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
17 Jan 24BuyUK£10,406,699Samson Rock Capital LLPCompany2,790,000UK£3.73
02 Jan 24BuyUK£78,340Alpine Associates Management Inc.Company21,100UK£3.71
27 Nov 23SellUK£56,441Phoenix Asset Management Partners Ltd.Company15,400UK£3.67

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%