Hill & Smith PLC

LSE:HILS Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£1.6b

Hill & Smith Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

LSE:HILS Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
14 Mar 25BuyUK£37,909Farrokh BatliwalaIndividual2,000UK£18.95
12 Mar 25BuyUK£79,298Alan Clifford GiddinsIndividual4,225UK£18.80
25 Sep 24BuyUK£203,900Rutger HelbingIndividual10,000UK£20.39

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 HILS?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Public Companies28,3040.0352%
Private Companies69,4970.0865%
Employee Share Scheme90,9080.113%
Individual Insiders135,9970.169%
General Public3,698,6194.61%
Institutions76,282,56095%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 64.46% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
8.14%
BlackRock, Inc.
6,533,169UK£127.7m16.9%no data
6.57%
Aberdeen Group Plc
5,272,360UK£103.0m7.23%0.08%
5.23%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
4,198,664UK£82.0m1.86%no data
4.39%
JP Morgan Asset Management
3,523,707UK£68.9m-1.9%0.01%
3.4%
Invesco Ltd.
2,732,512UK£53.4m-0.63%0.02%
3.34%
Royal London Asset Management Ltd.
2,680,208UK£52.4m-6.28%0.08%
2.93%
Charles Stanley & Co. Ltd, Asset Management Arm
2,356,041UK£46.0m-1.99%0.48%
2.81%
FMR LLC
2,256,707UK£44.1m13.1%no data
2.74%
Caledonia Investments Plc
2,203,182UK£43.1m8.15%4.06%
2.21%
Artemis Investment Management LLP
1,773,237UK£34.6m29.1%0.14%
2.06%
AXA Investment Managers S.A.
1,654,468UK£32.3m-16.4%0.08%
1.98%
Janus Henderson Group plc
1,592,267UK£31.1m0.23%0.02%
1.86%
N.F.U. Mutual Unit Managers Limited
1,490,757UK£29.1m-0.49%0.72%
1.78%
Norges Bank Investment Management
1,428,536UK£27.9m-9.69%no data
1.76%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
1,416,589UK£27.7m-7.98%no data
1.7%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
1,367,319UK£26.7m0.13%no data
1.6%
Wellington Management Group LLP
1,283,275UK£25.1m16.1%0.01%
1.54%
Schroder Investment Management Limited
1,236,276UK£24.2m4.74%0.02%
1.35%
Rathbones Investment Management Limited
1,087,303UK£21.2m10%0.05%
1.24%
Barclays Bank PLC, Securities Investments
996,342UK£19.5m40.9%0.03%
1.21%
William Blair Investment Management, LLC
970,351UK£19.0m-6.46%0.03%
1.21%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
970,214UK£19.0m-1.55%0.01%
1.15%
Jupiter Fund Management Plc
927,108UK£18.1m-2.97%0.06%
1.13%
Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Ltd.
909,438UK£17.8m-0.62%0.05%
1.12%
Border To Coast Pensions Partnership Limited
902,088UK£17.6m-3.84%0.1%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/07/18 06:07
End of Day Share Price 2025/07/18 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
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

Hill & Smith PLC is covered by 18 analysts. 7 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Michael BloggArbuthnot Securities Limited
Kunal WaliaArden Partners Plc.
Robert ChantryBerenberg