Key Points
- Insider purchases: Director Tim Lawlor bought 24 shares on Dec. 16 at GBX 625 (≈£150), adding to identical buys on Nov. 17 (GBX 625) and Oct. 16 (GBX 640), for a total of 72 shares bought for about £454.
- Stock repurchase program: The board approved an open‑market buyback plan on Sept. 25, a move typically interpreted as management signaling the shares may be undervalued.
- Market and analyst snapshot: Vistry trades around GBX 620 (50‑day SMA GBX 639, 200‑day SMA GBX 629) with a £1.99bn market cap, and analysts have an average Hold rating with a GBX 608 target (2 Buy / 4 Hold / 2 Sell).
Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTY - Get Free Report) insider Tim Lawlor acquired 24 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 16th. The shares were purchased at an average cost of GBX 625 per share, with a total value of £150.
Tim Lawlor also recently made the following trade(s):
- On Monday, November 17th, Tim Lawlor bought 24 shares of Vistry Group stock. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 625 per share, with a total value of £150.
- On Thursday, October 16th, Tim Lawlor bought 24 shares of Vistry Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 640 per share, for a total transaction of £153.60.
Vistry Group Stock Up 0.3%
LON VTY opened at GBX 620 on Wednesday. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is GBX 639.46 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 628.73. Vistry Group PLC has a one year low of GBX 486.70 and a one year high of GBX 722.40. The firm has a market cap of £1.99 billion, a PE ratio of 55.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -0.20 and a beta of 2.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 22.15, a current ratio of 2.64 and a quick ratio of 0.56.
Vistry Group announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase program on Thursday, September 25th that allows the company to buyback 0 outstanding shares. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.
Analyst Ratings Changes
VTY has been the subject of a number of research reports. UBS Group restated a "sell" rating and issued a GBX 450 target price on shares of Vistry Group in a research note on Friday, September 5th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price objective on shares of Vistry Group from GBX 475 to GBX 500 and gave the stock an "underperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, September 10th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price objective on shares of Vistry Group from GBX 570 to GBX 640 and gave the company a "neutral" rating in a research report on Thursday, December 4th. The Goldman Sachs Group began coverage on shares of Vistry Group in a research note on Monday, November 24th. They issued a "buy" rating and a GBX 731 target price for the company. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group decreased their price target on shares of Vistry Group from GBX 628 to GBX 608 and set a "hold" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, November 10th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and two have given a Sell rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Vistry Group has an average rating of "Hold" and an average price target of GBX 608.
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Vistry Group Company Profile
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Vistry Group is one of the UK's leading homebuilders with a top tier housebuilder and leading Partnerships business. Our purpose is to develop sustainable new homes and communities across all sectors of the housing market through our leading brands, Bovis Homes, Linden Homes, Vistry Partnerships and Drew Smith.
Our housebuilding division operates across 13 business units, each with a regional office, which are developing hundreds of sites across England.
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