| Period | Completed events | Price coverage | Hit rate | Median excess return | Average excess return | Worst excess return |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5D | 2Small sample | 100.0% (2/2) | 50.0% (1/2) | -0.2% | -0.2% | -3.5% |
| 20D | 2Small sample | 100.0% (2/2) | 100.0% (2/2) | +4.2% | +4.2% | +3.1% |
| 60D | 2Small sample | 100.0% (2/2) | 50.0% (1/2) | -0.8% | -0.8% | -2.7% |
| 120D | 2Small sample | 100.0% (2/2) | 100.0% (2/2) | +32.2% | +32.2% | +28.8% |
COMPANY RESEARCH
Hilton Food Group plc
HFG.L · United Kingdom · Consumer Defensive · Packaged Foods
INSIDER SIGNAL
Insider activity score：41.9 / 100
1 insiders · 1 purchase events · €95k net purchases
Europe #1073 · United Kingdom #306
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+18.6 / 25
Purchase value relative to company size and liquidity
Role+18.0 / 20
The seniority and relevance of participating insiders
Recency+0.8 / 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 · cfo involved
The role contribution uses the inverted role input of the current European model.
Buying concentration
100%
Largest buyer：Matt Osborne · 80k GBP
Gross qualified purchase transaction-line value：80k GBP
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Matt Osborne | 6.66 GBP | Sep 11, 2026 |
Model details
Cluster breakdown (does not change the score)
- 15-day buyer breadth (count)
- 1 distinct reported filers
- Peak time window
- 2026-09-11 to 2026-09-11
- 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
Matt Osborne · 80k GBP · Price 6.66 GBP · Sep 11, 2026 - 🔴 10 other transaction line(s) are not counted as discretionary-buying evidence; 0 have zero price
Insider vs stock price
1 purchase day(s), 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-14 | 1 | 1,034 +3.4% | 992 −0.8% | +42 +4.2 pts |
1 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 (454 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, once (11 Sep). The share closed at 666.50 that day and at 708.00 most recently (+6.2%).
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, +33.5% over these six months
The closing price of each day, from 530.50 on 2026-04-21 to 708.00 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, +2.3%
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 +33.5%, the typical one +2.3%, 31.1 points ahead. 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
Nov
Dec
1Jan
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1Apr
May
Jun
Jul
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1Sep
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Osborne | CFO | 1 | — | 80.0k GBP | 2026-09-11 | +6.2% | 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% | 0.743 | 18.6 |
| Role informativeness (inverted) | 20% | 0.100 | 2.0 |
| Recency | 10% | 0.082 | 0.8 |
| 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, neither column has changed. 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 short sellers argue against (published short positions). No data is held for: company results.
- The insider purchases themselvesBullsenior executive buying Bearone buyer only, usual level for this company4 checked, under the threshold · 3 missing
- Share price and trading2 checked, under the threshold
- Short sellersBearpublished short positions
- Company results2 missing
- Company actions1 checked, under the threshold
Bull case · the buying is informative
- The buyers include the CFO, 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
- Only one insider bought. A single purchase can reflect that person's own finances rather than a view on the company.Record: after 4,732 earlier disclosures like this, the median 60-session excess return was −2.7%, within 1 percentage point of all comparable disclosures (−3.3%).
- Buying at this level is normal here: 2 insiders bought in the previous 180 days and 1 in this one.Record: after 2,869 earlier disclosures like this, the median 60-session excess return was −2.6%, within 1 percentage point of all comparable disclosures (−2.7%).
- Short sellersDisclosed net short positions total 4.33% of the share capital: other professional investors are positioned the opposite way. On 2026-10-02 it was 4.10%: up 0.23 points since.
Evidence still missing
- No buyer here has 5 or more completed earlier purchases on record, so there is no track record to weigh.
- 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. The one purchase line does not mention a plan, but a bare “Market 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: 7
- Bear0 of 1 buyer filed as a person closely associated with a manager. Counted for the bear side from half.
- EitherNet purchases of €95k 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 36 days old. Bull up to 14 days, bear from 90.
- BearThe share price changed +34% over six months (three months +36%, one month +4.5%). Counted for the bear side from a fall of 20%.
- BearOver three months the share price changed +36% and the median of 120 Consumer Defensive companies changed −0.78%: ahead by 37 points. Counted for the bear side from 20 points behind.
- 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
41.9 / 100
Latest recorded score
↓ -7.8 ptsversus the comparable snapshot on 2026-09-14 (34 calendar days apart)
- Recorded snapshots
- 35
- First snapshot
- 2026-08-26
Only scores captured when the scoring run completed are compared. 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?
Decomposition across the five score factors between comparable snapshots; historical scores are not recalculated.
- Purchase size-0.5 pts
- Recency-7.3 pts
Signal score history
Fixed 0–100 scale; dates are spaced by calendar time.
Recent recorded points
- 44.4
- 44.4
- 44.6
- 43.1
- 41.9
View all recorded scores
| Snapshot date | Signal score |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | 44.4 |
| 2026-08-27 | 44.4 |
| 2026-08-28 | 44.4 |
| 2026-08-31 | 44.4 |
| 2026-09-01 | 44.4 |
| 2026-09-02 | 44.4 |
| 2026-09-03 | 44.4 |
| 2026-09-04 | 44.4 |
| 2026-09-07 | 44.4 |
| 2026-09-08 | 44.4 |
| 2026-09-09 | 44.4 |
| 2026-09-10 | 44.4 |
| 2026-09-11 | 44.4 |
| 2026-09-14 | 49.7 |
| 2026-09-23 | 56.8 |
| 2026-09-24 | 45.6 |
| 2026-09-25 | 45.3 |
| 2026-09-28 | 44.6 |
| 2026-09-29 | 44.3 |
| 2026-09-30 | 44.1 |
| 2026-10-01 | 43.9 |
| 2026-10-02 | 43.8 |
| 2026-10-03 | 43.8 |
| 2026-10-04 | 43.8 |
| 2026-10-05 | 43.3 |
| 2026-10-06 | 43.2 |
| 2026-10-07 | 43.1 |
| 2026-10-08 | 43.0 |
| 2026-10-09 | 42.9 |
| 2026-10-12 | 42.6 |
| 2026-10-13 | 42.2 |
| 2026-10-14 | 42.1 |
| 2026-10-15 | 42.0 |
| 2026-10-16 | 42.0 |
| 2026-10-18 | 41.9 |
Sector context
- Buying breadth
- 11.6% (29 / 249 issuers)
- Sector rank
- #2 / 12
- 7D breadth change
- -1.2 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) | +5.2% | +5.2% | +5.2% |
| 20D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 100.0% (1/1) | +3.3% | +3.3% | +3.3% |
| 60D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 100.0% (1/1) | +13.0% | +13.0% | +13.0% |
| 120D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 100.0% (1/1) | +10.5% | +10.5% | +10.5% |
| 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) | +2.8% | +2.8% | +2.8% |
| 20D | 1Small sample | 100.0% (1/1) | 100.0% (1/1) | +3.6% | +3.6% | +3.6% |
| 60D | 0No data | Awaiting maturity | — | — | — | — |
| 120D | 0No data | Awaiting maturity | — | — | — | — |
Market context
PRICE PERFORMANCE
VOLATILITY & LIQUIDITY
- Volatility
- 35.7%
- Beta
- —
- Avg daily volume
- £983,320.0
VALUATION
- Market cap
- —
- P/E
- —
FUNDAMENTALS
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- ROE
- 21.6%
- Industry
- —
Prices to 07 Oct 2026: price cache (Eulerpool). From the company's annual report ↗, fiscal year ended 28 Dec 2025: Profit margin, ROE. It does not affect the insider score or rank.
Disclosed net short positions
- Aggregate net short
- 4.33%
- Latest position date
- 09 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 2026-10-12 · trade date 2026-10-08
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-09-24 · trade date 2026-09-22
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-09-14 · trade date 2026-09-11
Unfold all 8 filings
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-10-12 · trade date 2026-10-08
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-09-24 · trade date 2026-09-22
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-09-14 · trade date 2026-09-11
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-08-03 · trade date 2026-08-03
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-04-16 · trade date 2026-04-15
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-04-02 · trade date 2026-04-01
- Insider filing announcement · published 2026-02-02 · trade date 2026-01-30
- Insider filing announcement · published 2025-12-02 · trade date 2025-12-01
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 11, 2026Market purchase of shares
Matt Osborne · Chief Financial Officer / PDMR
Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each ISIN: GB00B1V9NW54 · 12008 shares × 6.66 GBP · —
Open filingApr 15, 2026Market purchase of shares
Bindi Foyle · Non-executive Director / PDMR
Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each ISIN: GB00B1V9NW54 · 3761 shares × 5.29 GBP · —
Open filingApr 1, 2026Market purchase of shares
Bindi Foyle · Non-executive Director / PDMR
Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each ISIN: GB00B1V9NW54 · 1650 shares × 5.16 GBP · —
Open filingUnfold all 1 remaining filing row(s)
| Transaction date | Published | Filer | Role | Transaction | Instrument | Price (local currency) | Quote currency | Volume | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | 2026-02-02 | Mark Allen | Executive Chair / PDMR | Market purchase of shares | Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each ISIN: GB00B1V9NW54 | 4.68 GBP | GBP | 42500 | 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 11 other transaction(s)
Oct 8, 2026Exercise of LTIP 2023 options
Wim Koole · Global Executive Director - Seafood, Vegetarian & Vegan / PDMR
Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each ISIN: GB00B1V9NW54 · 927 shares × — · —
Open filingOct 8, 2026Sale of Shares to meet income tax and other employment related liabilities falling due on exercise of LTIP 2023 options.
Wim Koole · Global Executive Director - Seafood, Vegetarian & Vegan / PDMR
Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each ISIN: GB00B1V9NW54 · 464 shares × 7.124666 GBP · —
Open filingSep 22, 2026Exercise of LTIP options, tax paid personally, all shares retained
Matt Osborne · Chief Financial Officer / PDMR
Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each ISIN: GB00B1V9NW54 · 1446 shares × — · —
Open filingUnfold all 8 remaining filing row(s)
| Transaction date | Published | Filer | Role | Transaction | Instrument | Price (local currency) | Quote currency | Volume | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | Mark Allen | Group Chief Executive | Grant of options over ordinary shares under the Hilton Food Group Long-Term Incentive Plan 2019 with an option price of nil pence per share. | Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each ISIN - GB00B1V9NW54 | — | GBP | 261883 | Open filing |
| 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | Matt Osborne | Chief Financial Officer | Grant of options over ordinary shares under the Hilton Food Group Long-Term Incentive Plan 2019 with an option price of nil pence per share. | Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each ISIN - GB00B1V9NW54 | — | GBP | 132648 | Open filing |
| 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | Samy Zekhout | Chief Operating Officer - West | Grant of options over ordinary shares under the Hilton Food Group Long-Term Incentive Plan 2019 with an option price of nil pence per share. | Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each ISIN - GB00B1V9NW54 | — | GBP | 171654 | Open filing |
| 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | Melanie Chambers | Chief Operating Officer - East | Grant of options over ordinary shares under the Hilton Food Group Long-Term Incentive Plan 2019 with an option price of nil pence per share. | Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each ISIN - GB00B1V9NW54 | — | GBP | 142689 | Open filing |
| 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | Willem Koole | Global Executive Director - Seafood, Vegetarian & Vegan | Grant of options over ordinary shares under the Hilton Food Group Long-Term Incentive Plan 2019 with an option price of nil pence per share. | Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each ISIN - GB00B1V9NW54 | — | GBP | 71458 | Open filing |
| 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | Robin Miller | Group General Counsel & Company Secretary | Grant of options over ordinary shares under the Hilton Food Group Long-Term Incentive Plan 2019 with an option price of nil pence per share. | Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each ISIN - GB00B1V9NW54 | — | GBP | 57218 | Open filing |
| 2026-08-03 | 2026-08-03 | Rachel Lawrence | Deputy Company Secretary | Grant of options over ordinary shares under the Hilton Food Group Long-Term Incentive Plan 2019 with an option price of nil pence per share. | Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each ISIN - GB00B1V9NW54 | — | GBP | 3566 | Open filing |
| 2025-12-01 | 2025-12-02 | Rachel Lawrence | Deputy Company Secretary / PDMR | Purchase of shares via Dividend Reinvestment Plan | Ordinary Shares of 10 pence each ISIN: GB00B1V9NW54 | 5.08 GBP | GBP | 9 | Open filing |
Showing 11 of 11 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
- HFG.L
- ISIN
- GB00B1V9NW54
- Sector
- Consumer Defensive
- Industry
- Packaged Foods
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