Key Points
- Insider buying: Philippe Hamers purchased 55,125 shares at GBX 40 on Dec. 18 for £22,050 and made multiple purchases on Dec. 17, with total insider buys across Dec. 17–18 amounting to about £49,705.
- Mixed signals for VCP: Shares slid 6.5% to open at GBX 38 and the company reported negative EPS (GBX -11.95) and margins, yet analysts maintain a consensus Buy rating with a GBX 170 price target (Berenberg reaffirmed).
Victoria PLC (LON:VCP - Get Free Report) insider Philippe Hamers purchased 55,125 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on Thursday, December 18th. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 40 per share, for a total transaction of £22,050.
Philippe Hamers also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Wednesday, December 17th, Philippe Hamers acquired 8,180 shares of Victoria stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 35 per share, with a total value of £2,863.
- On Wednesday, December 17th, Philippe Hamers acquired 10,599 shares of Victoria stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 31 per share, for a total transaction of £3,285.69.
- On Wednesday, December 17th, Philippe Hamers bought 9,768 shares of Victoria stock. The stock was purchased at an average cost of GBX 32 per share, for a total transaction of £3,125.76.
- On Wednesday, December 17th, Philippe Hamers purchased 7,500 shares of Victoria stock. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 34 per share, with a total value of £2,550.
- On Wednesday, December 17th, Philippe Hamers purchased 49,472 shares of Victoria stock. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 32 per share, for a total transaction of £15,831.04.
Victoria Stock Down 6.5%
Shares of VCP stock opened at GBX 38 on Friday. Victoria PLC has a fifty-two week low of GBX 29.42 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 151. The firm has a market capitalization of £43.43 million, a PE ratio of -0.16 and a beta of 0.98. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of -4,210.81, a quick ratio of 0.79 and a current ratio of 1.43. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is GBX 46.02 and its 200-day simple moving average is GBX 63.11.
Victoria (LON:VCP - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, December 17th. The company reported GBX (11.95) EPS for the quarter. Victoria had a negative net margin of 8.48% and a negative return on equity of 356.44%. Equities analysts expect that Victoria PLC will post 15.8739255 earnings per share for the current year.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Separately, Berenberg Bank reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a GBX 170 price target on shares of Victoria in a report on Thursday, November 6th. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Buy" and a consensus price target of GBX 170.
Check Out Our Latest Analysis on VCP
About Victoria
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Established in 1895 and listed since 1963 and on AIM since 2013 (VCP.L), Victoria PLC, is an international manufacturer and distributor of innovative flooring products. The Company, which is headquartered in Worcester, UK, designs, manufactures and distributes a range of carpet, flooring underlay, ceramic tiles, LVT (luxury vinyl tile), artificial grass and flooring accessories.
Victoria has operations in the UK, Spain, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Turkey, the USA, and Australia and employs approximately 6,750 people across 30 sites.
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