J Sainsbury plc

LSE:SBRY Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£7.3b

J Sainsbury Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

LSE:SBRY Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
18 Nov 25SellUK£719,122Blathnaid BerginIndividual225,000UK£3.20
10 Nov 25BuyUK£9,938Katie BickerstaffeIndividual2,889UK£3.44
10 Jul 25SellUK£1,641,957Simon RobertsIndividual578,500UK£2.84
24 Apr 25SellUK£418,433Simon RobertsIndividual161,010UK£2.60
24 Apr 25SellUK£197,535Blathnaid BerginIndividual76,010UK£2.60

Insider Trading Volume

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

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of SBRY?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Public Companies1,056,7870.047%
Individual Insiders3,183,2680.141%
State or Government7,842,2030.348%
Employee Share Scheme55,913,6272.48%
Private Companies121,916,8415.42%
General Public289,201,01812.9%
VC/PE Firms475,219,64221.1%
Institutions1,296,129,93557.6%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 72.63% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
10.6%
Qatar Holding LLC
239,446,132UK£777.1m0%1.3%
10.5%
Vesa Equity Investment S.à R.L.
235,773,510UK£765.2m0%71.42%
9.44%
Pzena Investment Management, Inc.
212,530,088UK£689.8m-0.11%1.53%
6.37%
BlackRock, Inc.
143,251,756UK£464.9m21.9%0.01%
5.26%
Bestway Group UK Limited
118,273,900UK£383.9m0%no data
4.04%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
90,880,874UK£295.0m-0.81%no data
2.77%
Brandes Investment Partners, LP
62,310,043UK£202.2m-3.43%1.26%
2.4%
The Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts
54,071,990UK£175.5m-6.83%100.0%
2.26%
J Sainsbury Plc, ESOT
50,908,825UK£165.2m-5.78%no data
1.92%
Schroder Investment Management Limited
43,112,252UK£139.9m-5.84%0.09%
1.64%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
36,842,804UK£119.6m-1.59%0.06%
1.57%
Aberdeen Group Plc
35,337,879UK£114.7m-2.67%0.08%
1.38%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
31,056,812UK£100.8m1.15%no data
1.33%
ING Groep N.V.
30,000,000UK£97.4m0%0.36%
1.33%
LSV Asset Management
29,973,693UK£97.3m1.58%0.25%
1.29%
Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd.
29,034,656UK£94.2m-5.85%0.25%
1.23%
Invesco Ltd.
27,588,142UK£89.5m11.6%0.03%
1.13%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
25,461,099UK£82.6m6.03%0.02%
1.08%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
24,344,611UK£79.0m-12.3%0.01%
1.04%
UBS Asset Management AG
23,314,757UK£75.7m-7.47%0.01%
1.03%
Jupiter Fund Management Plc
23,105,964UK£75.0m0%0.27%
0.89%
Amundi Asset Management SAS
19,984,687UK£64.9m-1.31%0.02%
0.76%
M&G Investment Management Limited
17,172,736UK£55.7m0%0.14%
0.69%
Aviva Investors Global Services Ltd.
15,526,217UK£50.4m-9.72%0.07%
0.68%
Wellington Management Group LLP
15,245,312UK£49.5m-0.33%0.01%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/11/24 21:41
End of Day Share Price 2025/11/24 00:00
Earnings2025/09/13
Annual Earnings2025/03/01

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

J Sainsbury plc is covered by 28 analysts. 12 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Timothy AttenboroughBanco Santander
Thomas DaviesBerenberg
Robert JoyceBNP Paribas