Key Points
- Insider purchase: Ian Wilcock acquired 3 shares on November 10 at an average price of GBX 5,540, a total transaction of £166.20.
- Shares opened at GBX 5,220 (down about 3.7%) and are trading below both the 50‑day (GBX 6,009.87) and 200‑day (GBX 6,926.90) moving averages.
- Analysts have an average Buy rating with a consensus target of GBX 7,640, while the company has a market cap of £347.1m and a P/E of 32.02.
Judges Scientific plc (LON:JDG - Get Free Report) insider Ian Wilcock acquired 3 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, November 10th. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 5,540 per share, for a total transaction of £166.20.
Judges Scientific Trading Down 3.7%
Shares of Judges Scientific stock opened at GBX 5,220 on Wednesday. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of GBX 6,009.87 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 6,926.90. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 70.79, a current ratio of 1.97 and a quick ratio of 0.65. The company has a market capitalization of £347.08 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 32.02, a P/E/G ratio of 0.56 and a beta of 0.83. Judges Scientific plc has a 1 year low of GBX 5,000 and a 1 year high of £103.50.
Judges Scientific (LON:JDG - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, September 18th. The company reported GBX 141.40 EPS for the quarter. Judges Scientific had a net margin of 10.99% and a return on equity of 17.56%. Research analysts forecast that Judges Scientific plc will post 402.5824271 EPS for the current year.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of equities analysts recently commented on the stock. Shore Capital reaffirmed a "house stock" rating on shares of Judges Scientific in a research report on Thursday, September 18th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 7,380 price objective on shares of Judges Scientific in a research report on Tuesday, November 4th. Finally, Berenberg Bank restated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 7,900 target price on shares of Judges Scientific in a research report on Thursday, September 11th. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 7,640.
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Judges Scientific Company Profile
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Judges Scientific plc (AIM: JDG), is a group focused on acquiring and developing companies in the scientific instrument sector. The Group now consists of 23 businesses acquired since 2005.
The acquired companies are primarily UK-based with products sold worldwide to a diverse range of markets including: higher education institutions, scientific research facilities, manufacturers and regulatory authorities.
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