Auto Trader Group plc

LSE:AUTO Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£7.0b

Auto Trader Group Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

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 AUTO?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Public Companies493,5820.0554%
Private Companies604,3830.0679%
Employee Share Scheme663,5590.0745%
State or Government2,713,3670.305%
Individual Insiders3,566,8440.401%
General Public71,559,7268.04%
Institutions810,794,47891.1%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 62.68% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
12.3%
BlackRock, Inc.
109,805,436UK£863.9m3.36%0.02%
6.1%
Baillie Gifford & Co.
54,304,598UK£427.3m-4.42%0.24%
4.66%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
41,473,954UK£326.3m0.14%0.01%
4.29%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
38,239,627UK£300.9m722%0.15%
4.13%
Kayne Anderson Rudnick Investment Management, LLC
36,738,798UK£289.1m-0.03%0.77%
3.94%
Cantillon Capital Management LLC
35,047,729UK£275.8m0.1%2.1%
2.67%
Fidelity International Ltd
23,767,121UK£187.0m-5.47%0.1%
2.26%
Norges Bank Investment Management
20,113,917UK£158.3m-1.58%0.02%
1.98%
Invesco Ltd.
17,666,178UK£139.0m-0.33%0.05%
1.91%
Blacksheep Fund Management Limited
17,035,206UK£134.0m-18.6%24.46%
1.83%
Burgundy Asset Management Ltd.
16,319,752UK£128.4m-0.05%1.34%
1.77%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
15,759,205UK£124.0m-1.28%0.03%
1.75%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
15,562,893UK£122.4m-0.11%0.01%
1.48%
Allianz Asset Management GmbH
13,207,408UK£103.9m-3.98%0.05%
1.42%
BNP Paribas, Private & Investment Banking Investments
12,653,256UK£99.6m33.9%0.7%
1.42%
Marathon Asset Management Limited
12,639,426UK£99.4m0.08%0.8%
1.4%
UBS Asset Management AG
12,471,304UK£98.1m12.7%0.01%
1.22%
JP Morgan Asset Management
10,896,839UK£85.7m1.66%0.01%
1.11%
Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management
9,909,237UK£78.0m76.4%0.03%
0.95%
SEB Investment Management AB
8,481,681UK£66.7m-15.6%0.17%
0.95%
Liontrust Asset Management PLC
8,479,868UK£66.7m-0.16%0.36%
0.82%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
7,310,879UK£57.5m0%0.01%
0.77%
Geode Capital Management, LLC
6,812,435UK£53.6m-0.1%no data
0.75%
abrdn plc
6,720,653UK£52.9m3.51%0.05%
0.75%
FMR LLC
6,673,760UK£52.5m0.58%no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2024/12/22 04:34
End of Day Share Price 2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
Annual Earnings2024/03/31

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

* example for US securities, for non-US equivalent regulatory forms and sources are used.

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Analyst Sources

Auto Trader Group plc is covered by 31 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
Andrew RossBarclays
Ciaran DonnellyBerenberg
Kurran AujlaBerenberg