Key Points
- Insider buying: Auto Trader Group insider Amanda James bought 5,477 shares on May 21 at GBX 454 each, a transaction worth about £24,865.58.
- Stock performance and valuation: The shares recently opened at GBX 457.40, near their 1-year low of GBX 445.80 and well below the 1-year high of GBX 920. The company’s market cap is about £3.73 billion.
- Analyst sentiment is mixed: Analysts currently rate Auto Trader Group a consensus Hold with an average price target of GBX 598.40, after several firms cut targets and issued varying Buy, Hold, and Sell recommendations.
Auto Trader Group plc (LON:AUTO - Get Free Report) insider Amanda James purchased 5,477 shares of Auto Trader Group stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 21st. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 454 per share, for a total transaction of £24,865.58.
Auto Trader Group Price Performance
AUTO opened at GBX 457.40 on Friday. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is GBX 488.20 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 547.55. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.48, a current ratio of 1.77 and a quick ratio of 1.50. Auto Trader Group plc has a 1 year low of GBX 445.80 and a 1 year high of GBX 920. The firm has a market cap of £3.73 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 13.76, a PEG ratio of 3.99 and a beta of 0.69.
Auto Trader Group (LON:AUTO - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 21st. The company reported GBX 34.17 earnings per share for the quarter. Auto Trader Group had a return on equity of 51.86% and a net margin of 47.69%.The business had revenue of £624.30 million during the quarter. As a group, analysts predict that Auto Trader Group plc will post 32.7973074 earnings per share for the current year.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several equities research analysts have weighed in on AUTO shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on Auto Trader Group from GBX 630 to GBX 515 and set an "underweight" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, March 19th. Citigroup dropped their price objective on Auto Trader Group from GBX 880 to GBX 526 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, April 9th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their price objective on Auto Trader Group from GBX 850 to GBX 816 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Friday, March 27th. Finally, UBS Group restated a "sell" rating and issued a GBX 470 target price on shares of Auto Trader Group in a research note on Monday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has assigned a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Auto Trader Group currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus price target of GBX 598.40.
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Autotrader Group plc is the UK's largest automotive marketplace and a leading digital platform for the automotive industry. Listed on the London Stock Exchange since March 2015, the company is a member of the FTSE 100 Index.
Autotrader's purpose is Driving Change Together. Responsibly. The company uses advanced data science, artificial intelligence and scalable technology to improve how vehicles are bought and sold, while building stronger partnerships with its customers and the wider automotive ecosystem.
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