Key Points
- Insider Mark Lam purchased 120 Games Workshop shares at an average price of £168.91, representing a total investment of £20,269.20.
- Shares opened at £169.50 and were reported up 1.7%; the company has a £5.60 billion market capitalization and trades at a P/E ratio of 27.23.
- Analysts maintain a consensus “Buy” rating, with an average price target of £199.25, including Jefferies’ £218.50 target.
Games Workshop Group PLC (LON:GAW - Get Free Report) insider Mark Lam acquired 120 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 21st. The stock was purchased at an average cost of £168.91 per share, for a total transaction of £20,269.20.
Games Workshop Group Trading Up 1.7%
GAW opened at £169.50 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 2.33, a current ratio of 3.63 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 16.70. The stock's fifty day moving average is £177.37 and its two-hundred day moving average is £190.54. The company has a market capitalization of £5.60 billion, a P/E ratio of 27.23, a PEG ratio of 0.41 and a beta of 0.91. Games Workshop Group PLC has a 52 week low of £148.30 and a 52 week high of £235.40.
Games Workshop Group (LON:GAW - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Tuesday, July 28th. The company reported GBX 624 earnings per share for the quarter. Games Workshop Group had a return on equity of 62.95% and a net margin of 31.23%. Analysts forecast that Games Workshop Group PLC will post 449.00 earnings per share for the current year.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Separately, Jefferies Financial Group restated a "buy" rating and set a £218.50 price target on shares of Games Workshop Group in a research note on Wednesday, July 29th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and an average price target of £199.25.
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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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