Chesnara (CSN)

Sector:

Insurance

Index:

FTSE Small Cap

291.00p
   
  • Change Today:
    -13.00p
  • 52 Week High: 326.50
  • 52 Week Low: 212.78
  • Currency: UK Pounds
  • Shares Issued: 230.95m
  • Volume: 1,117,845
  • Market Cap: £672.06m
  • RiskGrade: 146

Chesnara Overview

We are a responsible and profitable company engaged in the management of Life and Pension policies in the UK, Sweden and the Netherlands. The Group initially consisted of Countrywide Assured, a closed Life and Pensions book demerged from Countrywide plc, a large estate agency group

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Financials

Latest F'cast
Div Yield 7.5% 0.0%
Div Cover -0.2 1.0
Op Mrgn 13.3% n/a
ROCE 4.0%  
Latest F'cast
P/E n/a 13.9
PEG n/a 0.1
Pr/Revenue 3.0 n/a
Pr/Book 1.2  
Latest F'cast
Revenue -13.3% -100.0%
PBT -9.6% 315.1%
EPS n/a 155.6%
DPS 4.9% 3.5%

Chesnara Fundamentals

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-21 312.05 28.81 15.68p 15.8 0.5 +29% 19.49p 7.9%
31-Dec-22 225.10 (62.10) (19.32)p n/a n/a n/a 20.07p 8.2%
31-Dec-23 228.00 1.70 10.71p 21.2 n/a n/a 20.67p 9.1%
31-Dec-24 261.90 20.80 1.97p 116.5 n/a -82% 21.44p 9.3%
31-Dec-25 227.00 18.80 (5.05)p n/a n/a n/a 22.50p 7.5%

a. Based on UK GAAP presentation of accounts - includes discontinued activities

Chesnara Forecasts

Year Ending Revenue (£m) Pre-tax (£m) EPS P/E PEG EPS Grth. Div Yield
31-Dec-26 n/a 78.03 23.48p 12.4 0.1 +156% 23.29p 0.0%
31-Dec-27 n/a 80.87 26.86p 10.8 0.7 +14% 24.06p 0.0%

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Chesnara Company Announcements

Total Voting Rights 01-Apr-2026 07:00 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 31-Mar-2026 07:00 RNS
Director/PDMR Shareholding 27-Mar-2026 15:40 RNS

Chesnara ShareCast News

Chesnara buys Scottish Widows Europe from Lloyds... 17-Feb-2026 ShareCast
Total Voting Rights 31-Dec-2025 ShareCast
Chesnara's £260m purchase of HSBC Life UK clears... 12-Dec-2025 ShareCast

Chesnara Top Newspaper Links

Chesnara on the takeover trail 01-Sep-2011 The Independent
Foiled Countrywide buyout team refuses to back n... 07-Feb-2007 Times

Latest Chesnara Director Deals

Traded Action Notifier PriceAmountValue
25-Mar-26 Buy Tom Howard 296.00p 6,713 £19,870.48
25-Mar-26 Sell Tom Howard 295.11p 14,890 £43,942.04
25-Mar-26 Sell Steve Murray 297.61p 6,971 £20,746.40

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Note 2: RiskGrade figures are provided by RiskMetrics.

Note 3: Above ratios are on a 'per annum' basis, adjusted for corporate actions and based on the fundamentals of the primary listed security.

Note 4: Under IFRS, all figures are based on 'Continuing' operations unless otherwise stated.

Note 5: In the case of dual listed securities, broker recommendations and forecasts relate to the primary listing.

Note 6: Forecast figures based on normalised accounts.

 

Chesnara Market Data

Currency UK Pounds
Share Price 291.00p
Change Today -13.00p
% Change -4.28 %
52 Week High 326.50
52 Week Low 212.78
Volume 1,117,845
Shares Issued 230.95m
Market Cap £672.06m
RiskGrade 146

Chesnara Star Ratings

Compare performance with the sector and the market.
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Value
90.47% above the market average90.47% above the market average90.47% above the market average90.47% above the market average90.47% above the market average
100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average100.00% above the sector average
Price Trend
72.58% above the market average72.58% above the market average72.58% above the market average72.58% above the market average72.58% above the market average
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Income
84.64% above the market average84.64% above the market average84.64% above the market average84.64% above the market average84.64% above the market average
71.43% above the sector average71.43% above the sector average71.43% above the sector average71.43% above the sector average71.43% above the sector average
Growth
3.17% below the market average3.17% below the market average3.17% below the market average3.17% below the market average3.17% below the market average
71.43% above the sector average71.43% above the sector average71.43% above the sector average71.43% above the sector average71.43% above the sector average

What The Brokers Say

Strong Buy 3
Buy 1
Neutral 2
Sell 0
Strong Sell 0
Total 6
buy
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Chesnara Dividends

  Latest Previous
  Final Interim
Ex-Div 02-Apr-26 04-Sep-25
Paid 20-May-26 17-Oct-25
Amount 14.80p 7.70p

Trades for 02-Apr-2026

Time Volume / Share Price
15:48 26,377 @ 293.20p
16:35 591 @ 291.00p
16:35 10 @ 291.00p
16:35 6,758 @ 291.00p
16:35 215 @ 291.00p

Chesnara Key Personnel

Chair Luke Savage
CFO Tom Howard

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