| 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) | +5.0% | +5.0% | +5.0% |
| 20D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 0.0% (0/1) | -0.4% | -0.4% | -0.4% |
| 60D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 100.0% (1/1) | +7.2% | +7.2% | +7.2% |
| 120D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 100.0% (1/1) | +7.6% | +7.6% | +7.6% |
COMPANY RESEARCH
The Rank Group Plc
RNK.L · United Kingdom · Consumer Cyclical · Gambling
INSIDER SIGNAL
Insider activity score：47.7 / 100
Buyers not named in the filings · 2 purchase line(s) · €47k net purchases
Europe #727 · United Kingdom #191
WHY THIS SIGNAL?
Score anatomy
Each bar shows the contribution to the current score; the weights and formula stay unchanged.
Cluster+17.4 / 35
How many distinct insiders bought in the cluster
Purchase size+17.4 / 25
Purchase value relative to company size and liquidity
Role+20.0 / 20
The seniority and relevance of participating insiders
Recency+2.9 / 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
- ⚠ Purchase activity is becoming less recent
- ✓ Strong insider role · ceo/chair involved
The role contribution uses the inverted role input of the current European model.
Buying concentration
The filings do not name the buyer, so who bought how much cannot be worked out.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| — | 0.745 GBP | Sep 29, 2026 |
| — | 0.7454 GBP | Sep 28, 2026 |
Model details
Cluster breakdown (does not change the score)
Not measured: the scoring window holds no purchase filing with both a buyer name and a trade date.
What the filings show
- 🟢 Recent eligible purchase
— · 30k GBP · Price 0.745 GBP · Sep 29, 2026 - 🟢 PDMR purchase
— · 10k GBP · Price 0.7454 GBP · Sep 28, 2026 - 🔴 16 other transaction line(s) are not counted as discretionary-buying evidence; 0 have zero price
Insider vs stock price
2 purchase day(s), 2 purchase line(s) in the 180-day window.
Daily close (GBp)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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | 1 | 930 −7.0% | 992 −0.8% | −62 −6.2 pts |
0 of 1 disclosure day(s) ended ahead of the median peer stock.
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 (453 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
One insider bought, 2 times, the latest (29 Sep). The share closed at 75.30 that day and at 70.00 most recently (−7.0%).
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, −34.8% over these six months
The closing price of each day, from 107.40 on 2026-04-21 to 70.00 on 2026-10-07. 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.
Dashed line: the typical stock on the same exchange, +2.4%
Taken from the 491 other stocks on the same exchange that this site holds prices for. Each is measured from the first day of the window, and every day the middle one is drawn. It starts where the blue line starts, so the gap between the two is the difference: this share −34.8%, the typical one +2.4%, 37.2 points behind. It is not an index and not a comparison within one industry.
▂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
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Darker bars are inside the 180-day window above.
Who traded
| Insider | Role | Purchases | Sales | Bought | First purchase | Share price since | Earlier purchases |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown insider | Board member | 2 | — | 39.6k GBP | 2026-09-28 | −6.0% | 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% | 0.496; source unavailable, filled with a cohort-neutral value | 17.4 |
| Qualified-buy size | 25% | 0.697 | 17.4 |
| Role informativeness (inverted) | 20% | 0.000 | 0.0 |
| Recency | 10% | 0.287 | 2.9 |
| 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.
Since 2026-10-13: no longer on the bull side: bought in the last two weeks. All bull and bear lists, and what followed each line in the past →
Where the evidence comes from
The two kinds of evidence disagree: the purchases themselves carry bull lines (senior executive buying), while share price and trading argue against (price down over six months). No data is held for: company results.
- The insider purchases themselvesBullsenior executive buying3 checked, under the threshold · 3 missing
- Share price and tradingBearprice down over six months1 checked, under the threshold
- Short sellers1 checked, under the threshold
- Company results2 missing
- Company actions1 checked, under the threshold
Bull case · the buying is informative
- The buyers include the CEO or chair, who sees more of the business than most filers. This site's score gives little or no credit for that: in its backtests purchases by senior executives did no better than other insiders' purchases.Record: after 8,797 earlier disclosures like this, the median 60-session excess return was −3.1%, within 1 percentage point of all comparable disclosures (−3.2%).
Bear case · discount it
- Share price and tradingThe share price is down 26% over six months (three months −23%, one month −22%) and stands 51% below its 52-week high. Insiders have bought into a fall the market has not reversed.Record (nearest stored case: price 20% or more below its prior 52-week high): after 11,077 earlier disclosures like this, the median 60-session excess return was −3.2%, within 1 percentage point of all comparable disclosures (−2.6%).
Evidence still missing
- This register does not name the filer, so the 2 purchase lines may come from one person or from several. Breadth of buying cannot be judged.
- The company's market value is not captured, so the purchases cannot be stated as a share of the business or of its trading volume.
- No earnings, margin or cash-flow figures are captured for this company. The latest annual and interim reports are where to check whether the business is improving or deteriorating.
- 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 “Purchase of Shares” 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: 6, 1 close to it
- BearOver three months the share price changed −23% and the median of 264 Consumer Cyclical companies changed −3.7%: behind by 20 points. Counted for the bear side from 20 points behind. close to the threshold
- EitherNet purchases of €47k in 180 days. Bull from €1.0M, bear when all purchases total under €25k.
- BearNo insider sale is recorded in the same 180 days.
- EitherThe latest purchase is 18 days old. Bull up to 14 days, bear from 90.
- BearPublished net short positions total 0.41% of the share capital. Counted for the bear side from 2%. On 2026-10-02 it was 0.20%: up 0.21 points since.
- BullThe company announced no transaction in its own shares in the last 30 days.
Both columns arrange stored facts only. They do not change the insider score or the ranking and are not investment advice.
Signal history
47.7 / 100
Latest recorded score
↓ -7.1 ptssince the first recorded snapshot on 2026-09-29; 19 calendar days observed
- Recorded snapshots
- 17
- First snapshot
- 2026-09-29
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
- 54.8
- 53.0
- 50.6
- 48.6
- 47.7
View all recorded scores
| Snapshot date | Signal score |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-29 | 54.8 |
| 2026-09-30 | 54.1 |
| 2026-10-01 | 53.5 |
| 2026-10-02 | 53.0 |
| 2026-10-03 | 53.0 |
| 2026-10-04 | 53.0 |
| 2026-10-05 | 51.4 |
| 2026-10-06 | 51.0 |
| 2026-10-07 | 50.6 |
| 2026-10-08 | 50.2 |
| 2026-10-09 | 49.8 |
| 2026-10-12 | 48.9 |
| 2026-10-13 | 48.6 |
| 2026-10-14 | 48.3 |
| 2026-10-15 | 48.1 |
| 2026-10-16 | 47.9 |
| 2026-10-18 | 47.7 |
Sector context
- Buying breadth
- 8.3% (42 / 506 issuers)
- Sector rank
- #7 / 12
- 7D breadth change
- -2.4 pp · vs 2026-10-12 (6d)
- 30D breadth change
- History building
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 − FTSE 100 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) | 100.0% (1/1) | +7.5% | +7.5% | +7.5% |
| 20D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 100.0% (1/1) | +3.8% | +3.8% | +3.8% |
| 60D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 100.0% (1/1) | +53.7% | +53.7% | +53.7% |
| 120D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 100.0% (1/1) | +58.0% | +58.0% | +58.0% |
Market context
PRICE PERFORMANCE
VOLATILITY & LIQUIDITY
- Volatility
- 39.7%
- Beta
- —
- Avg daily volume
- £524,121.0
VALUATION
- Market cap
- —
- P/E
- —
FUNDAMENTALS
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- ROE
- 11.8%
- Industry
- —
Prices to 07 Oct 2026: price cache (Eulerpool). From the company's annual report ↗, fiscal year ended 30 Jun 2025: Profit margin, ROE. It does not affect the insider score or rank.
Disclosed net short positions
- Aggregate net short
- 0.41%
- Latest position date
- 14 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 18 Oct 2026
Short-position disclosures are external context; they do not affect the insider score, ranking, or filing eligibility.
Insiders' buying price vs the latest close
The latest close in the price history is more than a week old.
Buying size vs market trading
Market history is too old for this snapshot; ratios are withheld.
Market-data coverage: 255 verified sessions · Latest session: 2026-10-07 · Ratio status: Unavailable
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 2026-09-30 · trade date 2026-09-30
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-09-29 · trade date 2026-09-29
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-09-23 · trade date 2026-09-23
Unfold all 6 filings
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-09-30 · trade date 2026-09-30
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-09-29 · trade date 2026-09-29
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-09-23 · trade date 2026-09-23
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-03-03 · trade date 2026-02-27
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-02-03 · trade date 2026-02-03
- Insider filing announcement · published 2025-12-16 · trade date 2025-12-16
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)
Sep 29, 2026Purchase of Shares
— · Non-Executive Director
Ordinary shares of 13 8/9 pence each GB00B1L5QH97 · 40000 shares × 0.745 GBP · —
Open filingSep 28, 2026Purchase of Shares
— · Chair, Non-Executive Director
Ordinary shares of 13 8/9 pence each GB00B1L5QH97 · 13151 shares × 0.7454 GBP · —
Open filingFeb 27, 2026Purchase of Shares
— · Non-Executive Director
The Rank Group plc ordinary shares of 13 8/9 pence each ('Shares') ISIN: GB00B1L5QH97 · 30000 shares × 0.98 GBP · —
Open filingUnfold all 1 remaining filing row(s)
| Transaction date | Published | Filer | Role | Transaction | Instrument | Price (local currency) | Quote currency | Volume | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-03 | 2026-02-03 | John Henry Ott | Chair | Share purchase | Ordinary 13 8 / 9 p shares GB00B1L5QH97 | 0.89609 GBP | GBP | 19691 | 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 18 other transaction(s)
Sep 30, 2026(i) Acquisition of Shares following the vesting of a conditional award made in 2023 under the LTIP; and (ii) Sale of Shares to cover tax liabilities and fees in relation to the transaction described in (i) above.
Richard Harris · Chief Executive Officer
Ordinary Shares of 13 8/9 pence each GB00B1L5QH97 · 407716 shares × — · —
Open filingSep 30, 2026(i) Acquisition of Shares following the vesting of a conditional award made in 2023 under the LTIP; and (ii) Sale of Shares to cover tax liabilities and fees in relation to the transaction described in (i) above.
Richard Harris · Chief Executive Officer
Ordinary Shares of 13 8/9 pence each GB00B1L5QH97 · 192215 shares × 0.7451 GBP · —
Open filingSep 30, 2026(i) Acquisition of Shares following the vesting of a conditional award made in 2023 under the LTIP; and (ii) Sale of Shares to cover tax liabilities and fees in relation to the transaction described in (i) above.
Mark Harper · Managing Director, Grosvenor
Ordinary Shares of 13 8/9 pence each GB00B1L5QH97 · 257118 shares × — · —
Open filingUnfold all 15 remaining filing row(s)
| Transaction date | Published | Filer | Role | Transaction | Instrument | Price (local currency) | Quote currency | Volume | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-30 | Mark Harper | Managing Director, Grosvenor | (i) Acquisition of Shares following the vesting of a conditional award made in 2023 under the LTIP; and (ii) Sale of Shares to cover tax liabilities and fees in relation to the transaction described in (i) above. | Ordinary Shares of 13 8/9 pence each GB00B1L5QH97 | 0.7451 GBP | GBP | 121272 | Open filing |
| 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-30 | Enrique Monton | International Managing Director | (i) Acquisition of Shares following the vesting of a conditional award made in 2023 under the LTIP; and (ii) Sale of Shares to cover tax liabilities and fees in relation to the transaction described in (i) above. | Ordinary Shares of 13 8/9 pence each GB00B1L5QH97 | — | GBP | 107660 | Open filing |
| 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-30 | Enrique Monton | International Managing Director | (i) Acquisition of Shares following the vesting of a conditional award made in 2023 under the LTIP; and (ii) Sale of Shares to cover tax liabilities and fees in relation to the transaction described in (i) above. | Ordinary Shares of 13 8/9 pence each GB00B1L5QH97 | 0.7451 GBP | GBP | 39296 | Open filing |
| 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-30 | Andrew Crump | Managing Director, Mecca | (i) Acquisition of Shares following the vesting of a conditional award made in 2023 under the LTIP; and (ii) Sale of Shares to cover tax liabilities and fees in relation to the transaction described in (i) above. | Ordinary Shares of 13 8/9 pence each GB00B1L5QH97 | — | GBP | 124885 | Open filing |
| 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-30 | Andrew Crump | Managing Director, Mecca | (i) Acquisition of Shares following the vesting of a conditional award made in 2023 under the LTIP; and (ii) Sale of Shares to cover tax liabilities and fees in relation to the transaction described in (i) above. | Ordinary Shares of 13 8/9 pence each GB00B1L5QH97 | 0.7451 GBP | GBP | 58905 | Open filing |
| 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-30 | Hazel Boyle | Chief People Officer | (i) Acquisition of Shares following the vesting of a conditional award made in 2023 under the LTIP; and (ii) Sale of Shares to cover tax liabilities and fees in relation to the transaction described in (i) above. | Ordinary Shares of 13 8/9 pence each GB00B1L5QH97 | — | GBP | 192838 | Open filing |
| 2026-09-30 | 2026-09-30 | Hazel Boyle | Chief People Officer | (i) Acquisition of Shares following the vesting of a conditional award made in 2023 under the LTIP; and (ii) Sale of Shares to cover tax liabilities and fees in relation to the transaction described in (i) above. | Ordinary Shares of 13 8/9 pence each GB00B1L5QH97 | 0.7451 GBP | GBP | 90955 | Open filing |
| 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-23 | Richard Harris | Chief Executive Officer | Grant of a conditional award under the LTIP to vest on 22 September 2029, subject to continued employment and performance conditions. | Ordinary Shares of 13 8/9 pence each GB00B1L5QH97 | — | GBP | 1079995 | Open filing |
| 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-23 | Mark Harper | Managing Director, Grosvenor | Grant of a conditional award under the LTIP to vest on 22 September 2029, subject to continued employment and performance conditions. | Ordinary Shares of 13 8/9 pence each GB00B1L5QH97 | — | GBP | 426068 | Open filing |
| 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-23 | Jennifer Blogg | Chief Commercial Officer | Grant of a conditional award under the LTIP to vest on 22 September 2029, subject to continued employment and performance conditions. | Ordinary Shares of 13 8/9 pence each GB00B1L5QH97 | — | GBP | 326036 | Open filing |
| 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-23 | Enrique Monton | International Managing Director | Grant of a conditional award under the LTIP to vest on 22 September 2029, subject to continued employment and performance conditions. | Ordinary Shares of 13 8/9 pence each GB00B1L5QH97 | — | GBP | 233205 | Open filing |
| 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-23 | Andrew Crump | Managing Director, Mecca | Grant of a conditional award under the LTIP to vest on 22 September 2029, subject to continued employment and performance conditions. | Ordinary Shares of 13 8/9 pence each GB00B1L5QH97 | — | GBP | 260013 | Open filing |
| 2026-09-23 | 2026-09-23 | Hazel Boyle | Chief People Officer (PDMR) | Grant of a conditional award under the LTIP to vest on 22 September 2029, subject to continued employment and performance conditions. | Ordinary Shares of 13 8/9 pence each GB00B1L5QH97 | — | GBP | 319551 | Open filing |
| 2025-12-16 | 2025-12-16 | John O'Reilly | Chief Executive Officer (PDMR) | Receipt of an award under the Rank Group 2020 Deferred Bonus Plan to vest on 15 December 2027 | Ordinary Shares of 13 8 / 9 pence each GB00B1L5QH97 | — | GBP | 327597 | Open filing |
| 2025-12-16 | 2025-12-16 | Richard Harris | Chief Financial Officer (PDMR) | Receipt of an award under the Rank Group 2020 Deferred Bonus Plan to vest on 15 December 2027 | Ordinary Shares of 13 8 / 9 pence each GB00B1L5QH97 | — | GBP | 164488 | Open filing |
Showing 18 of 18 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.
Snapshot & identity
- Snapshot date
- 2026-10-18
- Ticker
- RNK.L
- ISIN
- GB00B1L5QH97
- Sector
- Consumer Cyclical
- Industry
- Gambling
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