Key Points
- Insider Karine Hirn bought 1,450 shares on Feb. 25 at an average price of 11,148.00 per share (total value 16,164,600.00), and a director’s associate also purchased stock, signalling management confidence.
- Lion Finance reported a profit beat, announced a dividend hike and extended a GEL 53.5m share buyback, actions that helped trigger an ~7% intraday jump and support a positive rerating.
- JPMorgan raised its price target (from GBX 9,200 to £107) and gave an "overweight" rating, and MarketBeat shows a consensus analyst rating of "Buy."
Lion Finance Group PLC (LON:BGEO - Get Free Report) insider Karine Hirn bought 1,450 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, February 25th. The stock was purchased at an average cost of 11,148.00 per share, with a total value of 16,164,600.00.
Lion Finance Group Stock Performance
LON:BGEO opened at 11,480.00 on Friday. Lion Finance Group PLC has a 12-month low of 4,454.41 and a 12-month high of 11,580.00. The firm has a market cap of $498.11 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 2.42, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.88 and a beta of 1.05. The company's 50-day moving average is 9,706.33 and its two-hundred day moving average is 8,562.51.
Lion Finance Group (LON:BGEO - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, December 16th. The company reported 633.69 earnings per share for the quarter. Lion Finance Group had a net margin of 73.73% and a return on equity of 38.89%. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Lion Finance Group PLC will post 1221.6828479 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Separately, JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on Lion Finance Group from GBX 9,200 to £107 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Friday, December 5th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Buy".
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Lion Finance Group Company Profile
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Lion Finance Group PLC (formerly Bank of Georgia Group PLC) is a FTSE 250 holding company whose main subsidiaries provide banking and financial services in the high-growth Georgian and Armenian markets through leading, customer-centric, universal banks – Bank of Georgia in Georgia and Ameriabank in Armenia. By building on our competitive strengths, we are committed to driving business growth, sustaining high profitability, and generating strong returns, while creating opportunities for our stakeholders and making a positive contribution in the communities where we operate.
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