Ascent Resources Plc

AIM:AST Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£2.9m

Ascent Resources Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

AIM:AST Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
23 Dec 24BuyUK£10,450Andrew DennanIndividual550,000UK£0.019
20 Dec 24SellUK£47,825C4 Energy LtdCompany2,173,913UK£0.022

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: Insufficient data to determine if insiders have bought more shares than they have sold in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of AST?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Public Companies592,8700.192%
Employee Share Scheme678,2610.22%
Private Companies1,314,4430.426%
Individual Insiders54,356,96717.6%
General Public100,150,77432.4%
Institutions151,559,00849.1%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been substantially diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 48%.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 63.36% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
15.5%
MBD Partners S.A.
47,857,143UK£454.6k11.7%no data
6.92%
C. Jennings
21,360,000UK£202.9k53.7%no data
5.31%
Aberdeen Group Plc
16,376,297UK£155.6k-2.37%no data
5.21%
Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd.
16,070,342UK£152.7k7.9%no data
4.81%
Mark Horrocks
14,856,400UK£141.1k0%no data
3.63%
Sebastian Marr
11,205,559UK£106.5k0%no data
3.06%
HBOS Investment Fund Managers Limited
9,433,231UK£89.6k2.13%no data
2.28%
IBG LLC, Asset Management Arm
7,034,590UK£66.8k6.61%0.03%
2.08%
Hobart Capital Markets Limited, Asset management Arm
6,426,036UK£61.0k0%0.49%
1.86%
Cantor Fitzgerald Asset Management
5,746,553UK£54.6k-65%no data
1.81%
Spreadex.com Limited, Asset Management Arm
5,580,350UK£53.0k0%0.35%
1.38%
David Jamieson
4,245,008UK£40.3k32.2%no data
1.32%
Barclays Bank PLC, Wealth and Investment Management Division
4,084,614UK£38.8k12.9%no data
1.21%
First Equity Ltd, Asset Management Arm
3,725,000UK£35.4k0%0.03%
0.96%
Riverfort Global Opportunities Pcc Ltd
2,962,426UK£28.1k259%6.94%
0.88%
Marex Spectron Group Limited, Asset Management Arm
2,722,158UK£25.9k-49.2%0.75%
0.87%
Andrew Dennan
2,690,000UK£25.6k25.7%no data
0.85%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
2,621,957UK£24.9k56.9%no data
0.73%
Integrated Financial Arrangements plc, Asset Management Arm
2,243,091UK£21.3k-0.02%no data
0.7%
Axis Capital Markets Ltd., Asset Management Arm
2,173,913UK£20.7k0%2.65%
0.52%
Method Investments & Advisory Limited, Asset Management Arm
1,595,004UK£15.2k326%0.16%
0.42%
BNY Mellon Advisors, Inc.
1,290,064UK£12.3k0%no data
0.37%
UBS Asset Management AG
1,137,663UK£10.8k24.7%no data
0.37%
Canaccord Genuity Wealth (International) Ltd.
1,129,077UK£10.7k-43%no data
0.32%
CMC Markets Stockbroking Ltd., Asset Management Arm
994,305UK£9.4k0%0.07%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/06 11:20
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/02 00:00
Earnings2024/06/30
Annual Earnings2023/12/31

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

Ascent Resources Plc is covered by 5 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Lionel TherondBrandon Hill Capital
William ArnsteinCavendish
Craig HowieNorthland Capital Partners