Hostelworld Group Ownership

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


Recent Insider Transactions

LSE:HSW Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
09 May 25SellUK£424,239Gary MorrisonIndividual382,197UK£1.11
09 May 25SellUK£230,729Caroline SherryIndividual207,864UK£1.11

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: HSW insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.


Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of HSW?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Public Companies48,9060.0396%
Employee Share Scheme1,612,7681.31%
Individual Insiders4,279,1923.46%
General Public5,750,2334.66%
VC/PE Firms13,303,55810.8%
Institutions98,503,12479.8%

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


Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 85.32% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
10.7%
Aberforth Partners LLP
13,200,005UK£18.1m16.1%1.07%
7.78%
Jupiter Fund Management Plc
9,612,495UK£13.2m-1.21%0.05%
5.71%
Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Ltd.
7,055,397UK£9.7m0.19%0.15%
5.66%
Gresham House Asset Management Limited
6,984,447UK£9.6m0.54%0.61%
5.25%
Hamblin Watsa Investment Counsel Ltd.
6,489,178UK£8.9m0%0.35%
5.12%
Business Growth Fund Limited
6,319,111UK£8.7m0%2.0%
5.05%
JPMorgan Chase & Co, Private Banking and Investment Banking Investments
6,242,434UK£8.5m0%no data
5.03%
JP Morgan Asset Management
6,212,530UK£8.5m0.63%no data
5%
Martin Currie Ltd.
6,180,000UK£8.5m0%0.15%
3.59%
Burgundy Asset Management Ltd.
4,430,860UK£6.1m0%0.07%
3.31%
AXA Investment Managers S.A.
4,092,889UK£5.6m0%0.01%
3.28%
Allianz Asset Management GmbH
4,046,400UK£5.5m0%no data
2.82%
Royal London Asset Management Ltd.
3,477,033UK£4.8m10.3%0.01%
2.07%
Charles Jobson
2,552,248UK£3.5m73.5%no data
1.94%
Schroder Investment Management Limited
2,400,000UK£3.3m49.3%no data
1.78%
Investmentaktiengesellschaft für langfristige Investoren TGV
2,200,000UK£3.0m0%1.08%
1.58%
Chelverton Asset Management Limited
1,945,899UK£2.7m31.4%0.28%
1.39%
BlackRock, Inc.
1,721,292UK£2.4m-0.47%no data
1.34%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
1,651,783UK£2.3m2.72%no data
1.31%
Hostelworld Group Plc Ebt
1,612,768UK£2.2m-0.26%no data
1.24%
Lombard Odier Asset Management (USA) Corp
1,536,873UK£2.1m0%0.71%
1.21%
Premier Fund Managers Ltd.
1,500,000UK£2.1m0%0.03%
1.17%
Canaccord Genuity Asset Management Limited
1,450,000UK£2.0m9.43%0.11%
1.02%
Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd.
1,259,033UK£1.7m0.49%no data
0.97%
Rubicon Equities GmBH
1,200,000UK£1.6m0%6.34%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/06/29 06:56
End of Day Share Price 2025/06/27 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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

Hostelworld Group plc is covered by 10 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Robert ChantryBerenberg
Karl BurnsCanaccord Genuity
Paul RuddyDavy