Insider Buying: Wizz Air (LON:WIZZ) Insider Acquires 33,000 Shares of Stock

Key Points

  • Insider Brian H. Franke purchased 33,000 Wizz Air shares at GBX 1,060 each, totaling approximately £349,800.
  • Wizz Air shares opened at GBX 1,059 and remain well below their 52-week high of GBX 1,453, with the company valued at about £1.10 billion.
  • Analyst sentiment is mixed but averages a “Hold” rating; price targets range from GBX 900 to GBX 1,200, according to the listed research firms.

Wizz Air Holdings Plc (LON:WIZZ - Get Free Report) insider Brian H. Franke acquired 33,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Friday, August 21st. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 1,060 per share, for a total transaction of £349,800.

Wizz Air Trading Down 0.1%

Shares of Wizz Air stock opened at GBX 1,059 on Tuesday. Wizz Air Holdings Plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 832 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 1,453. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 748.87, a quick ratio of 0.82 and a current ratio of 0.97. The company has a market capitalization of £1.10 billion, a P/E ratio of 529.50, a P/E/G ratio of 0.47 and a beta of 1.91. The company has a fifty day moving average of GBX 1,122.31 and a 200 day moving average of GBX 1,068.44.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms recently issued reports on WIZZ. Citigroup cut their target price on Wizz Air from GBX 1,200 to GBX 1,150 and set a "neutral" rating for the company in a research report on Friday, August 7th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their price target on Wizz Air from GBX 1,100 to GBX 1,200 and gave the stock a "neutral" rating in a research note on Friday, July 3rd. UBS Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating and issued a £143 target price on shares of Wizz Air in a report on Friday, June 5th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an "underperform" rating and issued a GBX 900 price objective on shares of Wizz Air in a research note on Friday, August 7th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have assigned a Hold rating and one has given a Sell rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of "Hold" and a consensus target price of GBX 3,266.67.




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Wizz Air Company Profile

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Wizz Air operates a fleet of over 250 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft. A team of dedicated aviation professionals delivers superior service and very low fares, making Wizz Air the preferred choice of 63.4 million passengers in our 2025 financial year. Wizz Air is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker WIZZ. Wizz Air has also been recognized as the "Most Sustainable Low-Cost Airline" between 2021-2025 by World Finance Sustainability Awards. In 2025, Wizz Air topped the major airlines' emissions ranking, as presented by Cirium, an aviation analytics company, thanks to its work reducing emissions intensity.

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