Rotork (LON:ROR) Insider Acquires £150.97 in Stock

Rotork plc (LON:ROR) insider Kiet Huynh acquired 31 shares of Rotork stock in a transaction dated Monday, August 10th. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 487 per share, with a total value of £150.97.

Kiet Huynh also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Friday, July 10th, Kiet Huynh bought 51 shares of Rotork stock. The shares were acquired at an average cost of GBX 295 per share, with a total value of £150.45.
• On Wednesday, June 10th, Kiet Huynh bought 49 shares of Rotork stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 303 per share, for a total transaction of £148.47.

Rotork Price Performance

Shares of LON ROR opened at GBX 483.80 on Friday. Rotork plc has a fifty-two week low of GBX 286.40 and a fifty-two week high of GBX 489.20. The stock has a market cap of £3.94 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.31, a PEG ratio of 2.48 and a beta of 1.05. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 8.01, a quick ratio of 2.16 and a current ratio of 2.54. The firm’s 50-day simple moving average is GBX 379.45 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 350.26.

Rotork (LON:ROR) last released its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 4th. The company reported GBX 7.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Rotork had a return on equity of 21.48% and a net margin of 15.75%. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Rotork plc will post 16.4574899 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts recently issued reports on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada downgraded Rotork to a “sector perform” rating and upped their price target for the stock from GBX 400 to GBX 503 in a report on Wednesday, August 5th. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 400 price target on shares of Rotork in a research report on Tuesday, May 5th. Shore Capital Group upgraded Rotork to a “hold” rating in a research note on Friday, May 1st. Peel Hunt reaffirmed a “hold” rating and set a GBX 503 price objective on shares of Rotork in a report on Tuesday, August 4th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. upped their target price on shares of Rotork from GBX 390 to GBX 405 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday, July 1st. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and three have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 433.50.

About Rotork

Rotork is a market-leading global provider of mission-critical intelligent flow control solutions for oil & gas, water and wastewater, power, chemical process and industrial applications. We help customers around the world to improve efficiency, reduce emissions, minimise their environmental impact and assure safety. Rotork employs about 3,200 people, has manufacturing facilities in more than 17 locations and serves 170 countries through a global service network. Its shares have a premium listing on the London Stock Exchange (symbol: ROR) and are a constituent of the FTSE 250 index.