Key Points
- Insider buying: Alastair Judge purchased 12 Johnson Matthey shares at GBX 2,193 each, worth £263.16. He has also bought shares in June and July.
- Stock performance: Johnson Matthey opened at GBX 2,190, with a market capitalization of approximately £3.68 billion and a 52-week range of GBX 1,731.83 to GBX 2,434.
- Analyst outlook: The stock carries a consensus “Moderate Buy” rating from six analysts, with an average price target of GBX 2,283.33.
Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT - Get Free Report) insider Alastair Judge bought 12 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 12th. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 2,193 per share, for a total transaction of £263.16.
Alastair Judge also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Friday, July 10th, Alastair Judge purchased 12 shares of Johnson Matthey stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 1,909 per share, with a total value of £229.08.
- On Wednesday, June 10th, Alastair Judge purchased 14 shares of Johnson Matthey stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 1,990 per share, with a total value of £278.60.
Johnson Matthey Price Performance
Shares of LON:JMAT opened at GBX 2,190 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.56, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 69.69. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 2,016.62 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 2,062.70. Johnson Matthey PLC has a 1-year low of GBX 1,731.83 and a 1-year high of GBX 2,434. The stock has a market cap of £3.68 billion, a PE ratio of -38.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 49,242.50 and a beta of 0.94.
Johnson Matthey (LON:JMAT - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 28th. The company reported GBX 128.50 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The firm had revenue of GBX 1,257.30 billion during the quarter. Johnson Matthey had a negative net margin of 0.76% and a negative return on equity of 4.66%. As a group, analysts forecast that Johnson Matthey PLC will post 173.4112903 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on JMAT. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 2,400 target price on shares of Johnson Matthey in a research note on Monday, July 6th. UBS Group reiterated a "neutral" rating and set a GBX 2,200 price target on shares of Johnson Matthey in a report on Friday, May 22nd. Berenberg Bank boosted their price objective on Johnson Matthey from GBX 2,100 to GBX 2,300 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, June 1st. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reiterated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 2,330 target price on shares of Johnson Matthey in a research note on Tuesday, August 4th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of GBX 2,283.33.
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Johnson Matthey is a global leader in science that enables a cleaner and healthier world. With over 200 years of sustained commitment to innovation and technological breakthroughs, they improve the function, performance and safety of their customers' products. Their science has a global impact in areas such as low emission transport, pharmaceuticals, chemical processing and making the most efficient use of the planet's natural resources. Today more than 13,000 Johnson Matthey professionals collaborate with their network of customers and partners to make a real difference to the world around us.
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