Key Points
- Insider buying: Rotork insider Kiet Huynh bought 49 shares on May 11 at an average price of £150.05 each, totaling £7,352.45. This follows smaller purchases in April and March, signaling continued insider accumulation.
- Stock performance: Rotork shares were down 2.7% and opened at GBX 299.20, near their 52-week low of GBX 297.80. The stock remains well below its 52-week high of GBX 393.60.
- Analyst sentiment: Analysts currently rate Rotork as a Moderate Buy, with five Buy ratings and one Hold. The average target price is GBX 402, though some firms have recently trimmed their price targets.
Rotork plc (LON:ROR - Get Free Report) insider Kiet Huynh acquired 49 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 11th. The stock was purchased at an average price of £150.05 per share, for a total transaction of £7,352.45.
Kiet Huynh also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Friday, April 10th, Kiet Huynh acquired 45 shares of Rotork stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 336 per share, for a total transaction of £151.20.
- On Tuesday, March 10th, Kiet Huynh acquired 47 shares of Rotork stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 319 per share, with a total value of £149.93.
Rotork Stock Down 2.7%
ROR stock opened at GBX 299.20 on Wednesday. Rotork plc has a one year low of GBX 297.80 and a one year high of GBX 393.60. The stock has a market capitalization of £2.44 billion, a PE ratio of 21.84, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 0.97. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 7.69, a quick ratio of 2.16 and a current ratio of 2.50. The company has a fifty day moving average of GBX 325.63 and a 200-day moving average of GBX 338.17.
Rotork (LON:ROR - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, March 10th. The company reported GBX 17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Rotork had a net margin of 14.85% and a return on equity of 20.10%. As a group, analysts expect that Rotork plc will post 16.4574899 EPS for the current year.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
ROR has been the topic of several recent analyst reports. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on Rotork from GBX 420 to GBX 390 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday, March 11th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft restated a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 400 price target on shares of Rotork in a research note on Tuesday, May 5th. Berenberg Bank dropped their price objective on Rotork from GBX 430 to GBX 420 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, March 11th. Finally, Shore Capital Group upgraded Rotork to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, Rotork has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of GBX 402.
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Rotork Company Profile
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Rotork is a market-leading global provider of mission-critical intelligent flow control solutions for oil & gas, water and wastewater, power, chemical process and industrial applications. We help customers around the world to improve efficiency, reduce emissions, minimise their environmental impact and assure safety. Rotork employs about 3,200 people, has manufacturing facilities in more than 17 locations and serves 170 countries through a global service network. Its shares have a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: ROR) and are a constituent of the FTSE 250 index.
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