Compass Group PLC

LSE:CPG Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£37.6b

Compass Group Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

LSE:CPG Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
09 Jan 26BuyUK£352,802Petros ParrasIndividual14,800UK£23.84
01 Dec 25SellUK£2,472,207Dominic BlakemoreIndividual105,584UK£23.41
01 Dec 25SellUK£1,556,181Charles BrownIndividual66,462UK£23.41
01 Dec 25SellUK£268,402Petros ParrasIndividual11,463UK£23.41
25 Nov 25BuyUK£10,620Leanne WoodIndividual444UK£23.92

Insider Trading Volume

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

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of CPG?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Employee Share Scheme582,6660.0343%
Individual Insiders1,075,4060.0632%
State or Government1,771,9160.104%
Public Companies1,948,1690.115%
Private Companies2,867,9920.169%
General Public265,492,68515.6%
Institutions1,426,562,60983.9%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 49.71% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
8.36%
BlackRock, Inc.
142,181,642UK£3.1b-0.4%0.05%
5.22%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
88,706,399UK£2.0b1.61%0.03%
4.93%
FMR LLC
83,909,195UK£1.9b-4.01%0.12%
3.59%
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership
61,056,790UK£1.4b1.42%1.24%
2.53%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
43,056,136UK£952.8m2.75%0.27%
2.03%
Walter Scott & Partners Limited
34,579,500UK£765.2m-5.99%2.79%
1.97%
Norges Bank Investment Management
33,515,395UK£741.7m1.57%0.06%
1.85%
Fidelity International Ltd
31,535,278UK£697.9m2.91%0.31%
1.82%
Sanders Capital, LLC
30,986,839UK£685.7m34%0.98%
1.68%
Société Générale Société anonyme
28,592,965UK£632.8m132%2.54%
1.59%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
27,066,051UK£599.0m-4.07%0.26%
1.59%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
27,046,702UK£598.5m5.38%0.02%
1.4%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
23,767,160UK£526.0m-2.25%0.13%
1.33%
UBS Asset Management AG
22,555,162UK£499.1m-2.28%0.05%
1.07%
Amundi Asset Management SAS
18,234,905UK£403.5m-45.5%0.09%
0.99%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
16,899,809UK£374.0m0.77%0.04%
0.99%
Invesco Ltd.
16,807,246UK£371.9m52.5%0.12%
0.97%
Grantham Mayo Van Otterloo & Co. LLC
16,572,810UK£366.8m0.86%0.95%
0.96%
Royal London Asset Management Ltd.
16,321,603UK£361.2m0.29%0.58%
0.96%
Rathbones Investment Management Limited
16,308,666UK£360.9m4.83%0.84%
0.91%
JP Morgan Asset Management
15,526,360UK£343.6m-3.63%0.04%
0.82%
Pictet Asset Management Limited
13,857,561UK£306.7m75.7%0.28%
0.74%
Aberdeen Group Plc
12,612,518UK£279.1m-2.19%0.18%
0.7%
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
11,842,419UK£262.1m27.3%0.07%
0.68%
Deka Investment GmbH
11,604,963UK£256.8m-2.43%0.24%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/02/23 18:33
End of Day Share Price 2026/02/23 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
Annual Earnings2025/09/30

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

Compass Group PLC is covered by 30 analysts. 19 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Victoria Lee SternBarclays
Pravin GondhaleBarclays
Victoria Lee SternBarclays