Key Points
- OSB Group insider Simon Walker purchased 10,000 shares at GBX 505 each, representing a total investment of £50,500.
- OSB Group shares opened at GBX 503.56, below their 50-day and 200-day moving averages of GBX 535.10 and GBX 548.32, respectively. The stock has a one-year range of GBX 479 to GBX 647.50.
- Analysts maintain a “Moderate Buy” consensus rating, with a consensus price target of GBX 667.80; Shore Capital separately reiterated its “Buy” rating with a GBX 680 target.
OSB Group Plc (LON:OSB - Get Free Report) insider Simon Walker bought 10,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 11th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 505 per share, with a total value of £50,500.
OSB Group Price Performance
Shares of OSB Group stock opened at GBX 503.56 on Wednesday. The business's fifty day moving average price is GBX 535.10 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 548.32. The company has a market capitalization of £1.72 billion, a P/E ratio of 6.84 and a beta of 1.06. OSB Group Plc has a 1-year low of GBX 479 and a 1-year high of GBX 647.50.
OSB Group (LON:OSB - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Thursday, August 6th. The company reported GBX 38.80 earnings per share for the quarter. OSB Group had a net margin of 15.28% and a return on equity of 13.06%. On average, research analysts expect that OSB Group Plc will post 85.1214128 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Separately, Shore Capital Group reiterated a "buy" rating and set a GBX 680 price objective on shares of OSB Group in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, OSB Group presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of GBX 667.80.
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OSB Group Company Profile
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OSB Group Plc, through its subsidiaries, operates as a specialist mortgage lending and retail savings company in the United Kingdom and the Channel Islands. It provides private rented sector related buy-to-let, commercial and semi-commercial mortgages, residential development finance, secured funding, bridging, and asset finance services. The company also provides buy-to-let and specialist residential mortgages, mortgage servicing, administration and analytical, mortgage originator and servicer, and retail savings products; and back office processing services.
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