Key Points
- Edmund Williams bought multiple blocks of Baltic Classifieds stock — including 222,326 shares on Dec 5 at GBX 180 and several ~52.6–52.9k purchases on Dec 11 at GBX 189 — representing over 430,000 shares and a significant, multi-hundred-thousand-pound investment.
- Baltic Classifieds trades at GBX 192.40 with a market cap of £922.5m; analysts are mixed (2 Buy, 1 Hold, 1 Sell) and the consensus rating is Hold with an average price target of GBX 316.50, leaving the stock well below its 12‑month high of GBX 403.
Baltic Classifieds Group PLC (LON:BCG - Get Free Report) insider Edmund Williams purchased 52,891 shares of the stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 11th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 189 per share, for a total transaction of £99,963.99.
Edmund Williams also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Thursday, December 11th, Edmund Williams bought 52,587 shares of Baltic Classifieds Group stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 189 per share, for a total transaction of £99,389.43.
- On Thursday, December 11th, Edmund Williams bought 52,691 shares of Baltic Classifieds Group stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 189 per share, for a total transaction of £99,585.99.
- On Thursday, December 11th, Edmund Williams purchased 52,926 shares of Baltic Classifieds Group stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 189 per share, with a total value of £100,030.14.
- On Friday, December 5th, Edmund Williams purchased 222,326 shares of Baltic Classifieds Group stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 180 per share, with a total value of £400,186.80.
Baltic Classifieds Group Price Performance
Shares of LON BCG opened at GBX 192.40 on Friday. The stock has a market capitalization of £922.49 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.69, a PEG ratio of 1.62 and a beta of 1.43. Baltic Classifieds Group PLC has a 12 month low of GBX 168 and a 12 month high of GBX 403. The firm's 50 day simple moving average is GBX 261.31 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 316.39. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.70, a current ratio of 2.05 and a quick ratio of 2.36.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of brokerages have weighed in on BCG. Berenberg Bank decreased their price objective on shares of Baltic Classifieds Group from GBX 360 to GBX 335 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upgraded Baltic Classifieds Group to a "buy" rating and lifted their price target for the company from GBX 366 to GBX 373 in a research note on Thursday, September 25th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. increased their price target on Baltic Classifieds Group from GBX 194 to GBX 208 and gave the stock an "underweight" rating in a research report on Wednesday, December 3rd. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, one has issued a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Baltic Classifieds Group presently has a consensus rating of "Hold" and an average price target of GBX 316.50.
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About Baltic Classifieds Group
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Baltic Classifieds Group (BCG) is the leading online classifieds group in the Baltics, which owns and operates twelve leading vertical and generalist online classifieds portals in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. BCG's online classifieds portfolio comprises four business lines – automotive, real estate, jobs & services and generalist.
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