Insider Buying: Harworth Group (LON:HWG) Insider Purchases £149.52 in Stock

Harworth Group plc (LON:HWG) insider Katerina Patmore purchased 84 shares of Harworth Group stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 15th. The stock was bought at an average price of GBX 178 per share, with a total value of £149.52.

Katerina Patmore also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, August 17th, Katerina Patmore acquired 84 shares of Harworth Group stock. The shares were bought at an average cost of GBX 179 per share, with a total value of £150.36.
• On Wednesday, July 15th, Katerina Patmore acquired 117 shares of Harworth Group stock. The shares were bought at an average price of GBX 127 per share, for a total transaction of £148.59.

Harworth Group Trading Up 0.9%

HWG opened at GBX 176.80 on Thursday. The stock has a market capitalization of £575.00 million, a P/E ratio of 63.14 and a beta of 0.57. Harworth Group plc has a 12 month low of GBX 116.80 and a 12 month high of GBX 185. The firm’s fifty day simple moving average is GBX 158.32 and its 200 day simple moving average is GBX 146.17. The company has a current ratio of 441.42, a quick ratio of 1.13 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 29.88.

Harworth Group (LON:HWG) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, September 9th. The company reported GBX (7.80) earnings per share for the quarter. Harworth Group had a negative return on equity of 3.74% and a negative net margin of 20.56%. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Harworth Group plc will post 15.3212521 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Peel Hunt reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 200 price objective on shares of Harworth Group in a research report on Wednesday, August 5th. Jefferies Financial Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 170 target price on shares of Harworth Group in a research note on Wednesday, September 9th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, Harworth Group has a consensus rating of “Buy” and a consensus price target of GBX 196.75.

About Harworth Group

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.