trades at a substantial discount of 39.9% below its estimated fair value and has shown strong recent performance with net income rising to GEL 292.81 million for Q1 2024 from GEL 248.67 million a year ago. However, it has a high level of bad loans (2.1%) and volatile share price movements over the past three months.

LSE:TBCG Earnings and Revenue Growth as at Jul 2024

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