Croda International Plc

LSE:CRDA Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£4.1b

Croda International Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

LSE:CRDA Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
26 Mar 26BuyUK£19,254Thomas BrophyIndividual677UK£28.44
26 Mar 26SellUK£19,511Thomas BrophyIndividual687UK£28.40
06 Mar 26BuyUK£20,907Danuta GrayIndividual750UK£27.88
22 Aug 25BuyUK£9,920Jacqueline Patricia FergusonIndividual393UK£25.24
22 Aug 25BuyUK£13,899Danuta GrayIndividual545UK£25.50
04 Aug 25BuyUK£99,831Stephen FootsIndividual3,815UK£26.17
01 Aug 25BuyUK£33,803Danuta GrayIndividual1,300UK£26.00
01 Aug 25BuyUK£13,215Ian BullIndividual500UK£26.43
29 May 25BuyUK£8,258Thomas BrophyIndividual269UK£30.70
06 May 25BuyUK£30,105Ian BullIndividual1,000UK£30.11

Insider Trading Volume

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

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of CRDA?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Private Companies212,1170.152%
State or Government290,0000.208%
Individual Insiders358,0030.257%
Employee Share Scheme606,1760.435%
Public Companies674,5810.484%
Sovereign Wealth Funds10,532,1757.56%
General Public14,201,07310.2%
Institutions112,480,01480.7%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 60.9% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
7.56%
Norges Bank Investment Management
10,532,175UK£312.5m-18.2%0.03%
6.74%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
9,388,304UK£278.6m-1.15%0.08%
5.7%
BlackRock, Inc.
7,936,906UK£235.5m6.5%no data
5.58%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
7,782,032UK£230.9m1.52%no data
3.55%
Select Equity Group, L.P.
4,946,539UK£146.8m-19.9%0.87%
3.14%
RBC Europe Limited
4,378,309UK£129.9m-3.75%0.86%
2.84%
Royal London Asset Management Ltd.
3,959,445UK£117.5m13.1%0.2%
2.74%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
3,821,242UK£113.4m4.07%0.03%
2.59%
Sprucegrove Investment Management Ltd
3,614,139UK£107.2m7.42%4.63%
2.55%
Standard Investments LLC
3,550,000UK£105.3m5.69%6.43%
2.18%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
3,043,138UK£90.3m11.5%0.02%
2.13%
Ninety One UK Limited
2,968,303UK£88.1m25.4%0.14%
1.87%
Invesco Ltd.
2,599,033UK£77.1m-0.11%0.02%
1.26%
Aberdeen Group Plc
1,757,864UK£52.2m1.85%0.04%
1.19%
UBS Asset Management AG
1,662,451UK£49.3m-47.3%0.01%
1.14%
T. Rowe Price Group, Inc.
1,589,413UK£47.2m-1.2%0.01%
1%
Incentive AS
1,391,001UK£41.3m451%11.17%
0.96%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
1,341,207UK£39.8m0.83%no data
0.91%
ADG Verto Capital Management S.à.r.l.
1,274,531UK£37.8m64.2%0.69%
0.91%
Amundi Asset Management SAS
1,270,262UK£37.7m-9.74%0.01%
0.9%
Caledonia Investments Plc
1,253,957UK£37.2m0%3.96%
0.87%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
1,214,195UK£36.0m-9.37%0.02%
0.87%
Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A.
1,206,037UK£35.8m-5.26%0.46%
0.86%
Fundsmith, LLP
1,203,295UK£35.7m0%0.24%
0.85%
Altrinsic Global Advisors, LLC
1,179,301UK£35.0m9.64%0.33%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/04/13 11:16
End of Day Share Price 2026/04/10 00:00
Earnings2025/12/31
Annual Earnings2025/12/31

Data Sources

The data used in our company analysis is from S&P Global Market Intelligence LLC. The following data is used in our analysis model to generate this report. Data is normalised which can introduce a delay from the source being available.

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

Croda International Plc is covered by 31 analysts. 13 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
James StewartBarclays
Katie RichardsBarclays
Amy LianBarclays