Key Points
- Insider sale: Cranswick insider Jim Brisby sold 16,500 shares on May 22 at an average price of GBX 5,533, totaling £912,945.
- Share performance: The stock was down slightly, opening at GBX 5,520 and trading near its 12-month high of GBX 5,620. Cranswick also has a market cap of about £2.95 billion.
- Analyst sentiment: Analysts are mixed but generally positive, with three Buy ratings and one Hold; the stock currently carries a Moderate Buy consensus and a target price of GBX 4,358.
Cranswick plc (LON:CWK - Get Free Report) insider Jim Brisby sold 16,500 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, May 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 5,533, for a total value of £912,945.
Cranswick Stock Down 0.2%
CWK stock opened at GBX 5,520 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.02, a current ratio of 1.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 23.60. The business has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 5,284.95 and a two-hundred day moving average price of GBX 5,170.10. The company has a market cap of £2.95 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 20.40, a P/E/G ratio of 2.62 and a beta of 0.56. Cranswick plc has a twelve month low of GBX 4,805 and a twelve month high of GBX 5,620.
Cranswick (LON:CWK - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, May 19th. The company reported GBX 301.70 earnings per share for the quarter. The firm had revenue of GBX 298.25 billion during the quarter. Cranswick had a return on equity of 14.99% and a net margin of 5.31%. Analysts anticipate that Cranswick plc will post 258.5590189 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of research firms have weighed in on CWK. Shore Capital Group restated a "house stock" rating on shares of Cranswick in a research note on Tuesday. Berenberg Bank restated a "hold" rating and issued a GBX 5,770 price target on shares of Cranswick in a research note on Tuesday, January 27th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 62 price target on shares of Cranswick in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 6,100 price target on shares of Cranswick in a research note on Wednesday. Three research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Cranswick presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 4,358.
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About Cranswick
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Cranswick is a leading and innovative supplier of premium, fresh and added-value food products with revenues of more than £2.7 billion. The business employs over 15,400 people and operates from 23 well-invested, highly efficient facilities in the UK. Cranswick was formed in the early 1970s by farmers in East Yorkshire to produce animal feed and has since evolved into a business which produces a range of high-quality, predominantly fresh food, including fresh pork, poultry, convenience, gourmet products and pet food.
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