Harworth Group (LON:HWG) Insider Purchases £149.73 in Stock

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) insider Lynda Shillaw acquired 93 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, February 16th. The shares were purchased at an average price of GBX 161 per share, for a total transaction of £149.73.

Lynda Shillaw also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, January 15th, Lynda Shillaw acquired 89 shares of Harworth Group stock. The shares were acquired at an average price of GBX 168 per share, for a total transaction of £149.52.
• On Monday, December 15th, Lynda Shillaw bought 91 shares of Harworth Group stock. The stock was bought at an average cost of GBX 164 per share, with a total value of £149.24.

Harworth Group Stock Performance

Harworth Group stock traded down GBX 0.34 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, reaching GBX 160.16. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 7,331 shares, compared to its average volume of 472,093. The firm has a market cap of £519.28 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 10.20 and a beta of 0.74. The business has a 50 day moving average price of GBX 164.29 and a 200-day moving average price of GBX 167.44. Harworth Group plc has a twelve month low of GBX 158 and a twelve month high of GBX 190.50. The company has a current ratio of 2.59, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 13.88.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research firms have commented on HWG. Berenberg Bank upped their price objective on shares of Harworth Group from GBX 201 to GBX 202 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, January 26th. Panmure Gordon reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 215 target price on shares of Harworth Group in a research note on Monday, January 19th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group upped their price target on shares of Harworth Group from GBX 210 to GBX 212 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, October 28th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of GBX 209.75.

Harworth Group Company Profile

Harworth Group plc is a leading sustainable regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of over 14,000 acres of land on around 100 sites located throughout the North of England and Midlands. The Group specialises in the regeneration of large, complex sites, in particular former industrial sites, into new residential and industrial & logistics developments. Visit www.harworthgroup.com for further information.