Key Points
- Insider purchase: Mark Lam bought 110 shares on March 11 at an average price of £171.39, a total transaction of £18,852.90.
- Financial snapshot: Games Workshop has a £5.70bn market cap, a P/E of 27.63, and strong profitability (68.8% ROE and a 31.75% net margin) with quarterly EPS of GBX 319.90.
- Analyst sentiment: The stock carries an average "Buy" rating with a £199.25 price target; Jefferies raised its target to £218.50 and Peel Hunt upgraded to buy.
Games Workshop Group PLC (LON:GAW - Get Free Report) insider Mark Lam purchased 110 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, March 11th. The shares were acquired at an average price of £171.39 per share, for a total transaction of £18,852.90.
Games Workshop Group Stock Down 0.6%
LON:GAW opened at £172.50 on Thursday. The business's fifty day moving average price is £175.83 and its 200 day moving average price is £168.82. The firm has a market capitalization of £5.70 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 27.63, a PEG ratio of 0.41 and a beta of 1.04. The company has a current ratio of 3.83, a quick ratio of 2.33 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 27.35. Games Workshop Group PLC has a 1-year low of £122.50 and a 1-year high of £199.70.
Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, January 13th. The company reported GBX 319.90 EPS for the quarter. Games Workshop Group had a return on equity of 68.80% and a net margin of 31.75%. On average, sell-side analysts forecast that Games Workshop Group PLC will post 448.9953023 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of research analysts recently commented on the stock. Peel Hunt raised shares of Games Workshop Group to a "buy" rating and boosted their price objective for the company from £165 to £180 in a research report on Thursday, November 20th. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their target price on shares of Games Workshop Group from £210 to £218.50 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, January 19th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Buy" and an average price target of £199.25.
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About Games Workshop Group
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Games Workshop Group PLC, together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, distributes, and sells miniature figures and games in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Core and Licensing. The company offers games under the Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, Necromunda, and Warhammer 40,000 names, as well as Horus Heresy and Blood Bowl. It also publishes short stories, audio dramas, full length novels, and audio books under the Black Library name; and develops digital content for animation and TV.
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