Key Points
- Insider purchase: Crest Nicholson insider Gillian Kent bought 9,538 shares on March 23 at GBX 104 per share, spending about £9,919.52.
- Stock and analyst context: CRST opened at GBX 99.85—well below its 50-day (GBX 141.18) and 200-day (GBX 147.72) averages—with a market cap of £256.26m and a P/E of 110.94, while analysts have a "Moderate Buy" consensus and an average target of GBX 195.
Crest Nicholson Holdings plc (LON:CRST - Get Free Report) insider Gillian Kent acquired 9,538 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 23rd. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 104 per share, for a total transaction of £9,919.52.
Crest Nicholson Price Performance
CRST opened at GBX 99.85 on Wednesday. The stock's 50-day moving average price is GBX 141.18 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 147.72. Crest Nicholson Holdings plc has a 12-month low of GBX 96.95 and a 12-month high of GBX 198.50. The firm has a market cap of £256.26 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 110.94, a PEG ratio of 0.51 and a beta of 1.42. The company has a current ratio of 2.63, a quick ratio of 0.72 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 24.15.
Crest Nicholson (LON:CRST - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Thursday, January 29th. The company reported GBX 7.80 earnings per share for the quarter. Crest Nicholson had a return on equity of 0.30% and a net margin of 0.36%. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Crest Nicholson Holdings plc will post 9.0980939 earnings per share for the current year.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of research analysts recently weighed in on CRST shares. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on shares of Crest Nicholson from GBX 190 to GBX 160 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, December 4th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their target price on shares of Crest Nicholson from GBX 205 to GBX 215 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Monday, February 2nd. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reissued a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 230 price target on shares of Crest Nicholson in a research report on Thursday, February 5th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of GBX 195.
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Crest Nicholson Holdings plc engages in building residential homes in the United Kingdom. It develops and sells apartments, houses, and commercial properties. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Addlestone, the United Kingdom.
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