Lewis Group Limited

JSE:LEW Stock Report

Market Cap: R4.2b

Lewis Group Ownership

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

Recent Insider Transactions

JSE:LEW Recent Insider Transactions by Companies or Individuals
DateValueNameEntityRoleSharesMax Price
21 Jul 26SellR3,142,811Jacques BestbierIndividual34,053R92.36
10 Jul 26SellR2,602,102Jacques BestbierIndividual26,373R99.93
06 Jul 26BuyR6,540,674Lewis Group Ltd., Employee Incentive Scheme TrustCompany65,709R99.54
06 Jul 26SellR3,607,628Johan EnslinIndividual36,243R99.54
06 Jul 26SellR836,136Waleed AchmatIndividual8,400R99.54
06 Jul 26SellR836,833D. OliphantIndividual8,407R99.54
03 Jul 26BuyR7,399,587Johan EnslinIndividual75,506R98.00
03 Jul 26BuyR2,584,554Jacques BestbierIndividual26,373R98.00
03 Jul 26BuyR1,714,902Waleed AchmatIndividual17,499R98.00
03 Jul 26BuyR1,716,372D. OliphantIndividual17,514R98.00
30 Jun 26SellR7,498,581Johan EnslinIndividual82,752R91.12
24 Jun 26SellR4,703,211Johan EnslinIndividual51,272R94.40
18 Jun 26SellR5,484,919Johan EnslinIndividual60,341R90.90
18 Jun 26SellR2,387,728Jacques BestbierIndividual26,268R90.90
08 Jun 26SellR12,764,194Johan EnslinIndividual138,857R91.92
08 Jun 26SellR5,556,380Jacques BestbierIndividual60,448R91.92
08 Jun 26SellR2,944,841Waleed AchmatIndividual32,037R91.92
08 Jun 26SellR3,148,628D. OliphantIndividual34,254R91.92
05 Jun 26BuyR24,867,599Lewis Group Ltd., Employee Incentive Scheme TrustCompany270,300R92.00
02 Jun 26BuyR7,171,412Lewis Group Ltd., Employee Incentive Scheme TrustCompany79,700R90.43
30 Mar 26BuyR8,498,700Waleed AchmatIndividual105,000R80.94
13 Mar 26BuyR29,553,777Lewis Group Ltd., Employee Incentive Scheme TrustCompany333,762R92.31
10 Mar 26BuyR2,564,149Lewis Group Ltd., Employee Incentive Scheme TrustCompany29,080R90.39
04 Mar 26BuyR3,186,197Lewis Group Ltd., Employee Incentive Scheme TrustCompany35,254R92.11
09 Dec 25BuyR41Hilton SavenIndividual465R0.088
03 Dec 25BuyR219,588Hilton SavenIndividual2,557R85.88
25 Nov 25SellR4,316,852Jacques BestbierIndividual52,627R83.07

Insider Trading Volume

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

Ownership Breakdown

What is the ownership structure of LEW?
Owner TypeNumber of SharesOwnership Percentage
Individual Insiders1,814,3613.51%
Employee Share Scheme2,315,8264.48%
Hedge Funds3,228,6606.25%
Institutions18,810,95636.4%
General Public25,476,86349.3%

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

Top Shareholders

Top 25 shareholders own 50.53% of the company
OwnershipNameSharesCurrent ValueChange %Portfolio %
27.2%
Coronation Fund Managers Limited
14,030,848R1.2b0%0.44%
6.25%
Peregrine Capital (Pty) Limited
3,228,660R264.9m0%1.71%
4.48%
Lewis Group Ltd., Employee Incentive Scheme Trust
2,315,826R190.0m21.9%100.0%
3.99%
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
2,061,909R169.2m-1.89%no data
1.81%
Johan Enslin
934,814R76.7m-12.7%no data
0.99%
Prescient Investment Management Pty Ltd
513,000R42.1m0%0.61%
0.97%
Obsidian Capital (Pty) Ltd
499,706R41.0m0%2.9%
0.93%
Australian Super Pty Ltd
482,641R39.6m0%no data
0.93%
Anchor Capital (Pty) Ltd.
479,544R39.3m0%0.25%
0.92%
Jacques Bestbier
473,182R38.8m-17.4%no data
0.4%
Waleed Achmat
204,492R16.8m-26.1%no data
0.37%
D. Oliphant
192,411R15.8m76.4%no data
0.29%
Counterpoint Boutique Pty Ltd
150,344R12.3m0%0.43%
0.15%
Mianzo Investment Management
78,389R6.4m0%0.24%
0.13%
Capita Asset Management (Pty) Ltd
66,731R5.5m0%1.19%
0.13%
Stanlib Multi-Manager Ltd.
65,967R5.4m0%0.13%
0.1%
Wealth Associates Asset Management
54,096R4.4m0%1.23%
0.088%
Acadian Asset Management LLC
45,567R3.7m-0.47%no data
0.088%
All Weather Capital (Pty) Ltd
45,478R3.7m0%0.1%
0.067%
Novare Investments (Pty) Ltd
34,845R2.9m0%0.15%
0.06%
Autus Fund Managers (Pty) Ltd
31,000R2.5m0%0.79%
0.055%
Dotport (Pty) Ltd
28,370R2.3m0%2.11%
0.054%
Sasfin Asset Managers (Pty) Ltd.
27,700R2.3m0%0.05%
0.054%
Segall Bryant & Hamill, LLC
27,681R2.3m0%no data
0.042%
BlueAlpha Investment Management (Pty) Ltd.
21,654R1.8m0%0.13%

Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

DataLast Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis2026/08/09 13:47
End of Day Share Price 2026/08/07 00:00
Earnings2026/03/31
Annual Earnings2026/03/31

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

Lewis Group Limited is covered by 10 analysts. 0 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

AnalystInstitution
Peter Mark HodgsonAvior Capital Markets
Kaeleen BrownBarclays
Niel VenterBofA Global Research