Senior (LON:SNR) Insider Buys £100,275 in Stock

Senior plc (LON:SNR) insider Graham Oldroyd acquired 52,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, October 29th. The stock was purchased at an average price of GBX 191 per share, for a total transaction of £100,275.

Senior Trading Up 0.2%

SNR stock opened at GBX 190.40 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.56, a quick ratio of 0.84 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 59.35. Senior plc has a 12-month low of GBX 113 and a 12-month high of GBX 223. The stock has a market cap of £787.11 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -102.37, a PEG ratio of 0.11 and a beta of 1.47. The business’s 50-day moving average is GBX 194.22 and its 200 day moving average is GBX 179.85.

Senior (LON:SNR) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, August 4th. The company reported GBX 5.07 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. Senior had a return on equity of 6.67% and a net margin of 3.09%. On average, sell-side analysts anticipate that Senior plc will post 5.8304196 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

SNR has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their price objective on Senior from GBX 195 to GBX 220 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, August 4th. Jefferies Financial Group reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 185 target price on shares of Senior in a research note on Tuesday, August 5th. Finally, Berenberg Bank reissued a “buy” rating and issued a GBX 275 target price on shares of Senior in a research note on Monday, October 20th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of GBX 226.67.

About Senior

Senior is an international, market-leading, engineering solutions provider with 30 operating businesses in 13 countries*.

Senior designs, manufactures and markets high-technology components and systems for the principal original equipment producers in the worldwide aerospace, defence, land vehicle and power & energy markets.

The Group aims to create long-term sustainable growth in shareholder value through a culture of empowerment of autonomous and collaborative operations working within an effective control framework.