Hotel Chocolat Group plc

AIM:HOTC Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£526.6m

Hotel Chocolat Group Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

AIM:HOTC Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
24 Jan 24SellUK£542Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking InvestmentCompany145UK£3.73
23 Jan 24SellUK£41Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking InvestmentCompany11UK£3.74
19 Jan 24BuyUK£3,153,423Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking InvestmentCompany845,399UK£3.74
19 Jan 24SellUK£239Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking InvestmentCompany64UK£3.74
18 Jan 24BuyUK£17,506Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking InvestmentCompany4,690UK£3.74
18 Jan 24SellUK£71Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking InvestmentCompany19UK£3.74
17 Jan 24BuyUK£27,528Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking InvestmentCompany7,346UK£3.75
17 Jan 24BuyUK£10,406,699Samson Rock Capital LLPCompany2,790,000UK£3.73
17 Jan 24SellUK£7,646,499Franklin Resources, Inc.Company2,050,000UK£3.73
17 Jan 24SellUK£557Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking InvestmentCompany149UK£3.73
16 Jan 24BuyUK£52,913Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking InvestmentCompany14,156UK£3.74
16 Jan 24SellUK£665Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking InvestmentCompany178UK£3.73
15 Jan 24BuyUK£27,612Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking InvestmentCompany7,380UK£3.74
15 Jan 24SellUK£13,699Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking InvestmentCompany3,668UK£3.73
12 Jan 24BuyUK£45,694Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking InvestmentCompany12,244UK£3.74
12 Jan 24SellUK£2,626Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking InvestmentCompany706UK£3.72
05 Jan 24BuyUK£1,391Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking InvestmentCompany374UK£3.72
05 Jan 24SellUK£1,388Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking InvestmentCompany374UK£3.72
04 Jan 24BuyUK£11Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking InvestmentCompany3UK£3.72
04 Jan 24SellUK£11Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking InvestmentCompany3UK£3.72
03 Jan 24BuyUK£108,936Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking InvestmentCompany29,340UK£3.71
02 Jan 24BuyUK£529Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking InvestmentCompany143UK£3.70
02 Jan 24BuyUK£78,340Alpine Associates Management Inc.Company21,100UK£3.71
28 Dec 23SellUK£11,261Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking InvestmentCompany3,045UK£3.70
27 Dec 23SellUK£171,722Barclays PLC Private Banking & Investment Banking InvestmentCompany46,561UK£3.69

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 HOTC?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Public Companies95,1830.0691%
Hedge Funds10,329,4817.5%
Institutions59,271,09143%
Individual Insiders68,095,72749.4%

Dilution of Shares: Shareholders have been diluted in the past year, with total shares outstanding growing by 2.5%.

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 97.77% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
23.2%
Peter Harris
31,955,657UK£122.3m-14.2%no data
23.2%
Angus Thirlwell
31,955,657UK£122.3m-14.2%no data
15.4%
Phoenix Asset Management Partners Ltd.
21,212,632UK£81.2m8.61%8.6%
7.51%
Samson Rock Capital LLP
10,329,481UK£39.5m0%8.25%
4.32%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
5,945,972UK£22.8m-7.47%0.01%
3.03%
Alexandre Da Costa
4,170,000UK£16.0m0%no data
2.94%
Martin Currie Ltd.
4,050,244UK£15.5m-1.54%0.2%
2.9%
Santander Asset Management SA SGIIC
3,995,000UK£15.3m272%0.1%
1.63%
Norges Bank Investment Management
2,237,809UK£8.6m0%no data
1.62%
Brooks MacDonald Asset Management
2,228,162UK£8.5m2.54%0.82%
1.6%
Lombard Odier Asset Management (Europe) Ltd.
2,201,987UK£8.4m4.76%0.14%
1.44%
Ninety One UK Limited
1,974,947UK£7.6m-15%0.01%
1.3%
Alpine Associates Management Inc.
1,787,200UK£6.8m0%1.29%
1.21%
Heronbridge Investment Management LLP
1,662,000UK£6.4m39.4%0.51%
1.1%
Grandeur Peak Global Advisors, LLC
1,520,490UK£5.8m49.4%0.15%
0.89%
Baillie Gifford & Co.
1,222,014UK£4.7m-56.9%no data
0.82%
Investec Wealth & Investment Limited
1,123,924UK£4.3m-2.4%0.04%
0.76%
EdenTree Investment Management Limited
1,050,000UK£4.0m-4.02%0.25%
0.64%
InsingerGilissen Asset Management N.V
886,261UK£3.4m135%1.29%
0.5%
West Yorkshire Pension Fund
693,568UK£2.7m0%0.06%
0.4%
HBOS Investment Fund Managers Limited
545,583UK£2.1m-1.82%0.02%
0.38%
A J Bell Holdings Limited, Asset Management Arm
522,448UK£2.0m4.66%0.02%
0.34%
Liberum Capital Limited, Asset Management Arm
471,084UK£1.8m91.4%3.13%
0.32%
Barclays Bank PLC, Wealth and Investment Management Division
445,368UK£1.7m-5.77%0.02%
0.27%
Charles Stanley & Co. Ltd, Asset Management Arm
370,735UK£1.4m-6.02%0.01%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/01/25 05:02
End of Day Share Price 2024/01/25 00:00
Earnings2023/07/02
Annual Earnings2023/07/02

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

Hotel Chocolat Group plc is covered by 3 analysts. 1 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
Wayne BrownPanmure Liberum
Jonathan PritchardPeel Hunt LLP