Insider Buying: Young & Co.’s Brewery, P.L.C. (LON:YNGA) Insider Buys £39,458 in Stock

Young & Co.’s Brewery, P.L.C. (LON:YNGA) insider Ian Dyson acquired 4,525 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, January 23rd. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 872 per share, for a total transaction of £39,458.

Young & Co.’s Brewery, P.L.C. Price Performance

Shares of YNGA opened at GBX 851 on Thursday. Young & Co.’s Brewery, P.L.C. has a 1-year low of GBX 705 and a 1-year high of GBX 996. The stock has a market cap of £524.15 million, a PE ratio of 45.17, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.37 and a beta of 1.30. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 48.79, a current ratio of 0.30 and a quick ratio of 0.63. The firm has a fifty day moving average price of GBX 764.43 and a 200 day moving average price of GBX 804.97.

Young & Co.’s Brewery, P.L.C. (LON:YNGA) last announced its earnings results on Thursday, November 13th. The company reported GBX 35.59 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Young & Co.’s Brewery, P.L.C. had a net margin of 2.85% and a return on equity of 1.48%. As a group, sell-side analysts anticipate that Young & Co.’s Brewery, P.L.C. will post 62.1118012 EPS for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms have recently weighed in on YNGA. Peel Hunt reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 1,400 price target on shares of Young & Co.’s Brewery, P.L.C. in a research note on Thursday, November 13th. Panmure Gordon reissued a “buy” rating and set a GBX 1,450 price objective on shares of Young & Co.’s Brewery, P.L.C. in a report on Wednesday, November 19th. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lowered their target price on shares of Young & Co.’s Brewery, P.L.C. from GBX 1,360 to GBX 1,190 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, December 2nd. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, Young & Co.’s Brewery, P.L.C. currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average price target of GBX 1,346.67.

Young & Co.’s Brewery, P.L.C. Company Profile

Young & Co's Brewery, P.L.C. engages in the operation and management of pubs and hotels in the United Kingdom. It sells drinks and food, as well as provides accommodation services. The company was founded in 1831 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.