Insiders Trades
Vesuvius plc Stock: price and insider trades · United Kingdom
1 insider bought €23k of shares over the last 90 days, the latest filed 01 Oct 2026.
Vesuvius plc: what insiders have been doing
Vesuvius plc is a listed company. Its directors and officers file their transactions with RNS (LSE). From 18 October 2025 to 18 October 2026, the disclosure feed for Vesuvius plc logged 11 filings by 2 insiders.
On the market, 1 insider bought (2 purchases totalling €28k) while 1 insider sold (2 sales totalling €1.2M). Taken together, the sales exceed the purchases by €1.2M. Open-market purchases are the filings investors watch most closely, because the insider pays for the shares out of pocket. The buyers include 1 finance chief. At €749k, the sale published on 31 July 2026 by Patrick André is the largest of the period (0.071% of market cap).
The latest purchase is recent: it was published 16 days ago, on 1 October 2026. Typically, a trade is published a median of 1 day after it takes place. The regulation allows three business days to notify a trade (UK MAR).
Across the 833 companies tracked on its exchange, the median is 6 filings; at 11 filings, this issuer sits above that mark. Our records for Vesuvius plc go back to 2023, with 15 purchases and 4 sales on the open market in total.
These figures are compiled from regulatory filings published by RNS (LSE). They describe what insiders did and are not a recommendation.
Insider Decl.
39
Thresholds
n/a
Buy Volume
€577,524
15 ops. · all time
Sell Volume
€5M
4 ops. · all time
Who traded when
BuySaleMark Collis7 buys
Patrick André3 sales
Since the insiders bought
- +6.0%Entry £4.24 · Close at T+90 £4.49
- -19.2%Entry £4.90 · Close at T+365 £3.96
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 Vesuvius plc Buy (bullish), based on 6 analysts. Average price target: £5.00.
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 13,352 of 24,148 companies
48.5
score / 100
Value60
Quality38
FCF yld2.3%
Earn yld4.6%
EV/EBITDA8.9x
ROE4.2%
Gross mgn25%
Net mgn2.9%
Debt/EBITDA3.2x
Pillars2/3
Transparent value + quality ranking, distinct from the insider signal.
Financial data
as of FY 2025FY ended December 2025 · cache
£4.63
Analyst consensus
6 analystsBuy
£4.00Target £5.00(+8%)£5.90
Income statement
Revenue£1.8B
Gross profit£460.7M25% margin
EBITDA£198.7M11% margin
Net income£52.2M2.1% margin
Valuation
PER (trailing)30.9x
PER (forward)1153.6x
P/Book99.1x
Beta1.02
Balance sheet & cash
Market cap£1.1B
Total debt£641.9M
Free Cash Flow£26.2M
Debt / Equity52%
Profitability & ownership
ROE4.2%
ROA3.8%
% insiders7.3%
% institutions96.3%
Last declaration on 13 October 2026
Declarations39 total
440 shares@ £4.6863London Stock Exchange (XLON)ISIN GB00B82YXW83FCA-NSM:56da39be-e65a-4533-a74a-32fdb3f2d9b2
10,580 shares@ £3.770.0017% mcap0.7% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)FCA-NSM:50134de9-584b-4be9-9100-65a5760b7887
Canonical exit: 3 Dec 2026 (T+90)
47,696 sharesLondon - outside a trading venueFCA-NSM:07d324c1-f2f2-442a-9c10-3db6f8adad80-1
174,709 shares@ £3.67620.071% mcap7.0% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)FCA-NSM:07d324c1-f2f2-442a-9c10-3db6f8adad80-0
3,653 shares@ £4.410.0018% mcap0.6% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)RNS:a07d74dc-bceb-4935-823f-507686a6b060
390,051 shares@ £4.072817.1% of flowLondon - outside a trading venueRNS:dd9d7646-df23-4934-8763-70efab814c91-0
175,972 shares@ £4.072826.3% of flowLondon - outside a trading venueRNS:dd9d7646-df23-4934-8763-70efab814c91-1
23,532 shares@ £4.07281.1% of flowLondon - outside a trading venueRNS:342dc40f-cf27-4f0e-9f5d-8513cf85779c-0
11,897 shares@ £4.07281.8% of flowLondon - outside a trading venueRNS:342dc40f-cf27-4f0e-9f5d-8513cf85779c-1
104,051 shares@ £3.9534.4% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)RNS:c6a4f1bb-2672-4efe-82da-b7e046bfff9c
988 shares@ £4.34490.2% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)RNS:a189e01b-ea9d-4297-90e9-bc69c2e4ce60
Canonical exit: 8 Jun 2026 (T+90)
304 shares@ £3.730.0% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)RNS:202510031052PR_NEWS_UKDISCLO_0089
1,481 shares@ £3.810.2% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)RNS:202509251201PR_NEWS_UKDISCLO_0111
3,371 shares@ £3.690.5% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)RNS:202506111107PR_NEWS_UKDISCLO_0102
165 sharesLondon - outside a trading venueRNS:202504291205PR_NEWS_UKDISCLO_0106
Canonical exit: 27 Jul 2025 (T+90)
00.7% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)RNS:202504091159PR_NEWS_UKDISCLO_0102
Canonical exit: 6 Jul 2025 (T+90)
9,460 shares@ £3.201.1% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)RNS:202504091158PR_NEWS_UKDISCLO_0100
Canonical exit: 6 Jul 2025 (T+90)
399,589 shares@ £3.897417.0% of flowLondon - outside a trading venueRNS:202504081214PR_NEWS_UKDISCLO_0113-0
175,116 shares@ £3.897425.4% of flowLondon - outside a trading venueRNS:202504081214PR_NEWS_UKDISCLO_0113-1
41,300 shares@ £3.89741.8% of flowLondon - outside a trading venueRNS:202504081213PR_NEWS_UKDISCLO_0112-0
20,537 shares@ £3.89743.0% of flowLondon - outside a trading venueRNS:202504081213PR_NEWS_UKDISCLO_0112-1
488,516 shares@ £3.900121.2% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)RNS:202503181335PR_NEWS_UKDISCLO_0118
24,905 sharesLondon - outside a trading venueRNS:202503121048PR_NEWS_UKDISCLO_0099
Canonical exit: 8 Jun 2025 (T+90)
0London Stock Exchange (XLON)RNS:202503121045PR_NEWS_UKDISCLO_0098
Canonical exit: 8 Jun 2025 (T+90)
11,528 shares@ £4.32051.9% of flowLondon Stock Exchange (XLON)RNS:202408020643PR_NEWS_UKDISCLO_0062
Canonical exit: 30 Oct 2024 (T+90)
25 of 39 declarations
About Vesuvius plc
Vesuvius plc is a company that specializes in providing high-performance solutions for the steel and foundry industries. It offers products and services that enhance the efficiency and sustainability of production processes.
