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Frontier Developments

FDEV · AIM · Consumer Products and Services · mcap £205m · 643.0p

Frontier Developments is a UK games developer and publisher focused on creative management simulation games such as Planet Coaster, Planet Zoo and Jurassic World Evolution. It also publishes third-party titles and develops licensed games.

Recent signals

Positive 15 Sep 2026

JPMorgan Asset Management stake rose from 3.5% to 8.33%

Institutional holder increased its holding across multiple notifications between November 2025 and September 2026. 15 Sep 2026 5 Nov 2025

Negative 9 Sep 2026

Founder David Braben sold shares repeatedly through 2025-2026

Frequent daily sales by the largest shareholder, including 93,070 shares on 23 April 2026, while he moves to non-executive. 9 Sep 2026 23 Apr 2026 27 Feb 2026

Positive 9 Sep 2026

Cash rising to £51.4m with buybacks and special dividend

Cash at 31 Aug 2026 was £51.4m after £15.5m of buybacks in FY26; further buybacks are expected in FY27. 9 Sep 2026

Positive 9 Sep 2026

Guidance raised repeatedly through FY26

Guidance was upgraded in January and May 2026 and results beat it; adjusted operating profit was £21.4m against about £11m guided in January. 9 Sep 2026 12 May 2026 14 Jan 2026

Capital actions
  • 2026-02-26 buyback programme · £8.0m – On-market buyback of up to 1.43m shares; completed April 2026 for £5.3m at 372.51p average. 26 Feb 2026
  • 2025-07-08 buyback programme · £10.0m – On-market buyback launched; completed 7 Oct 2025 with 2,518,527 shares bought at 397.06p average. 8 Jul 2025

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