Jeff Woyda Sells 21,813 Shares of Clarkson (LON:CKN) Stock

Clarkson PLC (LON:CKN) insider Jeff Woyda sold 21,813 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 4,780, for a total transaction of £1,042,661.40.

Jeff Woyda also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, May 14th, Jeff Woyda sold 60,000 shares of Clarkson stock. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 4,778, for a total transaction of £2,866,800.

Clarkson Trading Down 1.4%

Shares of CKN stock opened at GBX 4,740.09 on Friday. Clarkson PLC has a 52-week low of GBX 3,170 and a 52-week high of GBX 4,992. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 10.66, a quick ratio of 1.69 and a current ratio of 1.78. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 4,701.04 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 4,180.42. The company has a market capitalization of £1.46 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.26 and a beta of 0.70.

Clarkson (LON:CKN) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, March 9th. The company reported GBX 225.80 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Clarkson had a net margin of 10.41% and a return on equity of 12.93%. Research analysts anticipate that Clarkson PLC will post 283.011583 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Ratings Changes

CKN has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft boosted their target price on shares of Clarkson from GBX 4,850 to GBX 4,950 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, March 19th. Canaccord Genuity Group upgraded shares of Clarkson to a “hold” rating and boosted their target price for the company from GBX 4,400 to GBX 4,650 in a research note on Friday, May 8th. Finally, Berenberg Bank boosted their target price on shares of Clarkson from GBX 4,750 to GBX 5,250 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, March 10th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 4,775.

About Clarkson

Clarkson PLC provides integrated shipping services worldwide. The company's Broking segment offers services to shipowners and charterers in the transportation of various cargoes by sea; and to buyers and sellers/yards related to sale and purchase transactions, as well as futures broking operation. Its Financial segment provides investment banking services for maritime, oil services, and natural resources sectors; structured asset finance services and projects in the shipping, offshore, and real estate sectors; and project finance and bespoke asset finance solutions.