The Sage Group plc

LSE:SGE Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£12.2b

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
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
05 Aug 24SellUK£762,375Aaron HarrisIndividual75,000UK£10.17
18 Jun 24BuyUK£10,113Annette CourtIndividual950UK£10.64

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 SGE?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Private Companies1,255,8100.13%
Individual Insiders2,049,9760.212%
State or Government2,226,0940.231%
Employee Share Scheme15,659,3531.62%
General Public99,907,91110.3%
Institutions844,558,53387.5%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 60.69% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
9.68%
BlackRock, Inc.
93,476,837UK£1.2b-4.63%0.02%
8.31%
Capital Research and Management Company
80,281,744UK£1.0b61.9%0.06%
5.22%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
50,433,929UK£639.2m2.36%0.01%
4.1%
Lindsell Train Limited
39,547,500UK£501.3m-17.4%4.79%
3.53%
Fidelity International Ltd
34,054,044UK£431.6m-16.6%0.23%
2.92%
Royal London Asset Management Ltd.
28,191,741UK£357.3m-6.15%0.59%
2.42%
FMR LLC
23,357,461UK£296.1m-45.1%0.02%
2.29%
Aviva Investors Global Services Ltd.
22,155,634UK£280.8m-25.3%0.55%
2.24%
Walter Scott & Partners Limited
21,640,609UK£274.3m2.46%0.87%
1.9%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
18,383,674UK£233.0m5.29%0.01%
1.9%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
18,360,623UK£232.7m-11.8%0.07%
1.62%
Aberdeen Group Plc
15,660,625UK£198.5m-18.2%0.16%
1.62%
The Sage Group plc, ESOP
15,659,353UK£198.5m-18.6%100.0%
1.46%
Liontrust Asset Management PLC
14,052,830UK£178.1m-12%1.0%
1.43%
Artisan Partners Limited Partnership
13,814,193UK£175.1m7,480%0.18%
1.26%
JP Morgan Asset Management
12,174,293UK£154.3m74.2%0.02%
1.26%
UBS Asset Management AG
12,171,490UK£154.3m-22.1%0.02%
1.22%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
11,738,646UK£148.8m2.34%0.08%
1.12%
Artemis Investment Management LLP
10,768,091UK£136.5m6.48%0.63%
0.99%
RGM Capital, LLC
9,545,869UK£121.0m14.7%6.65%
0.88%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
8,466,590UK£107.3m-9.5%0.03%
0.87%
JPMorgan Chase & Co, Brokerage and Securities Investments
8,430,400UK£106.9m260%0.07%
0.84%
Norges Bank Investment Management
8,081,132UK£102.4m-35.8%0.01%
0.83%
Evenlode Investment Management Limited
7,999,006UK£101.4m-2.17%2.03%
0.79%
Coöperatieve Centrale Raiffeisen-Boerenleenbank B.A., Asset Management Arm
7,642,484UK£96.9m1,260%1.27%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/05/11 08:56
End of Day Share Price 2025/05/09 00:00
Earnings2024/09/30
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 48 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