WH Smith PLC

BATS-CHIXE:SMWHL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£1.6b

WH Smith Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

BATS-CHIXE:SMWHL Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
23 May 24BuyUK£9,990Annette CourtIndividual900UK£11.10

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 SMWHL?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Public Companies58,9140.0455%
Private Companies102,6720.0793%
Individual Insiders296,3350.229%
Employee Share Scheme1,947,1551.5%
General Public4,618,2703.57%
Institutions122,444,69094.6%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 75.13% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
12.3%
Causeway Capital Management LLC
15,953,781UK£198.3m6.38%1.06%
8.19%
BlackRock, Inc.
10,599,021UK£131.7m-13.3%no data
5.9%
M&G Investment Management Limited
7,644,937UK£95.0m0.81%0.24%
5.25%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
6,796,726UK£84.5m8.82%no data
5.03%
Boston Partners Global Investors, Inc.
6,511,894UK£80.9m-2.96%0.06%
4.97%
FMR LLC
6,428,750UK£79.9m25.5%0.01%
3.88%
Artemis Investment Management LLP
5,028,648UK£62.5m22.5%0.31%
3.3%
Royal London Asset Management Ltd.
4,274,455UK£53.1m-3.25%0.08%
3.07%
Marathon Asset Management Limited
3,969,722UK£49.3m-5.83%0.39%
2.36%
JP Morgan Asset Management
3,058,000UK£38.0m0%0.01%
2.23%
Wellington Management Group LLP
2,889,049UK£35.9m601%0.01%
1.94%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
2,510,380UK£31.2m-1.48%0.01%
1.87%
Fidelity International Ltd
2,421,371UK£30.1m17.1%0.02%
1.83%
Norges Bank Investment Management
2,370,709UK£29.5m1.96%no data
1.53%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
1,981,003UK£24.6m1.77%no data
1.5%
WH Smith Group Plc Employees Benefit Trust
1,947,155UK£24.2m-0.18%no data
1.42%
Pictet & Cie (Europe) S.A., Asset Management Arm
1,832,844UK£22.8m3.55%0.45%
1.31%
abrdn plc
1,697,755UK£21.1m9.39%0.02%
1.19%
MN Services N.V.
1,542,224UK£19.2m-14.4%17.64%
1.14%
Metzler Asset Management GmbH
1,472,474UK£18.3m-9.91%0.19%
1.1%
AGF Management Limited
1,429,150UK£17.8m-5.67%0.1%
1.02%
Societe Generale Group, Banking Investments
1,316,028UK£16.4m4.1%0.12%
0.97%
Janus Henderson Group plc
1,260,598UK£15.7m119%0.01%
0.91%
Liontrust Asset Management PLC
1,174,733UK£14.6m-18.7%0.08%
0.89%
BNPP Asset Management Holding
1,157,800UK£14.4m-13.7%0.03%