Key Points
- Insider purchase: Director Roderick (Rod) Flavell bought 285,175 shares at GBX 106 on April 17, a stake worth £302,285.50, indicating significant insider buying activity.
- Market and analyst context: Shares jumped about 9.3% to open at GBX 117.60 (1‑year range GBX 94.50–251) with a market cap of £128.6m and a PE of 22.62, and analysts hold a consensus “Moderate Buy” with a target of GBX 145 despite several recent price-target cuts.
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FDM Group (Holdings) plc (LON:FDM - Get Free Report) insider Roderick (Rod) Flavell bought 285,175 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Friday, April 17th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 106 per share, with a total value of £302,285.50.
FDM Group Trading Up 9.3%
Shares of FDM Group stock opened at GBX 117.60 on Tuesday. FDM Group has a 1 year low of GBX 94.50 and a 1 year high of GBX 251. The firm has a market cap of £128.58 million, a PE ratio of 22.62 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 38.18, a current ratio of 2.48 and a quick ratio of 2.24. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of GBX 123.69 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 131.96.
FDM Group (LON:FDM - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, March 18th. The company reported GBX 10 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. FDM Group had a net margin of 3.19% and a return on equity of 10.20%. Analysts expect that FDM Group will post 3132.5302111 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several brokerages have issued reports on FDM. Stifel Nicolaus dropped their target price on shares of FDM Group from GBX 174 to GBX 130 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, March 19th. Shore Capital Group restated a "house stock" rating on shares of FDM Group in a report on Wednesday, January 28th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price objective on shares of FDM Group from GBX 180 to GBX 160 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, March 19th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 145.
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FDM Group Company Profile
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FDM Group (Holdings) plc provides information technology (IT) services in the United Kingdom, North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, rest of Europe, and the Asia Pacific. It is involved in recruiting, training, and deploying its IT and business consultants to clients. The company was formerly known as Astra Topco Limited and changed its name to FDM Group (Holdings) plc. FDM Group (Holdings) plc was founded in 1991 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.
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