Key Points
- Insider Tom Hinton purchased 48 Kier Group shares at GBX 309 each, worth £148.32, continuing purchases made in July and August.
- Kier Group shares opened at GBX 307.80, near their 52-week high of GBX 318.80, with a market capitalization of approximately £1.33 billion.
- Analysts maintain a favorable outlook: four analysts rate the stock “Buy,” with a consensus target price of GBX 272.50, while Deutsche Bank recently raised its target to GBX 330.
Kier Group plc (LON:KIE - Get Free Report) insider Tom Hinton bought 48 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Friday, September 18th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 309 per share, with a total value of £148.32.
Tom Hinton also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Tuesday, August 18th, Tom Hinton bought 58 shares of Kier Group stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 259 per share, for a total transaction of £150.22.
- On Friday, July 17th, Tom Hinton purchased 68 shares of Kier Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 221 per share, for a total transaction of £150.28.
Kier Group Stock Performance
Kier Group stock opened at GBX 307.80 on Wednesday. The stock has a market cap of £1.33 billion, a P/E ratio of 23.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.29 and a beta of 0.89. The company has a current ratio of 0.90, a quick ratio of 0.69 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 360.81. The stock has a 50 day moving average of GBX 253.04 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 223.88. Kier Group plc has a 52 week low of GBX 186.80 and a 52 week high of GBX 318.80.
Kier Group (LON:KIE - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, September 15th. The company reported GBX 23.50 earnings per share for the quarter. Kier Group had a net margin of 1.42% and a return on equity of 11.95%. On average, analysts expect that Kier Group plc will post 20.4913295 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Several brokerages have weighed in on KIE. Berenberg Bank reissued a "buy" rating and set a GBX 260 price objective on shares of Kier Group in a report on Wednesday, July 22nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft upped their target price on shares of Kier Group from GBX 295 to GBX 330 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 15th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat.com, Kier Group currently has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus target price of GBX 272.50.
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Kier Group Company Profile
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Kier Group is a leading infrastructure services, construction and property group based in the UK.
Our purpose is to sustainably deliver infrastructure which is vital to the UK with a vision is to be the UK's leading infrastructure services and construction company.
We operate through three segments; Infrastructure Services, Construction and Property. Infrastructure Services comprises our Transportation and Natural Resources, Nuclear and Networks business. Transportation: builds and maintains roads for National Highways and a number of district and county councils as well as our rail, airports' infrastructure and ports' businesses.
Natural Resources, Nuclear and Networks: delivers long-term contracts providing repairs, maintains and support capital projects to the water, energy, and telecommunications sectors.
Construction — comprises of our Regional Building, Strategic Projects, Kier Places (Housing Maintenance and Facilities Management), and International businesses.
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