The Sage Group plc

BATS-CHIXE:SGEL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£7.7b

Sage Group Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

BATS-CHIXE:SGEL Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
12 Feb 26BuyUK£283,349John BatesIndividual35,000UK£8.11
09 Feb 26BuyUK£86,358Derek HardingIndividual10,000UK£8.64
03 Dec 25SellUK£1,360,755Stephen HareIndividual127,828UK£10.65
03 Dec 25SellUK£944,517Jonathan Anton HowellIndividual88,727UK£10.65
03 Dec 25SellUK£268,185Victoria BradinIndividual25,193UK£10.65
30 Jul 25BuyUK£7,544Walid Abu-HadbaIndividual600UK£12.57
10 Jun 25SellUK£629,840Aaron HarrisIndividual50,000UK£12.60

Insider Trading Volume

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

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of SGEL?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Private Companies775,2700.0839%
Individual Insiders2,234,4250.242%
Public Companies2,640,0010.286%
State or Government3,089,0030.334%
Employee Share Scheme16,254,1661.76%
General Public155,256,89416.8%
Institutions743,979,76980.5%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 55.48% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
8.58%
BlackRock, Inc.
79,306,128UK£663.6m-14.6%0.01%
5.23%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
48,317,391UK£404.3m0.63%0.01%
5.04%
Capital Research and Management Company
46,616,194UK£390.1m-41.6%0.02%
3.48%
Fidelity International Ltd
32,137,528UK£268.9m-31.9%0.13%
3.38%
Walter Scott & Partners Limited
31,231,500UK£261.3m-2.29%1.02%
2.91%
Lindsell Train Limited
26,894,500UK£225.1m-18%3.13%
2.26%
Schroder Investment Management Limited
20,916,260UK£175.0m14.8%0.11%
1.76%
The Sage Group plc, ESOP
16,254,166UK£136.0m-15.9%100.0%
1.71%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
15,801,695UK£132.2m-3.62%0.01%
1.67%
Aviva Investors Global Services Ltd.
15,430,319UK£129.1m-8.77%0.18%
1.64%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
15,156,459UK£126.8m-3.11%0.03%
1.63%
UBS Asset Management AG
15,070,830UK£126.1m18.3%0.01%
1.6%
Artemis Investment Management LLP
14,807,557UK£123.9m19.7%0.46%
1.6%
Aberdeen Group Plc
14,801,735UK£123.9m-2.84%0.08%
1.56%
Liontrust Asset Management PLC
14,399,006UK£120.5m32.2%0.76%
1.45%
FMR LLC
13,356,096UK£111.8m-6.21%0.01%
1.44%
JP Morgan Asset Management
13,304,130UK£111.3m-13.6%0.01%
1.41%
Royal London Asset Management Ltd.
13,062,689UK£109.3m-28.2%0.19%
1.21%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
11,141,260UK£93.2m-29.1%0.04%
1.12%
Schroder Investment Management North America Inc.
10,319,005UK£86.4m16.1%0.32%
1.09%
Baillie Gifford & Co.
10,098,889UK£84.5m0%0.06%
0.96%
Evenlode Investment Management Limited
8,858,219UK£74.1m4.02%1.92%
0.95%
Norges Bank Investment Management
8,795,329UK£73.6m-48.4%0.01%
0.95%
Amundi Asset Management SAS
8,749,929UK£73.2m-35.8%0.02%
0.86%
Société Générale Société anonyme
7,922,707UK£66.3m152%0.26%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/03/18 10:33
End of Day Share Price 2026/03/18 00:00
Earnings2025/09/30
Annual Earnings2025/09/30

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

The Sage Group plc is covered by 36 analysts. 18 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Alexander ToutArete Research Services LLP
Knut WollerBaader Helvea Equity Research
Sven MerktBarclays