Key Points
- Insider purchase: Rotork director Kiet Huynh bought 30 shares at GBX 491 each, investing £147.30. He has also made two smaller purchases in recent months.
- Stock performance: Rotork opened at GBX 493, near its 12-month high, with a £4.02 billion market capitalization and a 33.31 price-to-earnings ratio.
- Analyst outlook: Analysts give Rotork a consensus “Moderate Buy” rating, though the average price target of GBX 433.50 is below the current share price.
Rotork plc (LON:ROR - Get Free Report) insider Kiet Huynh purchased 30 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, October 12th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 491 per share, with a total value of £147.30.
Kiet Huynh also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Thursday, September 10th, Kiet Huynh purchased 5 shares of Rotork stock. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 3,100 per share, with a total value of £155.
- On Monday, August 10th, Kiet Huynh purchased 31 shares of Rotork stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 487 per share, for a total transaction of £150.97.
Rotork Price Performance
Shares of Rotork stock opened at GBX 493 on Wednesday. The firm has a market cap of £4.02 billion, a PE ratio of 33.31, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.05. Rotork plc has a 12-month low of GBX 286.40 and a 12-month high of GBX 493. The company has a quick ratio of 2.16, a current ratio of 2.54 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.01. The company's fifty day simple moving average is GBX 486.16 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is GBX 389.97.
Rotork (LON:ROR - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, August 4th. The company reported GBX 7.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Rotork had a net margin of 15.75% and a return on equity of 21.48%. As a group, equities analysts expect that Rotork plc will post 16.46 EPS for the current year.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Several research firms recently issued reports on ROR. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their target price on Rotork from GBX 390 to GBX 405 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 1st. Peel Hunt reaffirmed a "hold" rating and set a GBX 503 price target on shares of Rotork in a research report on Tuesday, August 4th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada lowered Rotork to a "sector perform" rating and upped their price target for the company from GBX 400 to GBX 503 in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Rotork currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of GBX 433.50.
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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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