Key Points
- Insider activity: Grainger director Helen Gordon purchased 77 shares on Feb 3 at GBX 193 (≈£148.61) and has made small purchases in Dec/Jan but notably sold 92,066 shares on Dec 23 at GBX 181 for about £166,639.46.
- Analyst sentiment: The stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" with a consensus price target of GBX 251.67, as two analysts rate the stock Buy and one rates it Hold, while Jefferies and Berenberg recently raised targets and Peel Hunt lowered its target.
- Key stock metrics: Grainger has a market cap of £1.43bn, a P/E of 7.09, a 1‑year range of GBX 118.30–230, and reported quarterly EPS of GBX 9.30 with a slight negative net margin (-0.40%) and negative ROE (-0.06%).
Grainger plc (LON:GRI - Get Free Report) insider Helen Gordon purchased 77 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 3rd. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 193 per share, with a total value of £148.61.
Helen Gordon also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Friday, January 2nd, Helen Gordon purchased 83 shares of Grainger stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 181 per share, for a total transaction of £150.23.
- On Tuesday, December 23rd, Helen Gordon sold 92,066 shares of Grainger stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 181, for a total value of £166,639.46.
- On Tuesday, December 2nd, Helen Gordon purchased 81 shares of Grainger stock. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 184 per share, for a total transaction of £149.04.
Grainger Stock Performance
Shares of GRI opened at GBX 193.60 on Wednesday. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.43 billion, a P/E ratio of 7.09, a P/E/G ratio of 1.51 and a beta of 0.71. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 84.49, a quick ratio of 0.87 and a current ratio of 4.49. Grainger plc has a 1 year low of GBX 118.30 and a 1 year high of GBX 230. The company's fifty day moving average is GBX 186.54 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 191.62.
Grainger (LON:GRI - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, November 20th. The company reported GBX 9.30 EPS for the quarter. Grainger had a negative net margin of 0.40% and a negative return on equity of 0.06%. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Grainger plc will post 10.4590732 earnings per share for the current year.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Several research firms have recently weighed in on GRI. Jefferies Financial Group lifted their price objective on Grainger from GBX 267 to GBX 270 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Peel Hunt reduced their price target on Grainger from GBX 220 to GBX 200 and set a "hold" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 8th. Finally, Berenberg Bank raised their price objective on shares of Grainger from GBX 260 to GBX 285 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, January 27th. Two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of GBX 251.67.
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Grainger Company Profile
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Founded in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1912, Grainger plc, a FTSE 250 business, is the UK's largest listed residential landlord, a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) and a leader in the fast-growing build-to-rent sector, providing c.11,000 rental homes to over 25,000 customers. With a pipeline of secured build-to-rent development projects totalling c.4,300 homes and £1.3bn, Grainger is creating thousands more rental homes by investing in cities across the UK.
Grainger works in partnership with a large number of public sector organisations to deliver new homes to local communities, including Transport for London, Network Rail, the Ministry of Defence, Lewisham Borough Council and the Local Pensions Partnership.
The Grainger team is dedicated to the common purpose of Renting Homes, Enriching Lives, backed by a set of core values.
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