No insider purchase over the last 90 days. The latest was filed 07 Jul 2026.
Tesco PLC, classified in the Retail & Commerce sector, is a listed company based in Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, founded in 1919. Its insiders report their share dealings to RNS (LSE). Over the twelve months to 18 October 2026, the company's managers filed 243 filings, from 26 insiders.
Both sides are active: 6 purchases worth €120k and 28 sales worth €11.1M, from 4 insiders and 12 insiders respectively. No amount is published for 13 filings, which the totals therefore leave out. Buying on the open market means paying the going price with one's own funds, a different act from receiving shares as pay. Those buying include 2 chief executives, 1 finance chief and 1 senior executive. At €1.6M, the sale published on 4 November 2025 by Ashwin Prasad is the largest of the period.
With 243 filings in twelve months, the company is more active than the median of 6 filings across the 831 companies we follow on the same exchange. Over the whole record (from 2023), the tally stands at 16 purchases and 76 sales.
In the case of 6 purchases, another manager of the company was buying within the same 30 days. Purchases made close together by different insiders form what is called a cluster. The clock since the last published purchase (7 July 2026) now reads 102 days. Between a trade and the moment it shows up on RNS (LSE), the median delay is 3 days. Under the UK Market Abuse Regulation, managers have three business days to notify their trades. A sale on its own says little: insiders also sell to pay tax, fund a purchase or diversify.
In the same sector, recent insider purchases at GameStop Corp. and Dick's Sporting Goods, Inc. also feature in our signals. These figures are compiled from regulatory filings published by RNS (LSE). They describe what insiders did and are not a recommendation.
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Analysts rate Tesco PLC Buy (bullish), based on 15 analysts. Average price target: £5.29.
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Tesco PLC is one of the leading listed food retailers in the United Kingdom and a benchmark name in European grocery distribution. The shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange (FTSE 100/250/AIM), and the company is headquartered in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1919 by Jack Cohen, Tesco evolved from a small market-stall business into a large-scale multichannel retailer, with its corporate headquarters in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. Its business model is centered on food retailing and everyday consumer goods, complemented by adjacent services where relevant in each market.
Tesco operates through a combination of physical stores and digital channels, allowing it to serve a broad customer base and capture routine shopping occasions. Its store estate includes large-format stores, supermarkets, convenience stores and online grocery propositions. The product mix is heavily weighted toward fresh food, private-label ranges, branded groceries, household essentials and convenience items. Loyalty and digital engagement are also strategically important, with Clubcard and other customer data tools supporting retention, basket-building and personalization.
Geographically, Tesco’s core market remains the United Kingdom, where it holds a strong competitive position in grocery retail. It also has operations in the Republic of Ireland and selected Central European markets, while some technology and support functions are managed through international hubs. Public disclosures indicate a very large operating footprint, including thousands of stores overall and a substantial majority located in the UK. This scale gives Tesco significant brand reach, purchasing power and supply-chain leverage, but it also places the group in a highly competitive environment against other major grocers, discounters and online-focused players.
Recent corporate news underlines Tesco’s active presence in the capital markets and its regular reporting cadence. The company has issued RNS updates, including PDMR notifications and own-share transactions. It also published its preliminary results for 2025/26 in April 2026 and its Q3 and Christmas trading statement in January 2026, highlighting the market’s focus on trading momentum, margins and cash generation. For international equity investors, Tesco remains a classic defensive consumer-staples holding: scale-driven, brand-led, omnichannel, and directly exposed to UK household spending trends.
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