Key Points
- Insider sale: James Brotherton sold 19,318 shares of Breedon Group on 13 April at an average price of GBX 314, generating proceeds of £60,658.52.
- Stock and valuation snapshot: Shares opened at GBX 318 with 50/200-day moving averages around GBX 333, a market cap of £1.10 billion and a P/E of 13.14 (1‑year range GBX 294.20–483).
- Analyst view: Consensus is a "Moderate Buy" with a target price of GBX 449; four analysts rate the stock Buy and one rates it Hold, with recent targets including GBX 415 (Stifel) and GBX 465 (Berenberg).
Breedon Group plc (LON:BREE - Get Free Report) insider James Brotherton sold 19,318 shares of Breedon Group stock in a transaction dated Monday, April 13th. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 314, for a total transaction of £60,658.52.
Breedon Group Stock Performance
Shares of BREE opened at GBX 318 on Wednesday. The firm has a 50-day moving average of GBX 332.90 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 333.41. Breedon Group plc has a one year low of GBX 294.20 and a one year high of GBX 483. The company has a market cap of £1.10 billion, a PE ratio of 13.14, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.56 and a beta of 1.12. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 53.71, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 1.12.
Breedon Group (LON:BREE - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, March 11th. The company reported GBX 31.80 EPS for the quarter. Breedon Group had a net margin of 4.89% and a return on equity of 7.14%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Breedon Group plc will post 36.8586859 earnings per share for the current year.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several analysts recently commented on BREE shares. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their target price on shares of Breedon Group from GBX 430 to GBX 415 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, March 31st. Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a GBX 465 target price on shares of Breedon Group in a report on Monday, March 16th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Breedon Group has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 449.
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Breedon Group plc, a leading vertically-integrated construction materials group in Great Britain, Ireland and the USA, delivers essential products to the construction sector. Breedon holds 1.5bn tonnes of mineral reserves and resources with long reserve life, supplying value-added products and services, including specialty materials, surfacing and highway maintenance operations, to a broad range of customers through its extensive local network of quarries, ready-mixed concrete and asphalt plants.
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