Key Points
- Insider Alastair Lyons CBE purchased 31,610 Harworth Group shares on March 19 at an average price of GBX 155, a transaction worth £48,995.50.
- The stock is trading around GBX 154.75 (near its 52‑week low of GBX 153.50) with a market cap of £501.7m and a P/E of 9.86, while analysts maintain a consensus Buy rating with a target of about GBX 209.75.
Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG - Get Free Report) insider Alastair Lyons CBE purchased 31,610 shares of Harworth Group stock in a transaction on Thursday, March 19th. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 155 per share, for a total transaction of £48,995.50.
Harworth Group Price Performance
Harworth Group stock opened at GBX 154.75 on Friday. Harworth Group plc has a 52-week low of GBX 153.50 and a 52-week high of GBX 190.50. The firm has a fifty day moving average of GBX 165.63 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 165.62. The firm has a market capitalization of £501.74 million, a P/E ratio of 9.86 and a beta of 0.74. The company has a quick ratio of 1.13, a current ratio of 457.81 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 24.93.
Harworth Group (LON:HWG - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, March 17th. The company reported GBX 2.90 earnings per share for the quarter. Harworth Group had a net margin of 7.30% and a return on equity of 1.36%. As a group, analysts predict that Harworth Group plc will post 15.3212521 EPS for the current year.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
A number of research analysts have commented on HWG shares. Berenberg Bank boosted their price objective on Harworth Group from GBX 201 to GBX 202 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, January 26th. Panmure Gordon reiterated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 215 target price on shares of Harworth Group in a report on Monday, January 19th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 209.75.
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Harworth Group Company Profile
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Harworth Group plc is a leading sustainable regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of over 14,000 acres of land on around 100 sites located throughout the North of England and Midlands. The Group specialises in the regeneration of large, complex sites, in particular former industrial sites, into new residential and industrial & logistics developments. Visit www.harworthgroup.com for further information.
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