The Sage Group plc

LSE:SGE Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£10.4b

Sage Group Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

LSE:SGE Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
30 Jul 25BuyUK£7,544Walid Abu-HadbaIndividual600UK£12.57
10 Jun 25SellUK£629,840Aaron HarrisIndividual50,000UK£12.60
10 Feb 25SellUK£658,730Aaron HarrisIndividual50,000UK£13.17
18 Dec 24SellUK£185,420Amy LawsonIndividual14,000UK£13.24
18 Dec 24SellUK£263,590Amanda CusdinIndividual20,000UK£13.18
05 Dec 24SellUK£261,998Victoria BradinIndividual20,000UK£13.10
04 Dec 24SellUK£1,698,982Catherine KeersIndividual130,016UK£13.10
22 Nov 24SellUK£973,102Aaron HarrisIndividual75,000UK£12.97
21 Nov 24SellUK£885,017Stephen HareIndividual70,000UK£12.64
21 Nov 24SellUK£889,056Jonathan Anton HowellIndividual70,000UK£12.70

Insider Trading Volume

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

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of SGE?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Private Companies1,255,8100.132%
Individual Insiders2,044,0630.216%
State or Government2,059,5320.217%
Employee Share Scheme16,041,3551.69%
General Public110,212,56811.6%
Institutions816,547,86386.1%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 63.35% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
9.69%
BlackRock, Inc.
91,894,038UK£1.0b-1.68%0.02%
8.99%
Capital Research and Management Company
85,237,287UK£931.6m6.17%0.05%
5.38%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
50,989,264UK£557.3m0.08%0.01%
3.95%
Fidelity International Ltd
37,491,031UK£409.8m15.6%0.2%
3.75%
Lindsell Train Limited
35,586,500UK£389.0m-7.88%4.06%
3.46%
Walter Scott & Partners Limited
32,765,298UK£358.1m53.2%1.1%
2.65%
Royal London Asset Management Ltd.
25,150,129UK£274.9m-2.56%0.48%
2.17%
Norges Bank Investment Management
20,607,412UK£225.2m3.66%0.02%
2.06%
FMR LLC
19,495,462UK£213.1m-17.2%0.01%
1.85%
Aviva Investors Global Services Ltd.
17,525,402UK£191.6m-9.24%0.3%
1.78%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
16,849,336UK£184.2m-8.15%0.01%
1.7%
JP Morgan Asset Management
16,098,636UK£176.0m18.5%0.02%
1.69%
The Sage Group plc, ESOP
16,041,355UK£175.3m3.35%100.0%
1.61%
Aberdeen Group Plc
15,250,135UK£166.7m3.3%0.12%
1.59%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
15,081,112UK£164.8m-14.6%0.04%
1.41%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
13,351,268UK£145.9m18.6%0.07%
1.38%
Schroder Investment Management Limited
13,082,804UK£143.0m707%0.09%
1.28%
UBS Asset Management AG
12,097,613UK£132.2m-2.19%0.01%
1.24%
Liontrust Asset Management PLC
11,781,173UK£128.8m-10.8%0.74%
1.14%
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership
10,792,589UK£118.0m-18.4%0.11%
1.11%
Artemis Investment Management LLP
10,544,833UK£115.3m-2.07%0.45%
0.98%
Amundi Asset Management SAS
9,320,319UK£101.9m-7.44%0.02%
0.88%
Evenlode Investment Management Limited
8,364,577UK£91.4m4.78%2.13%
0.87%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
8,232,138UK£90.0m-2.77%0.03%
0.74%
RGM Capital, LLC
6,995,485UK£76.5m-23.9%4.03%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/10/02 17:26
End of Day Share Price 2025/10/02 00:00
Earnings2025/03/31
Annual Earnings2024/09/30

Data Sources

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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 49 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
Hélène CoumesAlphaValue
Alexander ToutArete Research Services LLP
Knut WollerBaader Helvea Equity Research