Insider Selling: AO World (LON:AO) Insider Sells 1,000,000 Shares of Stock

AO World plc (LON:AO) insider John Roberts sold 1,000,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 26th. The stock was sold at an average price of GBX 107, for a total transaction of £1,070,000.

John Roberts also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Thursday, January 15th, John Roberts sold 2,500,000 shares of AO World stock. The shares were sold at an average price of GBX 105, for a total transaction of £2,625,000.

AO World Price Performance

AO stock opened at GBX 111.40 on Thursday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 43.05, a quick ratio of 0.48 and a current ratio of 0.95. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of GBX 108.23 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of GBX 100.17. The company has a market capitalization of £647.83 million, a P/E ratio of 25.40, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -2.13 and a beta of 1.06. AO World plc has a 52-week low of GBX 77.15 and a 52-week high of GBX 120.40.

AO World (LON:AO) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, November 25th. The company reported GBX 2.22 earnings per share for the quarter. AO World had a return on equity of 18.96% and a net margin of 2.48%. Research analysts expect that AO World plc will post 4.8263419 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Separately, Peel Hunt reaffirmed a “buy” rating and set a GBX 137 price objective on shares of AO World in a report on Tuesday, November 25th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, AO World currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of GBX 121.

AO World Company Profile

AO World plc, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the online retailing of domestic appliances the United Kingdom and Germany. It retails fridge and freezers; laundry products; dishwashers; and audiovisual equipment, as well as computing, mobile, gaming, and smart home technology products. The company provides logistics and transport services. In addition, it engages in the investment activities; and waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) recycling activities. The company sells its products through its websites, marketplaces, and third-party websites.