Key Points
- Insider purchase: Rosie Fordham bought 31,034 shares on April 14 at GBX 29 per share, a total cost of £8,999.86.
- Valuation and balance sheet snapshot: TheWorks.co.uk has a market cap of £24.94m and a low P/E of 2.94, but carries very high leverage with a debt-to-equity ratio of 1,169.78 and weak liquidity (quick ratio 0.33, current ratio 0.85).
- Price and earnings context: the stock opened at GBX 42 (50-day/200-day MAs ~39.2/38.5) with a 1-year range of GBX 19.50–67.50; the latest quarter showed EPS of GBX (7.90) while analysts forecast about 9.85 EPS for the fiscal year.
TheWorks.co.uk plc (LON:WRKS - Get Free Report) insider Rosie Fordham purchased 31,034 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, April 14th. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 29 per share, for a total transaction of £8,999.86.
TheWorks.co.uk Price Performance
TheWorks.co.uk stock opened at GBX 42 on Thursday. The company's fifty day moving average price is GBX 39.24 and its 200 day moving average price is GBX 38.51. TheWorks.co.uk plc has a 1 year low of GBX 19.50 and a 1 year high of GBX 67.50. The stock has a market capitalization of £24.94 million, a P/E ratio of 2.94 and a beta of 0.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 1,169.78, a quick ratio of 0.33 and a current ratio of 0.85.
TheWorks.co.uk (LON:WRKS - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, January 22nd. The company reported GBX (7.90) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. TheWorks.co.uk had a net margin of 3.24% and a return on equity of 63.25%. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that TheWorks.co.uk plc will post 9.8543689 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
About TheWorks.co.uk
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TheWorks.co.uk plc engages in the retailing of gifts, books, art and craft products, toys, games, and stationery and seasonal products in the United Kingdom and Ireland. It sells its products through a network of stores, as well as through online. The company was founded in 1981 and is based in Birmingham, the United Kingdom.
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