BAE Systems plc Stock: price and insider trades · United Kingdom

BAE Systems plc is a listed company based in Farnborough, United Kingdom, founded in 1999. Its latest reported headcount is 100,000 employees (2024). Its insiders report their share dealings to RNS (LSE). In the past year (18 October 2025 to 18 October 2026), 112 filings came from 18 insiders.

Purchases and sales both appear in the filings: 3 purchases (2 insiders, €375k) and 28 sales (4 insiders, €69.1M). The amount is not disclosed for 7 filings. Unlike grants, an open-market purchase is paid for by the insider, at the market price. On the buying side, the filings list 2 board members and 1 chief executive among the declarants. BAE Systems plc filed the largest sale, €11.1M, on 16 April 2026.

The data flag 2 purchases as part of a group of insiders buying within 30 days of each other. Purchases made close together by different insiders form what is called a cluster. The last purchase on record was published on 11 August 2026, which is 67 days ago. Filings reach the RNS (LSE) feed a median of 2 days after the trade. For comparison, UK MAR gives managers three business days to notify a trade. Selling is not necessarily a view on the stock: liquidity needs and diversification are common motives.

Compared with its exchange (834 companies, median 6 filings), a count of 112 filings is above the norm. Our records for BAE Systems plc go back to 2023, with 26 purchases and 120 sales on the open market in total.

Every figure here comes from the filings published by RNS (LSE) and describes the past, not future prices; it is not investment advice.