Key Points
- Insider buying: Johnson Matthey insider Liam Condon purchased 10,951 shares at GBX 2,306 each, for a total of £252,530.06.
- Stock performance: Shares opened at GBX 2,214, down 1.4%, with a market capitalization of approximately £2.79 billion and a 1-year trading range of GBX 2,192 to GBX 3,245.33.
- Analyst view: The stock carries a “Moderate Buy” consensus rating from six analysts, with an average price target of GBX 2,283.33.
Johnson Matthey PLC (LON:JMAT - Get Free Report) insider Liam Condon acquired 10,951 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Friday, September 11th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 2,306 per share, with a total value of £252,530.06.
Liam Condon also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Friday, July 10th, Liam Condon bought 14 shares of Johnson Matthey stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 1,909 per share, with a total value of £267.26.
Johnson Matthey Stock Down 1.4%
Shares of LON:JMAT opened at GBX 2,214 on Tuesday. The company's fifty day moving average is GBX 2,116.87 and its two-hundred day moving average is GBX 2,057.62. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 69.69, a quick ratio of 0.76 and a current ratio of 1.56. Johnson Matthey PLC has a 1-year low of GBX 2,192 and a 1-year high of GBX 3,245.33. The stock has a market capitalization of £2.79 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of -29.03, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 49,242.50 and a beta of 0.93.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of brokerages have issued reports on JMAT. UBS Group reissued a "neutral" rating and issued a GBX 2,200 target price on shares of Johnson Matthey in a report on Friday, May 22nd. Berenberg Bank upped their target price on Johnson Matthey from GBX 2,100 to GBX 2,300 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, June 1st. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reiterated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 2,400 price target on shares of Johnson Matthey in a research report on Monday, July 6th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reissued a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 2,330 price target on shares of Johnson Matthey in a report on Tuesday, August 4th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target 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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