Hill & Smith’s Employee Trust Buys Shares to Fund Incentive Plans

Hill & Smith Holdings ( (GB:HILS) ) just unveiled an update.

Hill & Smith PLC has disclosed that its Employee Benefit Trust purchased 122,000 ordinary shares on 2 January 2026 at an average price of £21.4677 per share. The shares acquired by the trust will be used to satisfy obligations under the company’s Long Term Incentive Plans, buyout awards and Deferred Bonus Plans, leaving the trust holding 168,842 shares, or about 0.212% of the company’s issued share capital. The transaction underscores Hill & Smith’s ongoing use of share-based compensation to align employees’ and executives’ interests with shareholders, while having only a marginal effect on the overall ownership structure given the company’s nearly 80 million shares in issue.

The most recent analyst rating on (GB:HILS) stock is a Buy with a £2582.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Hill & Smith Holdings stock, see the GB:HILS Stock Forecast page.

Spark’s Take on GB:HILS Stock

According to Spark, TipRanks’ AI Analyst, GB:HILS is a Outperform.

Hill & Smith Holdings scores well due to its strong financial performance and positive corporate actions, such as the share buyback program. While technical indicators show bullish momentum, the high P/E ratio suggests potential overvaluation, which slightly tempers the overall score.

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More about Hill & Smith Holdings

Hill & Smith PLC is a UK-listed company, with its shares traded as ordinary 25 pence units on the London market and a total issued share capital of 79,753,646 shares, indicating a mid-cap corporate structure supported by long-term incentive and deferred bonus schemes for employees and executives.

Average Trading Volume: 124,468

Technical Sentiment Signal: Buy

Current Market Cap: £1.72B

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