Smith & Nephew plc

LSE:SN. Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£9.7b

Smith & Nephew Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

LSE:SN. Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
12 Jun 25BuyUK£85,365,101Cevian Capital II GP LimitedCompany7,992,229UK£11.17
06 May 25SellUK£269,896Elga LohlerIndividual25,222UK£10.70
01 May 25BuyUK£19,848Jeremy MaidenIndividual1,855UK£10.70
18 Feb 25BuyUK£95,677,603Cevian Capital II GP LimitedCompany9,292,693UK£10.30
06 Dec 24BuyUK£5,244Joanna HallasIndividual535UK£9.80
11 Nov 24BuyUK£50,014Rupert SoamesIndividual5,344UK£9.36
01 Nov 24BuyUK£6,276Changzheng MaIndividual317UK£19.80
17 Sep 24BuyUK£5,471Katarzyna Mazur-HofsaessIndividual462UK£11.84
16 Sep 24BuyUK£3,713Angela RisleyIndividual312UK£11.90
11 Sep 24BuyUK£3,540Jeremy MaidenIndividual293UK£12.08
29 Aug 24SellUK£45,606Alison ParkesIndividual3,878UK£11.76
14 Aug 24SellUK£14,874Alison ParkesIndividual1,292UK£11.51
05 Aug 24BuyUK£62,615Rupert SoamesIndividual5,370UK£11.66
03 Jul 24BuyUK£32,718,514Cevian Capital II GP LimitedCompany3,341,744UK£9.86

Insider Trading Volume

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

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of SN.?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Public Companies721,0250.0824%
State or Government1,036,8250.118%
Individual Insiders1,139,3850.13%
Private Companies2,223,2180.254%
Employee Share Scheme4,902,0830.56%
General Public24,312,6072.78%
Hedge Funds74,469,9258.51%
Institutions766,240,26587.6%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 63.18% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
8.51%
Cevian Capital II GP Limited
74,469,925UK£825.9m13.7%12.24%
7.6%
Cevian Capital AB
66,477,696UK£737.2m0%14.72%
5.98%
BlackRock, Inc.
52,348,841UK£580.5m-18.6%0.01%
4.75%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
41,607,903UK£461.4m-0.41%0.01%
3.7%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
32,414,935UK£359.5m7.15%0.1%
2.87%
Sprucegrove Investment Management Ltd
25,144,019UK£278.8m-7.7%8.12%
2.82%
Principal Global Investors, LLC
24,684,867UK£273.8m204%0.18%
2.11%
Causeway Capital Management LLC
18,442,427UK£204.5m74.8%0.89%
2.01%
Norges Bank Investment Management
17,567,941UK£194.8m-27.8%0.02%
1.88%
Harris Associates L.P.
16,423,486UK£182.1m-3.49%0.31%
1.86%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
16,251,919UK£180.2m-7.43%0.05%
1.81%
Brandes Investment Partners, LP
15,844,189UK£175.7m11.7%1.24%
1.75%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
15,271,557UK£169.4m-1.29%0.05%
1.71%
UBS Asset Management AG
14,935,778UK£165.6m44.1%0.02%
1.64%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
14,366,695UK£159.3m-2.75%0.01%
1.54%
Rathbones Investment Management Limited
13,513,621UK£149.9m-12.1%0.4%
1.48%
Incentive AS
12,977,196UK£143.9m7.76%21.36%
1.46%
Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC
12,740,103UK£141.3m4.64%0.57%
1.31%
Fidelity International Ltd
11,506,567UK£127.6m112%0.07%
1.26%
Invesco Ltd.
10,989,009UK£121.9m4.67%0.04%
1.14%
Jupiter Fund Management Plc
9,951,826UK£110.4m17.1%0.38%
1.06%
Aberdeen Group Plc
9,257,270UK£102.7m9.71%0.08%
1%
Evenlode Investment Management Limited
8,726,468UK£96.8m-7.04%1.98%
0.97%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
8,516,358UK£94.4m-46.7%0.01%
0.96%
Origin Asset Management LLP
8,412,722UK£93.3m13.4%2.25%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/06/30 07:29
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

Smith & Nephew plc is covered by 55 analysts. 17 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Christoph GublerBank Vontobel AG
Hassan Al-WakeelBarclays
Sally TaylorBarclays