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1 insider bought €1,568 of shares over the last 90 days, the latest by John Bason, filed 02 Sept 2026.
Insider Decl.
67
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€455,114
15 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
€5M
18 ops. · all time
Who traded when
BuySaleJohn Bason4 buys
Nigel Newton1 buy2 sales
Leslie-Ann Reed2 buys
Catherine Bason1 buy
Jenny Ridout1 sale
Penny Scott-Bayfield1 sale
Since the insiders bought
- +9.6%Entry £6.23 · Close 20 Oct 2026 £6.83
- -1.0%Entry £5.03 · Close at T+90 £4.98
- +28.2%Entry £4.86 · Close at T+365 £6.23
Entry is the close on the day after publication, the first price a reader could act on. Prices in the listing currency. Past moves are not a forecast.
This score ranks the purchase within its own market. A position size is suggested only on the venues of the backtested strategy universe; elsewhere, signals stay on watch. Not investment advice.
Fundamental score
Ranked 5,156 of 26,286 companies
67.2
score / 100
Value61
Quality73
FCF yld5.9%
Earn yld5.0%
EV/EBITDA10.7x
ROE13%
Gross mgn59%
Net mgn8.3%
Debt/EBITDA0.6x
Pillars2/3
Transparent value + quality ranking, distinct from the insider signal.
Financial data
as of FY 2026FY ended February 2026 · cache
£6.72
Analyst consensus
5 analysts1.00/5
£7.50Target £7.86(+17%)£8.25
Income statement
Revenue£325.9M
Gross profit£191.6M59% margin
EBITDA£53.4M16% margin
Net income£27M8.3% margin
Valuation
PER (trailing)20.4x
PER (forward)1614.2x
P/Book251.6x
Beta0.41
Balance sheet & cash
Market cap£543.3M
Total debt£29.8M
Free Cash Flow£31.9M
Debt / Equity14%
Profitability & ownership
ROE12.5%
ROA6.2%
% insiders5.1%
% institutions73.7%
Last declaration on 10 September 2026
Declarations67 total
62,125 shares@ £6.25080.068% mcap5.4% of flowLondon Stock ExchangeISIN GB0033147751RNS:9765901-0
15,549 shares@ £6.25080.017% mcap17.7% of flowLondon Stock ExchangeISIN GB0033147751RNS:9765901-1
138,045 sharesLondon Stock ExchangeISIN GB0033147751FCA-NSM:4ece402d-bb08-4a20-8f51-78860d329a0e-0
33,080 sharesLondon Stock ExchangeISIN GB0033147751FCA-NSM:4ece402d-bb08-4a20-8f51-78860d329a0e-1
206 shares@ £6.520.0003% mcap2.7% of flowLondon Stock ExchangeISIN GB0033147751RNS:9752095
Canonical exit: 19 Nov 2026 (T+90)
130,319 shares@ £6.560.17% mcap20.5% of flowGrant of the options occurred outside a trading venueISIN GB0033147751FCA-NSM:7007a31a-d062-4cc6-a6ea-54de538fee16-0
91,463 shares@ £6.560.12% mcap100.0% of flowGrant of the options occurred outside a trading venueISIN GB0033147751FCA-NSM:7007a31a-d062-4cc6-a6ea-54de538fee16-1
68,597 shares@ £6.560.090% mcap82.3% of flowGrant of the options occurred outside a trading venueISIN GB0033147751FCA-NSM:7007a31a-d062-4cc6-a6ea-54de538fee16-2
90 shares@ £4.96840.9% of flowAQSE Trading (Equity)ISIN GB0033147751RNS:37d7f2d2-1f7b-4189-bffe-60ed8fd5c4ab
Canonical exit: 26 Feb 2026 (T+90)
253 shares@ £4.91222.5% of flowLondon Stock ExchangeISIN GB0033147751RNS:5800531
Canonical exit: 20 Nov 2025 (T+90)
85,317 shares@ £4.88522.7% of flowGrant of the options occurred outside a trading venueISIN GB0033147751RNS:5798599-1
136,589 shares@ £4.88515.8% of flowGrant of the options occurred outside a trading venueISIN GB0033147751RNS:5798599-0
20,300 shares@ £4.88242.4% of flowAQXA - 170 shares at 489.25p AQXD - 542 shares at 489p BATE - 560 shares at 487.5p BATP - 7,546 shares at 487.6416p CHID - 2,397 shares at 488.5077p CHIX - 497 shares at 489p JSSI - 544 shares at 488p SGMX - 2,234 shares at 488.3833p TRQM - 1,019 shares at 488.75p TRQX - 1,890 shares at 489.1712 UBSY - 1,085 shares at 488.5581p -XLON - 1,816 shares at 488.5504pISIN GB0033147751RNS:5798582
Canonical exit: 25 Nov 2025 (T+90)
50,867 shares@ £4.76475.7% of flowLondon Stock ExchangeISIN GB0033147751RNS:5777969-0
33,185 shares@ £4.76478.6% of flowLondon Stock ExchangeISIN GB0033147751RNS:5777969-1
112,472 shares0London Stock ExchangeISIN GB0033147751RNS:5775621-0
70,252 shares0London Stock ExchangeISIN GB0033147751RNS:5775621-1
11,677 shares@ £4.7098100.0% of flowLondon Stock ExchangeISIN GB0033147751RNS:5764231
Canonical exit: 30 Oct 2025 (T+90)
16,938 shares@ £4.72349.0% of flowLondon Stock ExchangeISIN GB0033147751RNS:5761641
Canonical exit: 29 Oct 2025 (T+90)
62 shares@ £6.700.9% of flowLondon Stock ExchangeISIN GB0033147751RNS:5460687
Canonical exit: 27 Feb 2025 (T+90)
12,139 shares@ £6.5951.0% of flowLondon Stock ExchangeISIN GB0033147751RNS:5444529
Canonical exit: 23 Feb 2025 (T+90)
162 shares@ £7.182.4% of flowLondon Stock ExchangeISIN GB0033147751RNS:5331717
Canonical exit: 21 Nov 2024 (T+90)
38,085 shares@ £7.13315.2% of flowLondon Stock ExchangeISIN GB0033147751RNS:5326332-1
58,378 shares@ £7.13310.1% of flowLondon Stock ExchangeISIN GB0033147751RNS:5326332-0
129,079 shares0London Stock ExchangeISIN GB0033147751RNS:5325736-0
25 of 67 declarations
About Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
At Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, sales weigh more than purchases: 18 sales worth EUR 5.4 million (median EUR 338,987) against 15 purchases worth EUR 455,114 (median EUR 5,621), so 45% of open-market trades are purchases. Nigel Newton signs the three largest sales, as Chief Executive: EUR 519,640 and EUR 519,612 on August 30, 2023, then EUR 493,829 on August 27, 2024. Newton has 25 filings, 10 of them sales and 1 a purchase, the EUR 114,897 of August 27, 2025 (Chief Executive and Founder).
On the buying side, Leslie-Ann Reed (Non-Executive Director) put in EUR 96,125 on November 25, 2024 and EUR 92,496 on July 31, 2025. From July 31 to August 27, 2025, 4 insiders bought for EUR 272,419. John Bason (Non-executive Chairman) appears in 8 filings, all purchases.
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The UK media company totals 67 filings from 11 insiders since July 20, 2017, 32 of them grants. Annual volume ranges from 1 in 2018 to 11 in 2025. Over the last twelve months: 9 filings, 2 purchases, 2 sales. Insiders hold 5.8%.
For the 14 purchases with a 90-day result, the median is 0.9% and 50% are positive (recorded past results, not a forecast).
