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J Sainsbury plc Stock: price and insider trades · United Kingdom
No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 24 Apr 2026.
J Sainsbury plc: what insiders have been doing
J Sainsbury plc, founded in 1869, is a listed company based in London, United Kingdom. Its directors and officers file their transactions with RNS (LSE). Over the twelve months to 18 October 2026, 57 filings were filed, from 15 insiders.
Both sides are active: 3 purchases worth €48k and 15 sales worth €30.4M, from 1 insider and 8 insiders respectively. The net balance comes to €30.3M on the selling side. Buying on the open market means paying the going price with one's own funds, a different act from receiving shares as pay. At €4.2M, the sale published on 29 April 2026 by Patrick Dunne is the largest of the period. Among those who bought: 1 board member.
The data flag 3 purchases as part of a group of insiders buying within 30 days of each other. When several insiders buy within a few weeks of each other, analysts speak of a cluster purchase. The last insider purchase was made public on 24 April 2026, 176 days ago. Filings reach the RNS (LSE) feed a median of 1 day after the trade. The regulation allows three business days to notify a trade (UK MAR). Sales are harder to read than purchases, since they often meet personal needs such as tax or diversification.
With 57 filings in twelve months, the company is more active than the median of 6 filings across the 833 companies we follow on the same exchange. Over the whole record (from 2023), the tally stands at 4 purchases and 33 sales.
Source: insider filings from RNS (LSE). Past trades are no guide to future returns.
Insider Decl.
170
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€561,454
4 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
€61M
33 ops. · all time
Who traded when
BuySaleSimon Roberts7 sales
Bláthnaid Bergin5 sales
Clodagh Moriarty3 sales
Katie Bickerstaffe3 buys
Patrick Dunne3 sales
Rhian Bartlett3 sales
+2 other insiders
Since the insiders bought
- -4.1%Entry £0.05 · Close at T+90 £0.05
- -6.1%Entry £0.04 · Close at T+365 £0.03
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.
Analyst consensus: bullish or bearish?
Analysts rate J Sainsbury plc Buy (bullish), based on 14 analysts. Average price target: £3.61.
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 11,149 of 24,148 companies
53.5
score / 100
Value77
Quality30
FCF yld12%
Earn yld5.1%
EV/EBITDA6.5x
ROE6.4%
Gross mgn6.6%
Net mgn1.2%
Debt/EBITDA3.0x
Pillars2/3
Transparent value + quality ranking, distinct from the insider signal.
Financial data
as of FY 2026FY ended February 2026 · cache
£3.36
Analyst consensus
14 analystsBuy
£3.00Target £3.61(+8%)£4.00
Income statement
Revenue£33.6B
Gross profit£2.2B7% margin
EBITDA£2.2B7% margin
Net income£393M1.2% margin
Valuation
PER (trailing)18.6x
PER (forward)1260.6x
P/Book121.4x
Beta0.98
Balance sheet & cash
Market cap£7.3B
Total debt£6.6B
Free Cash Flow£923M
Debt / Equity107%
Profitability & ownership
ROE6.4%
ROA3.0%
% insiders5.7%
% institutions66.9%
Last declaration on 25 September 2026
Declarations170 total
41 shares@ £3.39610.0000% mcap0.0% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)FCA-NSM:3fc5e179-97f6-4e27-89ed-98211f76dcd9
82 shares@ £71.3180.0001% mcap0.1% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)ISIN GB00B019KW72RNS:9792245
41 shares@ £3.3210.0000% mcap0.0% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)FCA-NSM:af577302-eb9a-4f35-a577-17cd35baae9e
82 shares@ £3.3210.0000% mcap0.0% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)ISIN GB00B019KW72RNS:9746182
692,308 shares@ £3.32920.032% mcap13.7% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)ISIN GB00B019KW72RNS:9732137-0
510,184 shares@ £3.32430.023% mcap25.4% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)ISIN GB00B019KW72RNS:9732137-1
1,081,178 shares@ £3.32920.049% mcap21.4% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)FCA-NSM:2a768768-c6e0-4119-aa73-69bf6d1ef400-0
255,092 shares@ £3.32430.012% mcap12.7% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)FCA-NSM:2a768768-c6e0-4119-aa73-69bf6d1ef400-1
39 shares@ £3.57790.0000% mcap0.0% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)FCA-NSM:4040370e-b702-41a1-8dc9-5a9fb7e209c1
78 shares@ £71.5590.0001% mcap0.1% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)ISIN GB00B019KW72RNS:9699167
380,252 sharesOutside a trading venueRNS:a7e0d112-874d-4faf-b5e6-2e8f585300be
0Outside a trading venueISIN GB00B019KW72RNS:9663198
82 shares@ £70.6010.0001% mcap0.1% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)ISIN GB00B019KW72RNS:9652621
41 shares@ £3.3620.0000% mcap0.0% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)RNS:4d589144-4787-49b0-86f1-d7f5f25a11b0
4,040 shares@ £2.450.1% of flowOutside a trading venueISIN GB00B019KW72RNS:9611903-0
7,428 shares@ £2.4566.7% of flowOutside a trading venueISIN GB00B019KW72RNS:9611903-1
2,020 shares@ £2.450.1% of flowOutside a trading venueRNS:b75530ba-13d2-4c8a-a6b1-15bd02147112-0
3,714 shares@ £2.4533.3% of flowOutside a trading venueRNS:b75530ba-13d2-4c8a-a6b1-15bd02147112-1
46 shares@ £2.980.0% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)RNS:9f48eecb-fb53-4a04-8964-b30a531034f6
0Outside a trading venueISIN GB00B019KW72RNS:9595399-0
0Outside a trading venueISIN GB00B019KW72RNS:9595399-1
0Outside a trading venueISIN GB00B019KW72RNS:9595399-2
0Outside a trading venueISIN GB00B019KW72RNS:9595399-3
0Outside a trading venueISIN GB00B019KW72RNS:9595399-4
0Outside a trading venueISIN GB00B019KW72RNS:9595399-5
25 of 170 declarations
About J Sainsbury plc
J Sainsbury plc is a British retail company known for its supermarkets and food services. It is one of the largest supermarket chains in the United Kingdom.
