Essentra plc

LSE:ESNT Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£306.1m

Essentra Ownership

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


Recent Insider Transactions

LSE:ESNT Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
08 Aug 25BuyUK£20,772Rowan BakerIndividual19,973UK£1.04
20 Mar 25BuyUK£38,255Steve GoodIndividual35,000UK£1.09

Insider Trading Volume

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


Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of ESNT?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Private Companies165,2850.0579%
Employee Share Scheme947,9260.332%
Individual Insiders9,438,8203.31%
General Public18,233,8386.39%
Institutions256,722,81289.9%

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


Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 82.53% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
14.2%
Fidelity International Ltd
40,396,109UK£43.3m10.3%0.02%
5.54%
FMR LLC
15,814,956UK£17.0m0.37%no data
5.46%
Soros Fund Management LLC
15,581,700UK£16.7m62.7%0.59%
5.26%
Heronbridge Investment Management LLP
15,024,447UK£16.1m-3.05%1.74%
4.97%
Ninety One UK Limited
14,178,622UK£15.2m58.3%0.03%
4.77%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
13,621,509UK£14.6m-0.94%no data
4.36%
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership
12,439,892UK£13.3m41.6%0.01%
3.45%
Ruffer LLP
9,856,310UK£10.6m0%0.26%
3.38%
Premier Fund Managers Ltd.
9,638,728UK£10.3m13.3%0.17%
3.18%
Kambiz Nourbakhsh
9,070,239UK£9.7m0%no data
2.99%
RWC Partners Limited
8,539,218UK£9.2m-5.8%0.1%
2.8%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
7,992,786UK£8.6m-35.8%no data
2.43%
Sp-Rahastoyhtiö Oy
6,926,876UK£7.4m0%0.36%
2.28%
Odyssean Capital LLP
6,500,000UK£7.0m0%3.41%
2.25%
River Global Investors LLP
6,434,166UK£6.9m3.8%0.55%
1.97%
Columbia Management Investment Advisers, LLC
5,612,969UK£6.0m-20.8%no data
1.95%
Harris Associates L.P.
5,559,837UK£6.0m-31.6%0.01%
1.8%
M&G Investment Management Limited
5,126,930UK£5.5m14.2%0.01%
1.65%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
4,721,328UK£5.1m-1.17%no data
1.64%
Janus Henderson Group plc
4,683,088UK£5.0m0.25%no data
1.6%
Invesco Ltd.
4,557,983UK£4.9m-6.38%no data
1.22%
Highclere International Investors LLP
3,489,092UK£3.7m9.12%1.05%
1.22%
Allianz Asset Management GmbH
3,473,224UK£3.7m27.5%no data
1.14%
Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd.
3,261,897UK£3.5m10.7%0.01%
1.09%
BlackRock, Inc.
3,115,163UK£3.3m33%no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/10/10 15:29
End of Day Share Price 2025/10/10 00:00
Earnings2025/06/30
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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

Essentra plc is covered by 18 analysts. 6 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Calum BattersbyBerenberg
James BaylissBerenberg
Michael O'BrienCanaccord Genuity