Vistry Group (LON:VTY) Insider Buys £150 in Stock

Vistry Group PLC (LON:VTY) insider Tim Lawlor bought 24 shares of Vistry Group stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, December 16th. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 625 per share, for a total transaction of £150.

Tim Lawlor also recently made the following trade(s):

• On Monday, November 17th, Tim Lawlor acquired 24 shares of Vistry Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average price of GBX 625 per share, for a total transaction of £150.
• On Thursday, October 16th, Tim Lawlor acquired 24 shares of Vistry Group stock. The stock was acquired at an average cost of GBX 640 per share, for a total transaction of £153.60.

Vistry Group Trading Up 0.3%

Shares of Vistry Group stock traded up GBX 1.60 on Tuesday, hitting GBX 620. 516,330 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 3,147,849. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is GBX 639.75 and its two-hundred day moving average price is GBX 628.80. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 22.15, a current ratio of 2.64 and a quick ratio of 0.56. The stock has a market capitalization of £1.99 billion, a PE ratio of 55.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of -0.20 and a beta of 2.14. Vistry Group PLC has a one year low of GBX 486.70 and a one year high of GBX 722.40.

Vistry Group announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Thursday, September 25th that authorizes the company to buyback 0 shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually an indication that the company’s leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

VTY has been the topic of several analyst reports. Berenberg Bank reissued a “hold” rating and issued a GBX 650 target price on shares of Vistry Group in a research note on Monday, September 8th. The Goldman Sachs Group assumed coverage on shares of Vistry Group in a research report on Monday, November 24th. They issued a “buy” rating and a GBX 731 price target on the stock. UBS Group restated a “sell” rating and set a GBX 450 price objective on shares of Vistry Group in a report on Friday, September 5th. Royal Bank Of Canada increased their target price on shares of Vistry Group from GBX 475 to GBX 500 and gave the stock an “underperform” rating in a report on Wednesday, September 10th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group reduced their price target on shares of Vistry Group from GBX 628 to GBX 608 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, November 10th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and two have assigned a Sell rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of GBX 608.

Vistry Group Company Profile

Vistry Group is one of the UK’s leading homebuilders with a top tier housebuilder and leading Partnerships business. Our purpose is to develop sustainable new homes and communities across all sectors of the housing market through our leading brands, Bovis Homes, Linden Homes, Vistry Partnerships and Drew Smith.

Our housebuilding division operates across 13 business units, each with a regional office, which are developing hundreds of sites across England.