Drax Group plc

LSE:DRX Stock Report

Market Cap: UK£2.3b

Drax Group Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

LSE:DRX Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
03 Jun 25SellUK£990,119Dwight Daniel GardinerIndividual150,000UK£6.60
19 Mar 25SellUK£384,721Dwight Daniel GardinerIndividual67,041UK£5.74
19 Mar 25SellUK£213,832Andrew SkeltonIndividual37,262UK£5.74
21 Oct 24SellUK£49,815Paul SheffieldIndividual7,500UK£6.64
31 Jul 24BuyUK£516,871Robert ShuterIndividual80,000UK£6.46

Insider Trading Volume

Insider Buying: DRX insiders have only sold shares in the past 3 months.

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of DRX?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Private Companies639,5820.181%
Employee Share Scheme1,814,5010.513%
Individual Insiders2,489,5790.704%
General Public10,870,4543.07%
Institutions337,712,29895.5%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 70.9% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
8.02%
Invesco Ltd.
28,343,924UK£186.5m0.31%0.07%
5.64%
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
19,929,564UK£131.1m-1.39%no data
4.83%
Allan Gray & Gill Charitable Trust, Endowment Arm
17,067,417UK£112.3m0%13.31%
4.66%
UBS Asset Management AG
16,477,473UK£108.4m11.5%0.01%
4.24%
BlackRock, Inc.
14,995,920UK£98.7m-46%no data
4.06%
Orbis Investment Management Limited
14,369,768UK£94.6m-21.2%0.37%
3.85%
Societe Generale Group, Banking Investments
13,624,506UK£89.7m174%0.64%
3.84%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
13,584,106UK£89.4m0%0.02%
3.54%
Franklin Resources, Inc.
12,500,000UK£82.3m0%0.04%
2.98%
Royal London Asset Management Ltd.
10,542,062UK£69.4m22.2%0.11%
2.65%
Jupiter Fund Management Plc
9,364,649UK£61.6m4.52%0.21%
2.42%
Barclays Bank PLC, Securities Investments
8,552,666UK£56.3m-4.28%0.09%
2.25%
M&G Investment Management Limited
7,961,831UK£52.4m-17.3%0.13%
1.98%
J O Hambro Capital Management Limited
7,010,455UK£46.1m0%0.5%
1.83%
Aberdeen Group Plc
6,469,739UK£42.6m12.9%0.03%
1.82%
HSBC Global Asset Management (UK) Limited
6,430,299UK£42.3m-7.38%0.02%
1.73%
American Century Investment Management Inc
6,105,797UK£40.2m0%0.03%
1.56%
Legal & General Investment Management Limited
5,509,889UK£36.3m-4.08%0.01%
1.54%
Norges Bank Investment Management
5,436,691UK£35.8m2.29%no data
1.5%
Natixis, Investment Banking and Corporate Banking Investments
5,299,283UK£34.9m51.6%0.18%
1.49%
State Street Global Advisors, Inc.
5,280,683UK£34.7m0.12%no data
1.4%
LSV Asset Management
4,936,512UK£32.5m0%0.09%
1.09%
SEB Investment Management AB
3,870,821UK£25.5m-10.1%0.06%
0.99%
JPMorgan Chase & Co, Brokerage and Securities Investments
3,513,044UK£23.1m16%0.01%
0.99%
Numeric Investors LLC
3,484,360UK£22.9m11.1%0.14%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2025/06/09 03:58
End of Day Share Price 2025/06/06 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

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Analyst Sources

Drax Group plc is covered by 34 analysts. 5 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Myriam CohenAlphaValue
Peter BisztygaBarclays
Dominic NashBarclays