| Period | Completed events | Price coverage | Hit rate | Median excess return | Average excess return | Worst excess return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5D | 2Small sample | 100.0% (2/2) | 100.0% (2/2) | +2.6% | +2.6% | +2.0% |
| 20D | 2Small sample | 100.0% (2/2) | 50.0% (1/2) | +1.6% | +1.6% | -1.1% |
| 60D | 2Small sample | 100.0% (2/2) | 0.0% (0/2) | -9.9% | -9.9% | -15.4% |
| 120D | 2Small sample | 100.0% (2/2) | 50.0% (1/2) | -1.0% | -1.0% | -16.9% |
COMPANY RESEARCH
KINGSPAN GROUP PLC
KRX.IR · Ireland · Industrials · Building Products & Equipment
INSIDER SIGNAL
Insider activity score：50.3 / 100
2 insiders · 2 purchase events · €1.23m net purchases
Europe #610 · Ireland #4
WHY THIS SIGNAL?
Score anatomy
Each bar shows the contribution to the current score; the weights and formula stay unchanged.
Cluster+10.5 / 35
How many distinct insiders bought in the cluster
Purchase size+22.7 / 25
Purchase value relative to company size and liquidity
Role+13.0 / 20
The seniority and relevance of participating insiders
Recency+0.1 / 10
How recently the purchases occurred
Conviction+10.0 / 10
How clearly buying stands out from other activity
What is holding the score back?
- ⚠ Buyer breadth is moderate · fewer than 4 distinct filers
- ⚠ Insider role contributes less on the current role scale
- ⚠ Purchase activity is becoming less recent
The role contribution uses the inverted role input of the current European model.
Buying concentration
64%
Largest buyer：RUSSELL SHIELS · 789k EUR
Gross qualified purchase transaction-line value：1.23m EUR
The headline € total is net buying for the screen; this module uses gross qualified purchase transaction-line values in the filing currency, so the amounts can differ. The current 15-day buyer-breadth input counts distinct buyers; value concentration is disclosed separately here.
This is a ranking under the current European screening rules—not a probability of gain, return forecast, or buy recommendation.
Key purchase quotes (filing currency)
| Filer | Price per unit | Trade date |
|---|---|---|
| EILISE GREENE | 103.5 EUR | Aug 12, 2026 |
| RUSSELL SHIELS | 78.8875 EUR | May 8, 2026 |
Model details
Cluster breakdown (does not change the score)
- 15-day buyer breadth (count)
- 1 distinct reported filers
- Peak time window
- 2026-05-08 to 2026-05-08
- Current breadth input
- 0.300 (capped at 4+ buyers)
- Buyer independence
- Not yet measured; related-party fields are not cross-market comparable
What the filings show
- 🟢 Recent eligible purchase
EILISE GREENE · 444k EUR · Price 103.5 EUR · Aug 12, 2026 - 🟢 PDMR purchase
RUSSELL SHIELS · 789k EUR · Price 78.8875 EUR · May 8, 2026
Insider vs stock price
2 purchase day(s), 2 purchase line(s) in the 180-day window.
Daily close (EUR)Day with an insider purchase
Markers sit on the closing price of the transaction day. They show when insiders traded, not the price they paid or received. "Since" compares that day's close with the last close shown; it is what happened at this company, not a forecast.
If you had followed the purchase
Each row starts on the first close on or after the day a purchase was made public, the earliest a reader could have acted, and ends on the last close shown above.
| Made public | Insiders | In this stock, now | In the median peer stock, now | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | 1 | 1,146 +14.6% | too few peers | — |
| 2026-08-14 | 1 | 881 −11.9% | too few peers | — |
Close to close, before costs, taxes, dividends and currency moves. The peer is the median of the other stocks on the same exchange for which this site holds prices (0 here), not an index. This is what happened, not a forecast: across all purchases on this site the typical gap is close to zero.
Insider timeline
2 insiders bought in the last 180 days, each once and more than 15 days apart.
Tap an item for what it means.
●A purchase: the bigger the dot, the more was bought
Each dot is one insider's purchases on one day. The dot's area follows the amount: the largest purchase here gets the largest dot. Hold the pointer over a dot to see the date and the amount.
Blue line: this share's price, +12.7% over these six months
The closing price of each day, from 79.25 on 2026-04-27 to 89.35 on 2026-10-23. The line has no scale; read it for high and low: a dot on a low stretch was bought cheaply, a dot on a high stretch was not.
▂Grey bars: companies across Europe disclosing purchases each week
A taller bar is a week in which more companies disclosed insider purchases.
This company: insiders buying per month, last 12 months
Nov
Dec
Jan
2Feb
Mar
Apr
1May
Jun
Jul
1Aug
Sep
Oct
Darker bars are inside the 180-day window above.
Who traded
| Insider | Role | Purchases | Sales | Bought | First purchase | Share price since | Earlier purchases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RUSSELL SHIELS | Board member | 1 | — | 788.9k EUR | 2026-05-08 | +14.6% | fewer than 5 completed |
| EILISE GREENE | Associated person | 1 | — | 444.0k EUR | 2026-08-12 | −13.9% | fewer than 5 completed |
Why this score? · Model details
Priority = 100 × Σ(fixed weight × 0–1 rule-based input)
| Factor | Weight | This company input | Point contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 15-day buyer breadth (count) | 35% | 0.300 | 10.5 |
| Qualified-buy size | 25% | 0.909 | 22.7 |
| Role informativeness (inverted) | 20% | 0.350 | 7.0 |
| Recency | 10% | 0.007 | 0.1 |
| Buy/sell conviction | 10% | 1.000 | 10.0 |
This is a heuristic ordering under the current rules, not a calibrated return forecast. It explains why candidates rank differently; the public-filing evidence and data limits are shown below.
BULL VS BEAR
Two readings of this buying
The same filings, read two ways. Each line is a fact stored for this company with the number behind it, and appears only when that number crosses a fixed threshold. Neither side is a forecast and no winner is declared.
All bull and bear lists, and what followed each line in the past →
Where the evidence comes from
- The insider purchases themselvesBearsmall purchases, usual level for this company5 checked, under the threshold · 3 missing
- Share price and trading3 checked, under the threshold
- Short sellers1 checked, under the threshold
- Company results1 checked, under the threshold · 1 missing
- Company actions1 checked, under the threshold
Bull case · the buying is informative
Nothing held here goes beyond the fact that an insider bought.
Bear case · discount it
- Net purchases of €1.2M are <0.01% of the company's market value (€17.1bn): a visible sum, a small one against the business.
- Buying at this level is normal here: 2 insiders bought in the previous 180 days and 2 in this one.Record: after 2,808 earlier disclosures like this, the median 60-session excess return was −2.9%, within 1 percentage point of all comparable disclosures (−2.7%).
Evidence still missing
- No buyer here has 5 or more completed earlier purchases on record, so there is no track record to weigh.
- Only one reading of profitability is held (profit margin 7.2%). Whether earnings and cash flow are rising or falling needs the last two reports side by side.
- European notifications have no field saying whether a purchase was pre-arranged; there is no counterpart to the US 10b5-1 box. None of the 2 purchase lines mentions a plan, but a bare “ACQUISITION OF SHARES 1” does not rule one out.
- The filings give the size of each trade, not what the buyer already held. Whether a purchase added 1% to a personal stake or doubled it is not known.
Checked and under the threshold: 11, 2 close to it
- BearThe largest buyer accounts for 64% of the value bought. Counted for the bear side from 80%. close to the threshold
- EitherThe latest purchase is 72 days old. Bull up to 14 days, bear from 90. close to the threshold
- BullAt most 1 insider bought within any 15 days. Counted for the bull side from 3.
- Bear0 of 2 buyers filed as a person closely associated with a manager. Counted for the bear side from half.
- BearNo insider sale is recorded in the same 180 days.
- BearThe share price changed +15% over six months (three months +15%, one month −7.2%) and stands 16% below its 52-week high. Counted for the bear side from a fall of 20%.
- BearOver three months the share price changed +15% and the median of 527 Industrials companies changed +<0.01%: ahead by 15 points. Counted for the bear side from 20 points behind.
- BearPublished net short positions add up to 0.28% of the share capital. Counted for the bear side from 2%. Unchanged since 2026-10-09.
- BullThe company announced no transaction in its own shares in the last 30 days.
- BearProfit margin on the latest captured figures is 7.2%. Counted for the bear side when negative.
- BearAbout €41.5M of the stock changes hands on an average day. Counted for the bear side below €500k.
Both columns arrange stored facts only. They do not change the insider score or the ranking and are not investment advice.
Signal history
50.3 / 100
Latest recorded score
→ +0.0 ptssince the first recorded snapshot on 2026-10-21; 2 calendar days observed
- Recorded snapshots
- 3
- First snapshot
- 2026-10-21
There is not yet a 30-calendar-day comparison; earlier scores are not reconstructed. These are raw signal scores saved when each full scoring run completed. They describe changes in research ranking, not price performance or returns.
Why did it change?
Less than 30 days of comparable history is available, so factor movement is not yet decomposed.
Signal score history
Fixed 0–100 scale; dates are spaced by calendar time.
Recent recorded points
- 50.3
- 50.3
- 50.3
View all recorded scores
| Snapshot date | Signal score |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-21 | 50.3 |
| 2026-10-22 | 50.3 |
| 2026-10-23 | 50.3 |
Sector context
- Buying breadth
- 8.4% (88 / 1,049 issuers)
- Sector rank
- #8 / 12
- 7D breadth change
- +0.3 pp · vs 2026-10-16 (7d)
- 30D breadth change
- -1.5 pp · vs 2026-09-23 (30d)
This is sector-level research context. It does not affect the Insider Signal or ranking.
Insider profile outcomes
Historical performance following insider filings. The company role is translated below each name while preserving the original title.
- Excess return = stock return − ISEQ All-Share return over the same period.
- Hit rate = completed events with positive excess return ÷ total completed events.
- Price coverage = valid point-in-time prices ÷ events mature enough for that period.
- Returns start on the first shared trading session on or after publication.
- Small-sample rule: n<5 is shown for transparency and is not scored.
Events are disclosure-level observations; related disclosures published on the same date may share a return path and may not be statistically independent. This research enrichment does not affect the insider score or ranking.
| Period | Completed events | Price coverage | Hit rate | Median excess return | Average excess return | Worst excess return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 0.0% (0/1) | -2.4% | -2.4% | -2.4% |
| 20D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 0.0% (0/1) | -9.7% | -9.7% | -9.7% |
| 60D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 0.0% (0/1) | -11.7% | -11.7% | -11.7% |
| 120D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 100.0% (1/1) | +8.8% | +8.8% | +8.8% |
| Period | Completed events | Price coverage | Hit rate | Median excess return | Average excess return | Worst excess return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 100.0% (1/1) | +0.2% | +0.2% | +0.2% |
| 20D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 100.0% (1/1) | +0.5% | +0.5% | +0.5% |
| 60D | 0No data | Awaiting maturity | — | — | — | — |
| 120D | 0No data | Awaiting maturity | — | — | — | — |
Market context
PRICE PERFORMANCE
VOLATILITY & LIQUIDITY
- Volatility
- 36.0%
- Beta
- 1.27
- Avg daily volume
- €33.4M
VALUATION
- Market cap
- €17.1B
- P/E
- 24.6×
FUNDAMENTALS
- Profit margin
- 7.2%
- ROE
- 15.2%
- Industry
- Building Products & Equipment
Prices to 23 Oct 2026: OpenBB/yfinance. From OpenBB/yfinance, captured 21 Oct 2026: Market cap, P/E, Profit margin, ROE, Beta, Industry. It does not affect the insider score or rank.
Disclosed net short positions
- Aggregate net short
- 0.28%
- Latest position date
- 01 Oct 2026
The FCA publishes one aggregate figure per issuer, the sum of all positions notified to it, and does not name the holders. Source: FCA · read 23 Oct 2026
Short-position disclosures are external context; they do not affect the insider score, ranking, or filing eligibility.
Insiders and institutions
Insiders, ranking window: €1.2M net bought · buyers: 2 · last 2026-08-12
Short sellers
Nothing at or above the publication threshold is on the Central Bank of Ireland register (read 2026-10-23).
Moves by named holders, last 12 months
No named holder's published position changed in the last 12 months.
Source: Central Bank of Ireland, read 2026-10-23. Where holders are named, only positions of 0.5% of issued capital or more are published, so these are lower bounds and a change is a change in what was published. Context only; not part of the score. All companies where insiders buy and short sellers hold positions →
Insiders' buying price vs the latest close
Insiders paid 85.93 EUR a share on average (4 purchase lines, 4 buyers, 2026-02-20 – 2026-08-12). The close on 2026-10-23 was 4.0% above that price.
The latest purchase (2026-08-12) was at 103.50 EUR; the close was 13.7% below that price.
Prices paid are weighted by shares and taken from the filings; dividends are not counted. Not scored.
Buying size vs market trading
0.00% · of estimated traded value in the same period
2026-09-28 – 2026-10-23 · 20 recorded trading sessions
- Disclosed qualifying purchases
- 0 EUR
- Estimated market traded value
- 830,425,969 EUR
Market-data coverage: 509 verified sessions · Latest session: 2026-10-23 · Ratio status: Available
Recent and largest purchase events / preceding 60-session ADTV
- Aug 12 · EILISE GREENE · PERSON CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH GILBERT MCCARTHY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR444,015 EUR · 1.32%33,738,542 EUR ADTV
- May 08 · RUSSELL SHIELS · EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR788,875 EUR · 2.30%34,307,759 EUR ADTV
Traded value is estimated as close × shares traded, in major currency units. Includes disclosed qualifying purchases; disclosures may lag. Contractual or planned acquisitions are not necessarily discretionary. Ratios describe relative trading size, not market participation or score contributions.
Latest news
No news has been captured for this company.
Regulatory filings
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-08-14 · trade date 2026-08-12
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-05-08 · trade date 2026-05-08
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-04-08 · trade date 2026-04-08
Unfold all 9 filings
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-08-14 · trade date 2026-08-12
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-05-08 · trade date 2026-05-08
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-04-08 · trade date 2026-04-08
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-02-25 · trade date 2026-02-23
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-02-24 · trade date 2026-02-23
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-02-24 · trade date 2026-02-23
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-02-24 · trade date 2026-02-23
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-02-24 · trade date 2026-02-20
- Insider filing announcement · published 2025-11-06 · trade date 2025-11-03
Filing evidence
These are underlying national-feed records from the 365-day window ending on the saved ranking snapshot. The score uses only the latest 180 days; older qualifying equity purchases remain visible for audit but do not enter the current score. The original filer, role, transaction classification, instrument, price, volume, value and source fields are retained. The first three rows are shown; remaining records can be unfolded for audit. Other transaction types are retained but excluded from the score.
Excluded transactions & classification
4 qualifying purchase disclosure(s) · 4 transaction line(s)
Aug 12, 2026ACQUISITION OF SHARES 1
EILISE GREENE · PERSON CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH GILBERT MCCARTHY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Shares · 4290.0 shares × 103.5 EUR · —
Open filingMay 8, 2026PURCHASE OF SHARES 1
RUSSELL SHIELS · EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Shares · 10000.0 shares × 78.8875 EUR · —
Open filingFeb 23, 2026ACQUISITION OF SHARES 1
ÉIMEAR MOLONEY · NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Shares · 2000.0 shares × 84.89 EUR · —
Open filingUnfold all 1 remaining filing row(s)
| Transaction date | Published | Filer | Role | Transaction | Instrument | Price (local currency) | Quote currency | Volume | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-20 | 2026-02-24 | ANNE HERATY | NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | ACQUISITION OF SHARES 1 | Shares | 85.0 EUR | EUR | 3000.0 | Open filing |
Showing 4 of 4 matching raw-feed row(s) from the current 365-day research window. Prices and reported values remain in the filing currency and its major unit (for example, UK pence are parsed as GBP). The screen-level € aggregate is separately FX-normalised for research ranking, not a trade-date conversion.
Other disclosed transactions · excluded from score
View 8 other transaction(s)
Apr 8, 2026EXERCISE AND HOLD OF PSP AWARDS (GRANTED FEBRUARY 2023) UNDER THE KINGSPAN GROUP 2017 PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN. 1
RUSSELL SHIELS · EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Shares · 10543.0 shares × 0.13 EUR · —
Open filingFeb 23, 2026GRANT OF OPTIONS UNDER THE KINGSPAN GROUP 2017 PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN: PSP AWARDS: 41,713 XTSR AWARDS: 20,857 1
GENE MURTAGH · CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Shares · 62570.0 shares × 0.13 EUR · —
Open filingFeb 23, 2026GRANT OF OPTIONS UNDER THE KINGSPAN GROUP 2017 PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN: PSP AWARDS: 20,900 XTSR AWARDS: 10,450 3
GEOFF DOHERTY · CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
Shares · 31350.0 shares × 0.13 EUR · —
Open filingUnfold all 5 remaining filing row(s)
| Transaction date | Published | Filer | Role | Transaction | Instrument | Price (local currency) | Quote currency | Volume | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-23 | 2026-02-25 | GILBERT MCCARTHY | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | GRANT OF OPTIONS UNDER THE KINGSPAN GROUP 2017 PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN: PSP AWARDS: 19,301 XTSR AWARDS: 9,650 5 | Shares | 0.13 EUR | EUR | 28951.0 | Open filing |
| 2026-02-23 | 2026-02-25 | RUSSELL SHIELS | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | GRANT OF OPTIONS UNDER THE KINGSPAN GROUP 2017 PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN: PSP AWARDS: 19,336 XTSR AWARDS: 9,668 7 | Shares | 0.13 EUR | EUR | 29004.0 | Open filing |
| 2026-02-23 | 2026-02-24 | GILBERT MCCARTHY | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | EXERCISE OF 2019 PSP AWARDS UNDER THE KINGSPAN GROUP PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN. 1 | Shares | 0.13 EUR | EUR | 19797.0 | Open filing |
| 2026-02-23 | 2026-02-24 | GEOFF DOHERTY | CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER | EXERCISE AND HOLD OF PSP AWARDS (GRANTED FEBRUARY 2023) UNDER THE KINGSPAN GROUP PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN. 1 | Shares | 0.13 EUR | EUR | 10189.0 | Open filing |
| 2025-11-03 | 2025-11-06 | RUSSELL SHIELS | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | EXERCISE AND HOLD OF PSP AWARDS (GRANTED FEBRUARY 2022 AND AUGUST 2022) UNDER THE KINGSPAN GROUP 2017 PERFORMANCE SHARE PLAN. 1 | Shares | 0.13 EUR | EUR | 3397.0 | Open filing |
Showing 8 of 8 matching raw-feed row(s) from the current 365-day research window. Prices and reported values remain in the filing currency and its major unit (for example, UK pence are parsed as GBP). The screen-level € aggregate is separately FX-normalised for research ranking, not a trade-date conversion.
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Snapshot & identity
- Snapshot date
- 2026-10-23
- Ticker
- KRX.IR
- ISIN
- IE0004927939
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Building Products & Equipment
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