3 insiders bought €1.2M of shares over the last 90 days, the latest filed 05 Aug 2026.
Headquartered in Paris, France, Wendel belongs to the Business Services sector and traces its origins to 2002. Filings by its managers are published through AMF. Between 18 October 2025 and 18 October 2026, 10 insiders published 19 filings.
Both sides are active: 6 purchases worth €1.2M and 1 sale worth €66k, from 5 insiders and 1 insider respectively. No amount is published for 1 filing, which the totals therefore leave out. Unlike grants, an open-market purchase is paid for by the insider, at the market price. Those buying include 4 board members and 1 chief executive. Biggest ticket of the year: €1.1M, bought by David Darmon and made public on 5 August 2026 (0.033% of market cap).
Compared with its exchange (316 companies, median 6 filings), a count of 19 filings is above the norm. Over the whole record (from 2021), the tally stands at 25 purchases and 11 sales.
In all, 2 purchases were made within 30 days of a purchase by another insider of the company. Such overlaps are known as a cluster signal: distinct people reaching the same decision at about the same time. The last insider purchase was made public on 5 August 2026, 73 days ago. Filings reach the AMF feed a median of 3 days after the trade. The legal deadline for notifying a trade is three business days (MAR article 19).
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Analysts rate Wendel Buy (bullish), based on 6 analysts. Average price target: €106.17.
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Wendel is a listed investment company headquartered in Paris that has evolved from a centuries-old industrial heritage into a global private-asset investment platform. Founded in 1704 in Lorraine, the group spent roughly 270 years operating across industrial businesses, especially steel-related activities, before refocusing on long-term investing. Wendel is listed on Euronext Paris under ISIN FR0000121204 and is included in major indices such as CAC Mid 60, SBF 120, Euronext 100 and STOXX Europe 600. Its headquarters are located at 4 rue Paul-Cézanne in Paris.
Today, Wendel’s business model rests on two complementary engines of value creation. The first is Wendel Principal Investments (WPI), the group’s direct investment activity for its own account. Through WPI, Wendel deploys its capital to support market-leading companies with durable growth potential. The second is Wendel Investment Managers (WIM), a multi-affiliate asset management platform designed to serve institutional investors across three private-asset classes: private equity, private debt and secondaries. This dual structure allows Wendel to combine long-term proprietary investing, recurring management-related earnings and diversified exposure to private markets.
Over the past few years, Wendel has significantly accelerated its strategic transformation and now describes itself as a global investment firm focused on private assets. The group states that it employs around 600 people across 12 countries, underlining its international footprint. Its investor platform is growing, with management indicating expected 2026 FRE above €200 million for WIM. Wendel also targets more than €7 billion of cumulative cash generation by end-2030, which is intended to fund growth while supporting shareholder returns through dividends and share buybacks.
Financially, Wendel reported consolidated revenue of €7.568 billion for 2025 and a fully diluted net asset value of €164.2 per share as of 31 December 2025. The company also highlights a strong balance sheet and an investment-grade long-term credit rating of BBB/stable on its website. Notable recent corporate actions include a proposed 2025 ordinary dividend of €5.1 per share, an interim dividend already paid, and a planned share buyback program. More broadly, Wendel stands out on the Paris market for combining a very long industrial legacy with a modern, globally oriented private-markets investment strategy.
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