No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 09 Dec 2025.
Every trade that managers of Exosens disclose to AMF is tracked on this page. The company sits in the Defense & Aerospace sector. From 18 October 2025 to 18 October 2026, the disclosure feed for Exosens logged 12 filings by 6 insiders.
Open-market activity splits into 1 purchase totalling €149.7M and 9 sales totalling €422.9M; 1 insider sit on the buying side and 6 insiders on the selling side. On balance, insiders were net sellers of €273.2M. Open-market purchases are the filings investors watch most closely, because the insider pays for the shares out of pocket. Biggest ticket of the year: €210.9M, sold by HLD Europe SCA de droit luxembourgeois and made public on 13 January 2026. Those buying include 1 board member.
The last purchase on record was published on 9 December 2025, which is 312 days ago. Typically, a trade is published a median of 6 days after it takes place. Under the Market Abuse Regulation, managers have three business days to notify their trades. Sales are harder to read than purchases, since they often meet personal needs such as tax or diversification.
With 12 filings in twelve months, the company is more active than the median of 6 filings across the 316 companies we follow on the same exchange. The full history, which starts in 2025, counts 1 purchase against 34 sales.
Elsewhere in the same sector, our signals recently picked up insider purchases at Heico Corp. These figures are compiled from regulatory filings published by AMF. They describe what insiders did and are not a recommendation.
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Analysts rate Exosens Buy (bullish), based on 10 analysts. Average price target: €67.23.
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Exosens is a French high-tech industrial group focused on mission-critical electro-optical technologies. The company designs, manufactures and sells advanced solutions for amplification, detection and imaging, serving demanding environments where reliability, sensitivity and rugged performance are essential. Its product portfolio includes image intensifier tubes for night vision, traveling wave tubes, advanced cameras, neutron and gamma detectors, and instrument detectors. The company is particularly exposed to defense and surveillance applications, while also addressing industrial control, life sciences and nuclear-related markets.
The group’s roots go back to 1937, when it began operating as a Philips subsidiary under the name Hyperelec in Brive-la-Gaillarde, France. It left the Philips group in 1998, later became part of the Photonis heritage in 2005, and adopted the Exosens name in September 2023. Exosens was listed on Euronext Paris, Compartment A, on 7 June 2024. The IPO was used in part to reduce leverage and improve financial flexibility, supporting the group’s next phase of expansion.
Growth has been supported by an active acquisition strategy. Exosens acquired Xenics in 2022, followed by ProxiVision, Telops and El-Mul in 2023. In 2024, it added Centronic and LR Tech, and in 2025 completed the acquisitions of Noxant, NVLS and Phasics. These transactions broadened the group’s technological base, strengthened its photonics platform and added capabilities such as high-performance cooled infrared cameras, defense optics and complementary sensing technologies.
Today, Exosens operates with a meaningful international footprint. The group states it has production and R&D activities across 12 sites in Europe and North America and more than 1,800 employees. Management highlights more than 85 years of expertise in electro-optics and a recognized position as an innovator in highly specialized niche markets. Defense & Surveillance accounted for 75% of 2025 revenue, underscoring the strategic importance of this segment and the structural demand linked to night vision and digital imaging.
Financially, Exosens delivered a strong 2025 performance, exceeding guidance with revenue up 22.1% to €468.2 million, adjusted EBITDA of €151.6 million and free cash flow of €57.3 million. This combination of growth, margin expansion and cash generation reflects a business model centered on innovation, disciplined industrial execution and exposure to defense-driven demand. As a listed French specialist, Exosens stands out as a focused photonics and defense technology platform with long operating history and significant upside potential from capacity expansion and M&A integration.
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