Spectris plc

BATS-CHIXE:SXSL Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£2.0b

Spectris Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

BATS-CHIXE:SXSL Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
04 Apr 25BuyUK£99,986Derek HardingIndividual4,796UK£20.85
20 Dec 24BuyUK£48,600Kjersti WiklundIndividual2,000UK£24.30
14 Nov 24BuyUK£100,566Andrew HeathIndividual4,056UK£24.81
05 Nov 24BuyUK£299,996Mark WilliamsonIndividual12,116UK£24.76
05 Aug 24BuyUK£19,992Mark WilliamsonIndividual706UK£28.32
05 Aug 24BuyUK£56,779Derek HardingIndividual2,000UK£28.39
05 Aug 24BuyUK£282,831Andrew HeathIndividual10,000UK£28.31
24 May 24BuyUK£34,393Alison HenwoodIndividual1,053UK£32.66

Insider Trading Volume

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

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of SXSL?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Employee Share Scheme59,2100.0597%
Individual Insiders222,1980.224%
State or Government300,1060.303%
Private Companies399,0020.402%
General Public12,250,84312.4%
Institutions85,961,13086.7%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 67.93% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
10.9%
UBS Asset Management AG
10,828,019UK£215.2m1.26%0.03%
10.6%
FMR LLC
10,489,738UK£208.4m-1.86%0.02%
5.43%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
5,388,674UK£107.1m-2.15%no data
5%
Wellington Management Group LLP
4,961,248UK£98.6m46.4%0.02%
3.57%
Artemis Investment Management LLP
3,541,289UK£70.4m8.92%0.35%
3.48%
Royal London Asset Management Ltd.
3,448,415UK£68.5m0.25%0.12%
3.27%
Ninety One UK Limited
3,244,129UK£64.5m56.7%0.13%
3.04%
Liontrust Asset Management PLC
3,013,074UK£59.9m7.71%0.36%
2.73%
Evenlode Investment Management Limited
2,703,627UK£53.7m-8.94%1.12%
2.05%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
2,034,990UK£40.4m0.4%0.01%
1.81%
Norges Bank Investment Management
1,794,504UK£35.7m3.05%no data
1.79%
Schroder Investment Management Limited
1,779,340UK£35.4m-0.88%0.03%
1.73%
Massachusetts Financial Services Company
1,718,839UK£34.2m-7.61%0.01%
1.49%
Aegon Asset Management UK Plc
1,476,548UK£29.3m36.7%0.2%
1.47%
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority
1,453,286UK£28.9m47.7%0.26%
1.21%
Janus Henderson Group plc
1,200,935UK£23.9m3.11%0.01%
1.17%
Allspring Global Investments, LLC
1,156,097UK£23.0m-15.4%0.05%
1.15%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
1,139,681UK£22.6m-20.9%0.01%
1.11%
Heronbridge Investment Management LLP
1,102,081UK£21.9m163%2.39%
1.04%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
1,028,479UK£20.4m1.89%no data
0.91%
Capital Research and Management Company
907,565UK£18.0m0%no data
0.76%
Invesco Ltd.
757,661UK£15.1m-11.7%0.01%
0.76%
Delen Investments
749,245UK£14.9m-0.1%2.22%
0.74%
SAMA Foreign Holdings
737,263UK£14.6m0%0.67%
0.73%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
723,088UK£14.4m16.5%no data

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/04/21 19:37
End of Day Share Price 2025/04/17 00:00
Earnings2024/12/31
Annual Earnings2024/12/31

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

Spectris plc is covered by 30 analysts. 11 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Christopher ThomasArden Partners Plc.
Jonathan HurnBarclays
Richard PaigeBarclays